The Wall: Mural Opening in Vienna
Mittwoch, 02. November 2022 - 12:00 Uhr
Pfeilgasse
The cultural agency Port. ahead with Katya Taylor and together with Ukrainian Institute is launching an international project The Wall – Murals Across Europe and the Middle East. The Wall is a street art project that will take place in five cities: Vienna, Berlin, Geneva, Marseille, and Ankara during November and December 2022. 10 mural artists from Ukraine and the world co-created 5 murals within this project in Europe and the Middle East.
The Wall is a symbol of resistance, stability, and armor that fences off Europe from the war. At the same time, the title refers to the Pink Floyd cult album, a rock opera that tells about a hero who is fenced off from the whole world by a wall behind which he copes with his inner demons. In order to create murals well-known Ukrainian and international artists are invited to find a common voice that will speak about freedom, democracy, and unity.
In order to create murals well-known Ukrainian and international artists are invited to find a common voice that will speak about freedom, democracy, and unity. This symbolic co-creation is aimed at lighting up the alliance and mutual benefit of Ukrainian and European collaboration at all levels: between individuals, communities, businesses, and countries.
The project aims to show that Ukraine is part of the European Union community. Ukraine and the EU have a lot in common, the same values, goals, and rights. In order to emphasize their similarity, while maintaining the individuality of every side, Port. attracted 10 well-known Ukrainian and European street artists who’ve created projects in order to show that the idea of interaction and synergy exists not only in theory but is also embodied in this project, where it goes through about co-creation, alliance and mutual benefit same way as wanting it in a bigger scale – in the cooperation between countries.
Location: Pfeilgasse, 1 , 1080 Wien, Austria
Date: Wednesday, November, 2 / 12:00 PM
Project initiator Ukrainian Institute
Project management: Port.agency
Artists: Nikita Kravtsov and Vincent Paronnaud
Partnership: Calle Libre
