When the Neighbourhood Takes the Wall Into Its Own Hands

The wall before the community painting began, covered with layers of graffiti and tags that had shaped the appearance of the space over time.

A detail of the wall before the intervention. Graffiti, drawings and signatures accumulated over one another, leaving different layers of marks across the same space.

Another part of the space before the action began, with doors, bars and walls covered in different layers of graffiti and writing.

Participants paint the wall together, visibly changing a space that had previously been covered in graffiti.

A detail from the collective mural painting process, as participants fill the outlined shapes with colour.

The mural takes shape through details as individual forms are gradually filled with colour.

The mural in progress, as participants gradually turn the sketch into a shared image on the wall.

Toward the end of the action, the wall that had been covered in graffiti took on a new appearance through the collective work of people from the neighbourhood.