“City canvas international”

Bishkek -  Personal attempt to educate people. The Russian text says ‘Do not dump rubbish here – fine 1000 soms!’ But look under the roof :-)…
Elena Chigibaeva – Bishkek Lab

Rotterdam -  Look the new heart from Rotterdam is pounding here. This slogan sounds full of excitement but I don’t see it. It is a fantasy that never happens. …
Erika Blikman – Rotterdam Lab

Interaction of graffiti and nature brings messages and appeals.…
Giovana Pasquini – Sao Paulo Lab

The five of us where just about leaving for Lagos Mainland when a group of artists/painters of trucks and busses arrived. AAF is running a project with these ‘grass roots’…
Lino Hellings – Lagos Lab

One man is reading a magazine in front of blue wall on the street, Dhanmondi, Dhaka.     …
Tapash Paul – Dhaka Lab

Rules and regulations at the entrance of the Koopgoot (Shopping Gutter). The designer has observed the differences in choreography between a skateboarder and a roller skater very well. Chapeau! …
Robin van 't Haar – Rotterdam Lab

drawing on the walls in the city of Ramallah .... This drawing was by a group called (AL Hait) ... they are a group of students from the International Academy of the…
Awatef Romeya – Ramallah Lab

“Fashionable ART” There is café named “ART cafe” in center of the city. There was time of fashionable “lounge” bars in Bishkek. Every new bar had “lounge”…
Nargiz Chynalieva – Bishkek Lab

Anarchy symbol along with a graffiti opposing police power saying “think“.. Israeli Police or Palestinian Police?…
Aya Tahhan – Ramallah Lab

Someone wrote that slogan on several burned out houses on Michigan Avenue in Detroit. Since the last factory shut down in the 1990s, most of the remaining residents moved out…
Marcin Szczepanski – Migrationpapa

This is a poster of one of the political parties (Republic in Russian) in Kyrgyzstan. Behind it is a building that has been under construction already for a few years…
Nellya Dzhamanbaeva – Bishkek Lab

In the harbour (Maashaven) someone felt the need to make art on this metal door.…
Nies Medema – Migrationpapa

Empty houses have been turned into art installations. Heidelberg Project is the most well known example of urban art in Detroit inspired by socio-economic issues prevalent in the city. A…
Marcin Szczepanski – Migrationpapa

Rotterdam, a real workers city. Maurice, April 13 2010…
Maurice Bogaert – Rotterdam Lab

Knowing Sao Paulo forbid all advertisement in public space you would expect an ‘empty city’. On the contrary not one piece of wall unpainted. Murals all over. The people do…
Lino Hellings – Sao Paulo Lab

Artwork consumed by nature, cannibalism of masterpieces, the work of God consuming the work of man!…
Marcelo Ferrelli – Sao Paulo Lab

The guys that work on the road or on constructions sites drink coffee and have lunch in this little van. The clearly angered somebody that loves to spray paint.…
Martijn Nieuwenhuis – Rotterdam Lab

A poster, close to Ramallah Municipal park, calls for adaptation of legislation for gender equal and minimum wage. Wages in Palestine are market-driven (supply and demand). The minimum wage which…
Khaldun Bshara – Ramallah Lab

Standing with my back to the City Hall. Looking at a picture of the City Hall.A blossoming cherry tree, a 50ft woman and a gigantic bird.Artist impression it…
Maurice Bogaert – Rotterdam Lab

There is a lot of such announcements in Bishkek as this one. It says “I will buy the black metal. Furmanov street, 1-4 “, so if you have some unnecessary…
Samat Mambetshaev – Bishkek Lab

‘Sick and tired of chewing gum in the city. Rotterdam MUST be clean, intact and safe! WHY? BECAUSE!’ says the text on the rubbish bin. The little white dots…
Lino Hellings – Rotterdam Lab

Public advertising on the bridge, which says “JOB!!!“ and cell-phone number. In Kyrgyzstan there is a big lack of jobs. Usually in this kind of ads people are…
Meka Muratova – Bishkek Lab

IT shop-sign at al Am’ari refugee camp. When mobility is constrained, the virtual life takes a life of its own.…
Khaldun Bshara – Ramallah Lab