1,,*,,,263,,#susas,,,257,,104centquatre,,,164,,17 Cox,,,187,,20Eventi,,,99,,Aarhus,,,258,,Aberdeen,,,68,,Albany,,,201,,Almati,,,37,,Amsterdam,,,27,,Androphyne,,,215,,Antwerp,,,35,,ARCAM,,,123,,Arne Hendriks,,,9,,Arnsberg,,,22,,Ars Electronica,,,277,,art,,,102,,Artos Foundation,,,83,,Auckland,,,184,,Avignon,,,8,,Bamberg,,,17,,Barcelona,,,91,,Basel,,,203,,Batroun,,,71,,Beirut,,,242,,belgium,,,46,,Belgrade,,,6,,Berlin,,,163,,Beverly,,,89,,Bingen,,,110,,Birmingham,,,109,,Birmingham Weekender,,,5,,Bocchignano,,,138,,Bonnieux,,,183,,Boston,,,121,,Braila,,,195,,Bratislava,,,100,,British Council,,,152,,Bruno Giliberto,,,65,,Bucharest,,,18,,Budapest,,,186,,C-Mine,,,98,,Cabaret Voltaire,,,80,,Cape Town,,,20,,Caracas,,,275,,CasaPop,,,140,,Castel San Pietro Terme,,,231,,Charlotte,,,131,,Chido Collectif,,,297,,Chien Kung senior high school,,,234,,church,,,180,,Cities,,,58,,Collectivo Re-Public,,,236,,Colpach-Bas,,,82,,Columbus,,,135,,Conversano,,,69,,Copenhagen,,,40,,d-hub,,,51,,Darom Gallery,,,177,,Decomyplace,,,129,,Disentis/Muster,,,93,,dislocated,,,49,,DOMA Art Foundation,,,194,,Dublin,,,245,,duplo,,,66,,Durham,,,197,,Düsseldorf,,,149,,Eckenfest Görlitz,,,63,,Ecole de l'Arc-en-ciel,,,256,,Encore Heureux,,,56,,Europäische Oberschule,,,172,,Example.Pl,,,59,,Fano,,,230,,Fargo,,,41,,Festival de la Cité,,,214,,Figline Valdarno,,,208,,Föhren,,,235,,france,,,60,,Frankfurt am Main,,,113,,Fubon Art Foundation,,,104,,Gadekunstdage,,,202,,Gansu,,,31,,Ganz Novi Festival Zagreb,,,23,,Genk,,,128,,Georgetown,,,90,,Gerda und Kuno Pieroth Stiftung,,,251,,Gesves,,,153,,Gilles Racine,,,132,,Glenview,,,106,,Goethe Institut,,,29,,Görlitz,,,206,,GreatYarmouth,,,207,,GreatYarmouthPreservationTrust,,,64,,Guanajuato,,,94,,Henk Holsheimer,,,268,,Hong Kong,,,77,,Hongkong,,,267,,Horizon gardens,,,28,,Hossegor,,,162,,Hsinchu,,,111,,IKON Gallery Birmingham,,,33,,Imaginez Maintenant,,,200,,Incursiones,,,157,,International Art Summerschool,,,95,,Internationaler Kunstsommer Arnsberg,,,3,,Jan,,,39,,Jarmuschek+Partner,,,78,,Jinno Neko,,,250,,Join with Karl,,,87,,jojo,,,81,,Kallered,,,125,,Kaohsiung,,,190,,Karin Sander,,,191,,Kashgar,,,166,,Kaunas,,,209,,Kendal,,,171,,Kepno,,,72,,Kiev,,,79,,Kuala Lumpur,,,188,,Kunstverein Arnsberg,,,147,,La Cimade,,,52,,La Vega,,,178,,laboratorioofficinaidee,,,210,,Lakes Alive Festival,,,189,,Landesgartenschau Bamberg,,,216,,Las Palmas,,,43,,Lausanne,,,273,,Lego,,,278,,legoart,,,274,,LegoWall,,,21,,Linz,,,26,,Ljubljana,,,53,,LOCUS_Colectivo,,,154,,Loic Chaussin,,,116,,London,,,74,,Madrid,,,150,,Marrakech,,,70,,Martin Jakob,,,15,,Massy,,,75,,Matadero,,,196,,Melbourne,,,280,,Mexico,,,130,,Mexico City,,,255,,Milano,,,176,,Modena,,,170,,Mönchengladbach,,,279,,Monterrey,,,25,,MoTA - Museum of Transitory Art,,,281,,Munich,,,86,,Nabeul,,,238,,Nancy,,,240,,Nantes,,,148,,Negrepelisse,,,142,,Neoludica,,,14,,New York,,,232,,Newcastle upon Tyne,,,101,,Nicolai Juhler,,,24,,Nikosia,,,217,,NOMAMI,,,85,,NTNU,,,259,,Nuart,,,105,,Nuit Blanche,,,141,,Officina Estate,,,155,,Olivier Wavre,,,169,,Orvieto,,,139,,Palau Saverdera,,,10,,Paris,,,239,,Perigueux,,,103,,Perpignan,,,57,,Pesaro,,,246,,philadelphia,,,151,,Photographers,,,254,,Pietrapaola,,,36,,Platform21,,,269,,Playground,,,270,,Playground floor,,,265,,Playground patch,,,133,,Poitiers,,,276,,PopInvestments,,,211,,Prasat Beng Mealea,,,112,,Projet R,,,299,,Providencia,,,16,,Pucon,,,108,,Putty,,,45,,Quito,,,44,,Re:Re: Residence Revisited,,,136,,Reillon,,,119,,Repair Manifesto,,,241,,Revit,,,198,,Riga,,,233,,Rio de Janeiro,,,126,,Ropczyce,,,193,,San Francisco,,,174,,San Gimignano,,,175,,San Prospero,,,96,,Santiago,,,218,,Santo Domingo,,,34,,Sao Paulo,,,213,,seachange,,,61,,Seoul,,,48,,Sofia,,,185,,South Orange,,,47,,Sremski Karlovci,,,62,,St-Francois Xavier de Brompton,,,11,,St.Petersburg,,,67,,Stitch Community Art Project,,,107,,Student Center Zagreb,,,124,,Stuttgart,,,13,,Submitted,,,38,,SWAB,,,266,,Tai Koo Shing,,,165,,Tainan,,,114,,Taipei,,,179,,Tarragona,,,50,,Tel Aviv,,,76,,Tokyo,,,73,,Toronto,,,300,,Torresdetajamar,,,32,,Toulouse,,,243,,Tourinnes-La-Grosse,,,88,,Triennale Bingen,,,204,,Tripoli,,,84,,Trondheim,,,134,,Troy,,,192,,Turfan,,,143,,Venice,,,144,,Venice,,,145,,Venice Biennal,,,115,,Very Fun Parc,,,54,,Viareggio,,,120,,Video,,,167,,Vilnius,,,168,,ViVa,,,92,,Volta Basel,,,122,,Volta NY,,,55,,Waldenburg,,,252,,Wallonie,,,173,,Warsaw,,,264,,what can be seen here: http://www.bruehler-kunstverein.de/download/Kunstverein_DispatchWork_Bruehl_V1.mp4,,,137,,Wookagro,,,127,,Wuppertal,,,30,,Zagreb,,,19,,Zielona Gora,,,97,,Zürich,,,
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We noticed a gap in the school’s drainage gutter, so we decided to fill it with LEGO bricks. First, we shaped the LEGO pieces to fit the gap, and then we built a small island on top. The island features a beach, ocean, trees, grass, flowers, and a mountain. We hope this relaxing scene will help people feel calm and relieve stress when they see it.
At first, we were looking for a damaged place . Then used Lego to fix and beautify the environment.Finally,we just did it, feeling a sense of accomplishment.
This is the elective homework of three high school students. A colorful cottage in a rich ecological forest, in which there seems to be a pyramid doted with coriander or a cheese cake with palm leaves?
After discovering the bricks around the faucent have been broken, we decided to repair it. We created a pair of elephant ears so that combined with the faucent it would looks like an elephant head
Gli alunni dell’Istituto Comprensivo “San Giovanni Bosco” di Massafra con l’intento di preservare la componente innovativa nell’approccio educativo usato, per l’a.s. 2022/23 hanno eseguito il progetto “FIX THE SCHOOL” che mira, ispirati dall’arte e dalla teoria dei colori, a stimolare la creatività nei bambini sempre più costretti nella rigidità delle tecnologie, coinvolgendoli nella scoperta del patrimonio culturale e paesaggistico locale attraverso il gioco. Il progetto ha inteso affrontare le tematiche relative all’educazione alla tutela del paesaggio e del patrimonio storico-artistico del nostro territorio, partendo dalla conoscenza, perché “si ama ciò che si conosce e si tutela ciò che si ama”, ponendo le basi sulla educazione alla “Cittadinanza attiva”, intesa come costruzione dell’identità individuale, culturale e sociale, nella convinzione che un cambiamento sociale e culturale sia possibile solo a partire da una nuova attenzione ai bambini fin da piccoli. Interventi realizzati in due plessi dell’Istituto.
I randomly walked passed it and took a photo for my IG without knowing anything about the whole Lego piece movement!:) then I came across an artist who’s work is using that style and I ask him is it his? And he said no, but I should update this this link. Which I did. The first proud entry from Estonia!
The invitation to “Manse Artfest” came from MCST Yeongdeok-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do and was hosted by the Yeongdeok Culture and Tourism Foundation and curated by Jazoo Yang.
The invitation to “Manse Artfest” came from MCST Yeongdeok-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do and was hosted by the Yeongdeok Culture and Tourism Foundation and curated by Jazoo Yang.
The invitation to “Manse Artfest” came from MCST Yeongdeok-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do and was hosted by the Yeongdeok Culture and Tourism Foundation and curated by Jazoo Yang.
The invitation to “Manse Artfest” came from MCST Yeongdeok-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do and was hosted by the Yeongdeok Culture and Tourism Foundation and curated by Jazoo Yang.
This patch was done in the frame of the Festival “Les petits Bonheurs”, a festival of art in public spaces with a focus on inclusion.
“Les Petits Bonheurs is a nomadic and intercommunal festival, developed around playful arts, which has grown over the years – 7th edition already! Its main idea: to prove that people with disabilities or loss of autonomy can bring moments of happiness to all, through creation”
This patch was done in the frame of the Festival “Les petits Bonheurs”, a festival of art in public spaces with a focus on inclusion.
“Les Petits Bonheurs is a nomadic and intercommunal festival, developed around playful arts, which has grown over the years – 7th edition already! Its main idea: to prove that people with disabilities or loss of autonomy can bring moments of happiness to all, through creation”
This patch was done in the frame of the Festival “Les petits Bonheurs”, a festival of art in public spaces with a focus on inclusion.
“Les Petits Bonheurs is a nomadic and intercommunal festival, developed around playful arts, which has grown over the years – 7th edition already! Its main idea: to prove that people with disabilities or loss of autonomy can bring moments of happiness to all, through creation”
Just next to the Leman Lake (like little sea) and the Beach so beautifull place and there is Ripaille Castle St Disdille which is called too Chesnut forest park! Artistes children and friends come and meet to do the patch, a little scattered.
Près du lac Léman (tel une petite mer) et près de la plage tellement bel endroit, il y a aussi le château de Ripaille et St Disdille qu’on appelle aussi le parc de la chataigneraie. Des artistes se sont retrouvés des enfants et amis pour participer à ce patch un peu éparpillé.
Originally, this was an installation art piece with a glass surface. However, it broke before we handled it. Considering safety and hygiene issues, we decided to cover it with building blocks. As a result, the piece below was created.
Since the hole was round but the blocks were square, we encountered some difficulties during the process, but we ultimately resolved them smoothly. The surface of the piece features irregularly arranged colored blocks, along with some varying heights, creating the image of a face.
Hi ~ Friends from all over the world.ᐟ.ᐟwe are students from Taiwan Chien Kung Senior High School, and this is the work of our multiple elective courses. One day we noticed that there was a tile missing from the wall under the canopy on this campus, so we decided to fill the hole in this creative way to make the campus more beautiful and tidy. We have two versions of the work, because the first version of the work was blown away by a typhoon( ߹꒳߹ ). The creative concept is to express the friendship between classmates and the infinite possibilities of youth.
First,we went through the school to find if there is a place that was already peeled off. Then, we found a place on the Accessible ramp.We discuss with each other,and made a plan book.After that we have a report in the class.Fortunately,our school allow us to do it ! We choose some Lego, and went to create.In the process of making we have some problem ,such as there is no Lego we need,so we have to went to other teams to ask if they have . After three weeks working,we have finished two little works.We all like it very much.Teacher said it is cute too!Although they are gone now,they will always be a great memories for us.
This was a peeled corner in CKSH Hsinchu,Taiwan. And that was one of the reason why we tried to make it different. The other reason was because it was assigned by our teacher, and we found that it was interesting. At first,we didn’t have enough bricks, so we weren’t able to cover the whole corner,and it was a little bit weird as well. Fortunately, we got enough bricks then, so we decided to make a tiny palace which is located on the corner as you see. By the way, we tried to make some connections between the project and locals. Here is an example ,the red roof is common in Chinese traditional building. Hope you like it!
This is our first time that join this kind of activity.We wanted to use the color that represents our school at first,but it was a little bit hard,so we used all the colors that we got.We built a wall that can cover the hole in the railing,and one of our members made a war ship with a propeller.Although we finished it and it looked great ,due to the typhoon that came through Taiwan,it’s now broken and almost disappeared.
“An entire city is an infinite place. It is in a permanent state of construction. Full of small or large construction sites that never stop. On the other hand, an individual construction site is always an inconvenience. Noisy and dirty, it produces a detour in our usual paths.” – Deviations Volontaires
This patch was done in the frame of the “Chantiers Partagés” as part of the artistic and cultural programming of the Grand Paris Express and carried out with the help of the City of Créteil. Jan Vormann created a concept for research and exhibition in the public space called “Deviations Volontaires” (“Voluntary Deviations”), which included workshops as well as interventions. The participants included visual artists, landscape-architects and a theatre group.
“On some projects, local residents will be able to participate in the creations while the artists work in different streets of the neighborhood. During the last weekend, for the Grand Finale near the metro exit, everyone will be invited to the celebration of the Grand Détour!” – Deviations Volontaires
This patch was done in the frame of the “Chantiers Partagés” as part of the artistic and cultural programming of the Grand Paris Express and carried out with the help of the City of Créteil. Jan Vormann created a concept for research and exhibition in the public space called “Deviations Volontaires” (“Voluntary Deviations”), which included workshops as well as interventions. The participants included visual artists, landscape-architects and a theatre group.
“Signage will invite residents to choose new routes. Instead of diverting obstacles, the Voluntary Diversions will lead to “construction sites”, corresponding to ephemeral and immaterial installations. In an artistic way, the Voluntary Deviations will prove to passers-by that construction sites are much more than an obstacle. They highlight the growth of their own city. An inevitable urban manifestation whose beauty can only be revealed by an open and attentive spectator.” – Deviations Volontaires
This patch was done in the frame of the “Chantiers Partagés” as part of the artistic and cultural programming of the Grand Paris Express and carried out with the help of the City of Créteil. Jan Vormann created a concept for research and exhibition in the public space called “Deviations Volontaires” (“Voluntary Deviations”), which included workshops as well as interventions. The participants included visual artists, landscape-architects and a theatre group.
“Within the district of the new station there are many construction sites, more or less important, forcing residents to take detours in their journeys. But each diversion in the public space can also lead to a new discovery. A new path, which we would never have taken without this change of route. By avoiding the beaten track, the Voluntary Diversions invite rediscovery.” – Deviations Volontaires
This patch was done in the frame of the “Chantiers Partagés” as part of the artistic and cultural programming of the Grand Paris Express and carried out with the help of the City of Créteil. Jan Vormann created a concept for research and exhibition in the public space called “Deviations Volontaires” (“Voluntary Deviations”), which included workshops as well as interventions. The participants included visual artists, landscape-architects and a theatre group.
“An entire city is an infinite place. It is in a permanent state of construction. Full of small or large construction sites that never stop. On the other hand, an individual construction site is always an inconvenience. Noisy and dirty, it produces a detour in our usual paths.” – Deviations Volontaires
This patch was done in the frame of the “Chantiers Partagés” as part of the artistic and cultural programming of the Grand Paris Express and carried out with the help of the City of Créteil. Jan Vormann created a concept for research and exhibition in the public space called “Deviations Volontaires” (“Voluntary Deviations”), which included workshops as well as interventions. The participants included visual artists, landscape-architects and a theatre group.
With an impressive 18 meter height, Bavaria is enthroned as the patron saint of Bavaria on the edge of the Theresienwiese over Munich. As the first colossal bronze statue since antiquity, it is a technical masterpiece.
Dans le cadre de ma formation Service À la Personne et Au Territoire, nous devions réaliser, avec ma petite amie, un projet autours du Land Art… En découvrant le « Dispatchwork », nous nous sommes dit que nous allions participer à ce projet. Voici notre projet Land Art, fait le 15 mars 2024 à Quimper.
Done for the festival of Arts in Public Spaces: Points de Vues (www.pointsdevue.eus)
“Points de Vue is an international urban art festival created in 2017, organized by the Basque Country Urban Community, with the support of the region’s municipalities, the City of Bayonne and the Kaxu Gallery (formerly Spacejunk Art Centers).
The festival revisits the living environment of residents in the Basque Country, by inviting local and international artists to intervene in and with public space. In the most diverse forms, the works produced inhabit the territory for a variable period of time, sometimes until they disappear. You will find on this site all the artistic projects carried out to date, as well as resources available to you.
An unmissable event in the visual arts landscape, Points de Vue takes place every year in October. The festival offers a program for all audiences, punctuated by the production of new works, guided tours, creative workshops, screenings and even audiovisual performances. It is also an opportunity for stakeholders in the visual arts sector to come together around structuring themes during professional meetings”
Done for the festival of Arts in Public Spaces: Points de Vues (www.pointsdevue.eus)
“Points de Vue is an international urban art festival created in 2017, organized by the Basque Country Urban Community, with the support of the region’s municipalities, the City of Bayonne and the Kaxu Gallery (formerly Spacejunk Art Centers).
The festival revisits the living environment of residents in the Basque Country, by inviting local and international artists to intervene in and with public space. In the most diverse forms, the works produced inhabit the territory for a variable period of time, sometimes until they disappear. You will find on this site all the artistic projects carried out to date, as well as resources available to you.
An unmissable event in the visual arts landscape, Points de Vue takes place every year in October. The festival offers a program for all audiences, punctuated by the production of new works, guided tours, creative workshops, screenings and even audiovisual performances. It is also an opportunity for stakeholders in the visual arts sector to come together around structuring themes during professional meetings”
Done for the festival of Arts in Public Spaces: Points de Vues (www.pointsdevue.eus)
“Points de Vue is an international urban art festival created in 2017, organized by the Basque Country Urban Community, with the support of the region’s municipalities, the City of Bayonne and the Kaxu Gallery (formerly Spacejunk Art Centers).
The festival revisits the living environment of residents in the Basque Country, by inviting local and international artists to intervene in and with public space. In the most diverse forms, the works produced inhabit the territory for a variable period of time, sometimes until they disappear. You will find on this site all the artistic projects carried out to date, as well as resources available to you.
An unmissable event in the visual arts landscape, Points de Vue takes place every year in October. The festival offers a program for all audiences, punctuated by the production of new works, guided tours, creative workshops, screenings and even audiovisual performances. It is also an opportunity for stakeholders in the visual arts sector to come together around structuring themes during professional meetings”
Done for the festival of Arts in Public Spaces: Points de Vues (www.pointsdevue.eus)
“Points de Vue is an international urban art festival created in 2017, organized by the Basque Country Urban Community, with the support of the region’s municipalities, the City of Bayonne and the Kaxu Gallery (formerly Spacejunk Art Centers).
The festival revisits the living environment of residents in the Basque Country, by inviting local and international artists to intervene in and with public space. In the most diverse forms, the works produced inhabit the territory for a variable period of time, sometimes until they disappear. You will find on this site all the artistic projects carried out to date, as well as resources available to you.
An unmissable event in the visual arts landscape, Points de Vue takes place every year in October. The festival offers a program for all audiences, punctuated by the production of new works, guided tours, creative workshops, screenings and even audiovisual performances. It is also an opportunity for stakeholders in the visual arts sector to come together around structuring themes during professional meetings”
Done for the festival of Arts in Public Spaces: Points de Vues (www.pointsdevue.eus)
“Points de Vue is an international urban art festival created in 2017, organized by the Basque Country Urban Community, with the support of the region’s municipalities, the City of Bayonne and the Kaxu Gallery (formerly Spacejunk Art Centers).
The festival revisits the living environment of residents in the Basque Country, by inviting local and international artists to intervene in and with public space. In the most diverse forms, the works produced inhabit the territory for a variable period of time, sometimes until they disappear. You will find on this site all the artistic projects carried out to date, as well as resources available to you.
An unmissable event in the visual arts landscape, Points de Vue takes place every year in October. The festival offers a program for all audiences, punctuated by the production of new works, guided tours, creative workshops, screenings and even audiovisual performances. It is also an opportunity for stakeholders in the visual arts sector to come together around structuring themes during professional meetings”
Done for the festival of Arts in Public Spaces: Points de Vues (www.pointsdevue.eus)
“Points de Vue is an international urban art festival created in 2017, organized by the Basque Country Urban Community, with the support of the region’s municipalities, the City of Bayonne and the Kaxu Gallery (formerly Spacejunk Art Centers).
The festival revisits the living environment of residents in the Basque Country, by inviting local and international artists to intervene in and with public space. In the most diverse forms, the works produced inhabit the territory for a variable period of time, sometimes until they disappear. You will find on this site all the artistic projects carried out to date, as well as resources available to you.
An unmissable event in the visual arts landscape, Points de Vue takes place every year in October. The festival offers a program for all audiences, punctuated by the production of new works, guided tours, creative workshops, screenings and even audiovisual performances. It is also an opportunity for stakeholders in the visual arts sector to come together around structuring themes during professional meetings”
Done for the festival of Arts in Public Spaces: Points de Vues (www.pointsdevue.eus)
“Points de Vue is an international urban art festival created in 2017, organized by the Basque Country Urban Community, with the support of the region’s municipalities, the City of Bayonne and the Kaxu Gallery (formerly Spacejunk Art Centers).
The festival revisits the living environment of residents in the Basque Country, by inviting local and international artists to intervene in and with public space. In the most diverse forms, the works produced inhabit the territory for a variable period of time, sometimes until they disappear. You will find on this site all the artistic projects carried out to date, as well as resources available to you.
An unmissable event in the visual arts landscape, Points de Vue takes place every year in October. The festival offers a program for all audiences, punctuated by the production of new works, guided tours, creative workshops, screenings and even audiovisual performances. It is also an opportunity for stakeholders in the visual arts sector to come together around structuring themes during professional meetings”
Here you see the Workshop with kids, where we prepared some of the installations which were later placed into the walls around town.
Done for the festival of Arts in Public Spaces: Points de Vues (www.pointsdevue.eus)
“Points de Vue is an international urban art festival created in 2017, organized by the Basque Country Urban Community, with the support of the region’s municipalities, the City of Bayonne and the Kaxu Gallery (formerly Spacejunk Art Centers).
The festival revisits the living environment of residents in the Basque Country, by inviting local and international artists to intervene in and with public space. In the most diverse forms, the works produced inhabit the territory for a variable period of time, sometimes until they disappear. You will find on this site all the artistic projects carried out to date, as well as resources available to you.
An unmissable event in the visual arts landscape, Points de Vue takes place every year in October. The festival offers a program for all audiences, punctuated by the production of new works, guided tours, creative workshops, screenings and even audiovisual performances. It is also an opportunity for stakeholders in the visual arts sector to come together around structuring themes during professional meetings”
We’re so excited to be the first patch in Western Australia! At the end of Pirate Lane in Mount Hawthorn, this will be the first of many creations across Perth.
Done for the festival of Arts in Public Spaces: Points de Vues (www.pointsdevue.eus)
“Points de Vue is an international urban art festival created in 2017, organized by the Basque Country Urban Community, with the support of the region’s municipalities, the City of Bayonne and the Kaxu Gallery (formerly Spacejunk Art Centers).
The festival revisits the living environment of residents in the Basque Country, by inviting local and international artists to intervene in and with public space. In the most diverse forms, the works produced inhabit the territory for a variable period of time, sometimes until they disappear. You will find on this site all the artistic projects carried out to date, as well as resources available to you.
An unmissable event in the visual arts landscape, Points de Vue takes place every year in October. The festival offers a program for all audiences, punctuated by the production of new works, guided tours, creative workshops, screenings and even audiovisual performances. It is also an opportunity for stakeholders in the visual arts sector to come together around structuring themes during professional meetings”
Thanks for Damien and Evan for standing with me in the rainy autumn streets to start and finish these pieces!
Done for the festival of Arts in Public Spaces: Points de Vues (www.pointsdevue.eus)
“Points de Vue is an international urban art festival created in 2017, organized by the Basque Country Urban Community, with the support of the region’s municipalities, the City of Bayonne and the Kaxu Gallery (formerly Spacejunk Art Centers).
The festival revisits the living environment of residents in the Basque Country, by inviting local and international artists to intervene in and with public space. In the most diverse forms, the works produced inhabit the territory for a variable period of time, sometimes until they disappear. You will find on this site all the artistic projects carried out to date, as well as resources available to you.
An unmissable event in the visual arts landscape, Points de Vue takes place every year in October. The festival offers a program for all audiences, punctuated by the production of new works, guided tours, creative workshops, screenings and even audiovisual performances. It is also an opportunity for stakeholders in the visual arts sector to come together around structuring themes during professional meetings”
This is quite a special patch. Once in a while I get personal emails from people who tell me, that family member was liking the idea behind the project. And that they have passed, but got a moment of joy from it.
I received a letter from Eva B. from Potsdam near Berlin. Her husband Jürgen was a big fan of Lego and for this reason Eva invited me to their house to donate a part of her late husbands collection. The only thing she wanted in return, was that I install a patch dedicated to him. We talked about where could be a fitting spot, and I told her that I was next headed to the basque countryside for a residency for landart, in Uhart-Mixe. Eva told me, that this would be a great spot, since her husband had always dreamed of undertaking the spiritual footwalk to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. The main north-european ways cross here upon their ascend to the pyrenees.
So we chose this spot, precisely for this. I included his initials and a miniature copy of their house in Potsdam. Rest in peace Jürgen, may your family get some joy from this patch in your honor!
This was done in the frame of a residency in Uhart-Mixe, Basque Country, France with the support of the Basque Country Urban Community.
Done for the festival of Arts in Public Spaces: Points de Vues (www.pointsdevue.eus) – This patch was done with the help of Anouk (9)
“Points de Vue is an international urban art festival created in 2017, organized by the Basque Country Urban Community, with the support of the region’s municipalities, the City of Bayonne and the Kaxu Gallery (formerly Spacejunk Art Centers).
The festival revisits the living environment of residents in the Basque Country, by inviting local and international artists to intervene in and with public space. In the most diverse forms, the works produced inhabit the territory for a variable period of time, sometimes until they disappear. You will find on this site all the artistic projects carried out to date, as well as resources available to you.
An unmissable event in the visual arts landscape, Points de Vue takes place every year in October. The festival offers a program for all audiences, punctuated by the production of new works, guided tours, creative workshops, screenings and even audiovisual performances. It is also an opportunity for stakeholders in the visual arts sector to come together around structuring themes during professional meetings”
Done for the festival of Arts in Public Spaces: Points de Vues (www.pointsdevue.eus)
“Points de Vue is an international urban art festival created in 2017, organized by the Basque Country Urban Community, with the support of the region’s municipalities, the City of Bayonne and the Kaxu Gallery (formerly Spacejunk Art Centers).
The festival revisits the living environment of residents in the Basque Country, by inviting local and international artists to intervene in and with public space. In the most diverse forms, the works produced inhabit the territory for a variable period of time, sometimes until they disappear. You will find on this site all the artistic projects carried out to date, as well as resources available to you.
An unmissable event in the visual arts landscape, Points de Vue takes place every year in October. The festival offers a program for all audiences, punctuated by the production of new works, guided tours, creative workshops, screenings and even audiovisual performances. It is also an opportunity for stakeholders in the visual arts sector to come together around structuring themes during professional meetings”
Les habitant.e.s du quartier des Marolles et l’équipe du Projet de Cohésion Sociale d’Habitat & Rénovation asbl ont réparé des coins cassés sur la Plaine de la Querelle dans le cadre du futur réaménagement.
Travail est des élèves de l’IME de Noeux les Mines au LP Mendès France de Bruay. Les élèves ont bouché des trous dans le lycée avec des legos. Ils ont beaucoup aimé cette activité.
Im Rahmen der Projekttage im Juni 2023 haben wir uns als Schüler:innen entschieden, die unschönen Ecken unserer Schule mit Lego bunter zu gestalten. Auch in der Frechener Innentstadt, an der Stadtbücherei, haben wir für ein wenig Farbe gesorgt.
During the project days in June 2023, us students decided to fill the shabby corners of school with colorful Legos. We did as well bring some color to our inner City, right behind the public library.
At L’Echandole in the castle of Yverdon-les-Bains, we organized a big participatory day of reparations. As an echo to the real restoration the castle is undergoing, we decided to help repair it too !
Ein 50jähriges Jubiläum feierte der Brühler Kunstverein 2022 und die Vorsitzende Gaby Zimmermann holte das Kunstprojekt deswegen in die Stadt – umgesetzt von Kindern und jungen Erwachsenen. Der Filmemacher Thorsten Kleinschmidt hat die Aktion filmisch festgehalten, was hier zu sehen ist: Video Kunstverein Dispatchwork Bruehl
The Brühler Kunstverein celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2022 and the chairwoman Gaby Zimmermann therefore brought the art project to the city – implemented by children and young adults. Filmmaker Thorsten Kleinschmidt captured the action on film, what can be seen here: Video Kunstverein Dispatchwork Bruehl
Dans le cadre de #ColorezBourg et de la venue de Jan Vormann du 15 au 19 juillet 2021, créations avec comblement des trous et fissures d’un mur construit de briques et de galets.
Progetto Scuola dell’Infanzia dell’Istituto Comprensivo “Pitagora” di Bernalda (MT) intitolato “Coloriamo tutti i muri….con una manciata di lego”. L’idea è stata di individuare un luogo-simbolo, Complesso Scolastico “Anacreonte”, su cui accendere i riflettori per sensibilizzare la comunità, sul suo valore sia esso storico-artistico-architettonico che culturale ed identitario, per stimolare processi virtuosi di valorizzazione, di tutela e cittadinanza attiva, perché “si ama ciò che si conosce e si tutela ciò che si ama”. svilupperà, così, ponendo le basi sulla educazione alla “Cittadinanza attiva”, intesa come costruzione dell’identità individuale, culturale e sociale, nella convinzione che un cambiamento sociale e culturale sia possibile solo a partire da una nuova attenzione ai bambini già nei primi sei anni di vita e dalla diffusione di una cultura dell’infanzia e per l’infanzia. Pur consapevoli di non poter risolvere da soli problemi spesso molto grandi, l’educazione però può far molto per sostenere la speranza di un mondo migliore costruito attraverso l’impegno dei singoli e delle comunità. Rapportandosi così con il proprio contesto locale di vita quotidiana, perché la città è un grande laboratorio didattico, campo del fare attivo e, come ci ricorda Calvino, “Le città sono un insieme di tante cose: di memorie, di desideri, di segni di un linguaggio… luoghi di scambio” (Città invisibili).
Atelier avec patients et professionnels du Centre Psychotherapique de l’Ain dans le cadre de #ColorezBourg – Réalisé par le dispositif Culture NoMad et l’Espace des Usagers du CPA .
This is our office and we would like to continue the dispatchwork in the future. The tower is located in the top of Gellért Hill, Budapest and Eugene Wigner who received the Nobel Prize in Physics lived in that house.
Historical building from 1926. Build by Lindke family, the owners of the brick factory located near. The co-owner of the company was Ms Dietmer, from local Stołczyn’s old family.Building is registered as local heritage monument. Yet, is told to be demolished soon.
Réparation colorée réalisée par Victor 7 ans, Matilda 4 ans et leur père. Le Palais de Mogosoaia est un monument historique bâti aux XVIIIème siècle qui abrite aujourd’hui un musée. Il se tient au bord d’un lac et dans un grand parc à proximité de Bucarest.
Colored repair made by Victor 7 years old, Matilda 4 years old and their father. The Palace of Mogosoaia is a historical monument built in the 18th century which now houses a museum. It is located by a lake in a large park near Bucharest.
We came across Jan Vormann’s “Dispatchwork” and loved the idea. We commissioned local creative and LEGO craftsman, Adrian Ramirez, to patch some missing bricks at 9th Street Studios. Epic photos were provided by Artist, Simon Welch, and brought another level of interaction to our building’s new addition.
Bringing colour to an old school wall in the centre of Beernem. Also in honor of my grandfather Gillis Demeyer! Wonderfull bringing people together and colour in the world.
Created on July 4, 2020 in Grenoble (France) during a visit to discover the Dispatchwork project and question the notion of heritage organized by Artilubi (artilubi.com).
Créé le 4 juillet 2020 à Grenoble (France) à l’occasion d’une visite pour découvrir le projet Dispatchwork et questionner la notion de patrimoine organisée par Artilubi (artilubi.com).
Begining of a big work with Swan, 6 years old who is absolutely in love with Jan! We are at the ancient coal firm. Difficult to localise exactly on the map.
We have done it with the CM1 childrens at school ! Thanks to you, it was a funny time for them. Happy and proud to be in the Dispatchwork. They should be proud, i will show them now.
We are 8 children working in a workshop every wednesday in the the CAPC (museum of contempory art of Bordeaux in France). We are reparing the bulding by doing a lot of small interventions to take care of the museum. We prepared a surprise for you : a lego patch. By the way, if you come to Bordeaux, visit us to see our reparation in the museum.
Participating at the Festival for Inclusivity, “See the world my way” – Listened to very inspiring speakers of the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Guggenhei Collection Venice and Kunsthistorisches Musem Wien, who all spoke about their efforts to make the Arts available for everybody. Definitely a topic that has to be improved on. The Conference took place in the italian courtyard inside the museum, right next to the Cast of David from Milan.
A last one on my way to the trainstation with Javier Abarca. Javi is an artist, researcher and educator in the fields of graffiti and street art. A leading figure from the first generation of Spanish graffiti, he taught a class on graffiti and street art at the Complutense University of Madrid between 2006 and 2015. He is founder and director of the Unlock Book Fair and the Tag Conference. He founded the website Urbanario in 2008. He works in teaching, curating and writing across Europe. (https://javierabarca.es/en/)
http://unlockfair.com/author/javier-abarca/
High fluctuation, the patch was probably gone after a few hours.
Next to the hotel we stayed in and a piece by Invader. Ever want some excitement on your Manchester trip? Stay in this hotel on Tib street. The lobby is the only place that let’s you have wifi and there’s high-life non-stop. Countless adventures waiting for you.
Nice place to go for a stroll, the Northern Quarter. Here 4 arches left standing which seem to have been part of a former fish market. I’d love an actual fish market in that place rather than these modern buildings. Coming from a continental place, fish markets are places that evoke in me the feeling of holidays.
A quick one most likely gone within hours. A lot of passers in this street. They shot a movie right around the corner too, catering trucks and roadblocks all around. Maybe find it in the background on the big screen soon.
Being part of the Social Surfaces Conference as a speaker I walked through the streets to get to know Manchester and find me some quiet spots to leave a couple of patches. This one was done right next to a ad-buff by Jordan Seyler, whom I met for the conference first. Check his Instagram, definitely recommended. https://www.instagram.com/jordanseiler/
This building was an old Chevrolet store front from the early 1900s. This old Chevrolet building has since been transformed into a hub for small businesses, yet it never received a proper upgrade to its facade and continued to lose bricks over the years. My siblings and I decided it was due for a proper make over. We began with the most obvious areas in need of improvement and filled in those areas first. We plan on making it a community wide affair and start a Lego drive at school, in order to continue the good work of Dispatch.
We are in Korea. It is a group of everyday people, mostly mommies, who love art and try out different artist’s artworks. Jan Vormann’s dispatch inspired us so much and so we did as follows. We went to an old chapel in a church in a place called Me-hyang-li, in Hwaseong-si, and did some dispatch work there. Hwaseong-si is where we all live in.
Me-hyang-li has been used as a shooting range for the past 60 years by the US military until recently. So naturally, the area was filled with unwanted bullet shells, debris and smokes from all sorts of explosions. It sometimes leads to casualties, which made the villagers devastated, but had to take it on, all on their own. This made the people living in the area eventually flee and move out of Me-hyang-li, making the place more disagreeable to live in. After a hard struggle against the USFK, the Me-hyang-li shooting range was closed, but it is still a place where painful history is underway due to various political and environmental factors.
The former chapel of Maehyang-ri’s old church has been transformed into a cultural and artistic space under the Eco-Museum project in Gyeonggi-do and has been established as a ‘Me-hyang-ri Studio.’
We were proud that with Jan Vormann’s dispatchwork project, we could also help our neighborhood (a little far but still, neighborhood ·ᴗ·) heal a little. Thank you so much, Jan!!
Related link with more pictures: https://www.instagram.com/p/B2lXdQfpLSu/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
There’s that thrill of peeking into windows to catch a glimpse of other people’s lifes. It’s comparable to the sensation when you are about to write an illegal graffiti or nick a desired object – This absolute unit took 5 people 5 hours to construct, standing around it like around a fire, singing, talking and telling stupid jokes. Thanks heaps Lisa, Marie, Clemence, Pauline from Bien Urbain Festival
Workshop in Planoise, Besançon for Festival Bien Urbain: No tourist guides exist of this place. If you want to find out about the neighborhood then listen closely to these kids. Thanks Pari, Juste Ici, Thanks
One of the recent works in Besançon at Bien Urbain festival making artists dream to work in their public spaces. Plenty material and many helping extra hands and eyes. This one took us 5 hours to construct, with a little passageway to discover the inside. Thanks Marie! with a view on the citadel, the conservatory and a fantastic mural of www.instagram.com/steveespopowers from an earlier edition of Bien Urbain.
Dispatchwork is more than just me squeezing intricate shapes into fissures and cracks of broken walls. Here you see a whole neighborhood of Besançon mending the century old city wall on the opening weekend of Bien Urbain – 8 swiftly passing hours of collective work shared between all ages. In these moments nothing else is more important than fitting the little pieces in perfectly. No matter your origin, gender, skin color, religion, disabilities, age – what counts here is to find the right pieces for structural support and to add an arch or a little window. This is Dispatchwork.
In Civitacampomarano, the locals don’t care if the kids are now called Anwar and Ali instead of Antonio and Alberto, as long as the city’s population doesn’t die out entirely.
CVTA Streetfest is an annual celebration of arts in public spaces organized by the local assosiation Associazione Culturale „CivitArt“ and the artist Alice Pasquini. Every year renowned streetartist come and leave their marks on the almost entirely abandoned village of Civitacampomarano.
Theses guys helped me the other day. That’s Martin, Marc, Ian , Vinny and Milu. They all are working in the field of Streetart, Martin is a painter, Vinny, Ian and Marc are fotographers and run their much respected streetart pages. We had a good time working the streets together here. One beer for five, but nice and warm… the weather.
CVTA Streetfest is an annual celebration of arts in public spaces organized by the local assosiation Associazione Culturale „CivitArt“ and the artist Alice Pasquini. Every year renowned streetartist come and leave their marks on the almost entirely abandoned village of Civitacampomarano. This years edition featured artists such as Addfuel, Martin Whatson, Milu Correch and Studio Ayra.
In Civitacampomarano, the locals don’t care if the kids are now called Anwar and Ali instead of Antonio and Alberto, as long as the city’s population doesn’t die out entirely.
CVTA Streetfest is an annual celebration of arts in public spaces organized by the local assosiation Associazione Culturale „CivitArt“ and the artist Alice Pasquini. Every year renowned streetartist come and leave their marks on the almost entirely abandoned village of Civitacampomarano. This years edition featured artists such as Addfuel, Martin Whatson, Milu Correch and Studio Ayra.
Here working with Alice who initiated the festival and Francisco an artist from a prior edition who dropped by because he was in the region. They are both legends here.
CVTA Streetfest is an annual celebration of arts in public spaces organized by the local assosiation Associazione Culturale „CivitArt“ and the artist Alice Pasquini. Every year renowned streetartist come and leave their marks on the almost entirely abandoned village of Civitacampomarano. This years edition featured artists such as Addfuel, Martin Whatson, Milu Correch and Studio Ayra.
In Civitacampomarano, the locals don’t care if the kids are now called Anwar and Ali instead of Antonio and Alberto, as long as the city’s population doesn’t die out entirely.
CVTA Streetfest is an annual celebration of arts in public spaces organized by the local assosiation Associazione Culturale „CivitArt“ and the artist Alice Pasquini. Every year renowned streetartist come and leave their marks on the almost entirely abandoned village of Civitacampomarano. This years edition featured artists such as Addfuel, Martin Whatson, Milu Correch and Studio Ayra.
In Civitacampomarano, the locals don’t care if the kids are now called Anwar and Ali instead of Antonio and Alberto, as long as the city’s population doesn’t die out entirely.
CVTA Streetfest is an annual celebration of arts in public spaces organized by the local assosiation Associazione Culturale „CivitArt“ and the artist Alice Pasquini. Every year renowned streetartist come and leave their marks on the almost entirely abandoned village of Civitacampomarano.
In Civitacampomarano, the locals don’t care if the kids are now called Anwar and Ali instead of Antonio and Alberto, as long as the city’s population doesn’t die out entirely.
CVTA Streetfest is an annual celebration of arts in public spaces organized by the local assosiation Associazione Culturale „CivitArt“ and the artist Alice Pasquini. Every year renowned streetartist come and leave their marks on the almost entirely abandoned village of Civitacampomarano. This years edition featured artists such as Addfuel, Martin Whatson, Milu Correch and Studio Ayra.
In Civitacampomarano, the locals don’t care if the kids are now called Anwar and Ali instead of Antonio and Alberto, as long as the city’s population doesn’t die out entirely.
CVTA Streetfest is an annual celebration of arts in public spaces organized by the local assosiation Associazione Culturale „CivitArt“ and the artist Alice Pasquini. Every year renowned streetartist come and leave their marks on the almost entirely abandoned village of Civitacampomarano. This years edition featured artists such as Addfuel, Martin Whatson, Milu Correch and Studio Ayra.
In Civitacampomarano, the locals don’t care if the kids are now called Anwar and Ali instead of Antonio and Alberto, as long as the city’s population doesn’t die out entirely.
CVTA Streetfest is an annual celebration of arts in public spaces organized by the local assosiation Associazione Culturale „CivitArt“ and the artist Alice Pasquini. Every year renowned streetartist come and leave their marks on the almost entirely abandoned village of Civitacampomarano.
In Civitacampomarano, the locals don’t care if the kids are now called Anwar and Ali instead of Antonio and Alberto, as long as the city’s population doesn’t die out entirely.
CVTA Streetfest is an annual celebration of arts in public spaces organized by the local assosiation Associazione Culturale „CivitArt“ and the artist Alice Pasquini. Every year renowned streetartist come and leave their marks on the almost entirely abandoned village of Civitacampomarano.
In Civitacampomarano, the locals don’t care if the kids are now called Anwar and Ali instead of Antonio and Alberto, as long as the city’s population doesn’t die out entirely.
CVTA Streetfest is an annual celebration of arts in public spaces organized by the local assosiation Associazione Culturale „CivitArt“ and the artist Alice Pasquini. Every year renowned streetartist come and leave their marks on the almost entirely abandoned village of Civitacampomarano.
CVTA Streetfest is an annual celebration of arts in public spaces organized by the local assosiation Associazione Culturale „CivitArt“ and the artist Alice Pasquini. Every year renowned streetartist come and leave their marks on the almost entirely abandoned village of Civitacampomarano.
CVTA Streetfest is an annual celebration of arts in public spaces organized by the local assosiation Associazione Culturale „CivitArt“ and the artist Alice Pasquini. Every year renowned streetartist come and leave their marks on the almost entirely abandoned village of Civitacampomarano.
We fixed the corner of this street and met the owners of the pizzeria that were thrilled by the spontaneaus and colorful builders working on their wall. They insisted to offer us coffe for the work, we were delighted to accept. Note the little window and the tiny lego-man living in this somewhat cosy little nest in the heart of Brussels oldest neighborhood. Even better : a few helixes hanging from the wall provide the little inhabitant with a free supply of wind energy. Such a luxury, living in a priceless spot in a ever more expensve area. What a smart little yellow-guy !
The theme of the Venice Architecture Biennal 2018 is “Freespace” – The police came twice to make us remove the installation and get back in line.
Thanks for refusing and having our back @104paris @nicoladelon @encore_heureux_architectes ! Thank you for the invitation, thank you to the 104centquatre and caserma pepe staff
Actually, it’s not my patch. I accidentally found it while running through the city. I heard about this amazing project only a few weeks ago and bumping so unexpectedly into one of the patchworks, 100 metres far from my flat made my day! I love this community 🙂
My son and I did work Tustin, California. Our job was to give support to the existing bricks from falling and to fill the big gap in the center. It took us 3 hours to complete.
Jan gave me a bag of Lego, before I travelled to South Kurdistan for the art project “Space 21.” I promised to find a place for his work. When I visited the Amna Suraka (the red museum), the former prison of Saddam Hussein’s intelligence service, where the Kurds were tortured until the liberation in 1991, I felt that this place had a very sad energy that needed Jans positive and colourful work as a symbol for a brighter future.
When you walk through the main entrance of Amna Suraka you find the Dispatchwork at the building in front of you on the upper left side of the facade.
I fixed the damaged step in the park which is near the my home. It’s challenging and interesting. I made it by myself. I was attracted by many tourists when I fixed it.
I’m Karl, 14 years old from Mainland China. I have been playing Lego for over 10 years. This fixed piece is in my community. I did it in my spare time, about 1 hour. It was easier to fix. I made it by myself again. And I would like to promote so that more people could join.
We are architects and LEGO fans. We have developed a workflow on the BIM Revit Architecture software. As Jan Vormann, we butch some old walls with bricks created in Revit software.
Le château de Colpach, acquis en 1917 par le couple de philanthropes Aline et Emile Mayrisch, fut un haut lieu de rencontres du monde de la culture et des arts. Aujourd’hui, propriété de la Croix-Rouge luxembourgeoise.
On this occasion the group in collaboration with the Spanish Cultural Center in Santo Domingo, invite us to participate in the intervention Dispatchwork in the Colonial City to be held in the first weeks of May, the program of said activity comprises two panels and the Creation of three intervention routes with the insertion of pieces of “lego” in fissures of buildings, urban furnishings and sidewalks. The panels will take place on May 3 and 4 at 7:00 PM in the Maria Ugarte Room of the referred center, and will include Esther Hernández-Medina, Marcos Barinas, Marcos Blonda, Incursiones (collective Venezuelan), Alex Martínez Suárez, Mauricia Domínguez, Miguel Piccini and Jan Vormann, whose lectures will revolve around the construction and linking of the inhabitants with the cities and above all with the historical centers.
What we want on the one hand is to emphasize the participatory aspect of the construction of cities, which are the imaginary platform – and tangible at the same time Where our life in society develops, and in addition, contribute in the bonding of the citizens with the historical centers of our cities, for that reason our action mainly is oriented to the creation of routes within them and in the Concrete case of the Colonial City the routes are based on the literary recreation. Of this historical center: chronicle, memory, tourist itinerary and novel, product of a very well-researched investigation by Miguel Piccini. The photos were taken by Alex Martinez Suarez, Luis Graham and Miguel Piccini.
The Kids of “Il Club del Mattoncino” (“The club of the little bricks”) installed their Dispatchwork on the Pretorio Palace in Figline Valdarno, a city close to Florence!
SeaChange are an independent arts development charity based at the Drill Hall in Great Yarmouth. They collaborate internationally and are dedicated to delivering outstanding opportunities for artists and communities through supporting, hosting and delivering circus and street arts projects and events. SeaChange also hosts the Great Yarmouth “Out There Festival” annually in September which this year celebrates its 10th Year.
This Dispatchwork was created as part of the “Up Our Street” project which is all about transforming the local neigbourhood around the Drill Hall area, through a range of creative and gardening activities, from murals to street furniture, gardening to upcycling.
Over two days local children living in around the area participated in creating this dispatchwork which has raised many smiles already. The installation features on the crumbling corner of one of the many murals that was created by the artist John Dashwood. This mural depicts the Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson which Great Yarmouth had close links with in the 18th Century
I recently went on a trip to Cambodia on the 8-13 December and visited an ancient temple called Prasat Beng Mealea. it was built during the reign of King Suryavarman II in the early 12th century.
Beng Mealea or Bung Mealea is a temple in the Angkor Wat period located 40 km east of the main group of temples at Angkor, Cambodia, on the ancient royal highway to Preah Khan Kompong Svay.
The Lake District has long been a source of artistic inspiration and is one of the central themes of the 2017 bid for World Heritage status. The identity, inspiration and desire to look after this spectacular landscape combines to create an evolving masterpiece – the perfect backdrop against which to launch a new, contemporary digital arts festival. (http://lakesalive.co.uk/about)
A seaside town on the east coast of Norfolk, Great Yarmouth has experienced many ups and downs during its past. Today this has left us with a diverse and fascinating cultural heritage in a struggling economic era. Despite this Great Yarmouth still welcomes many holiday visitors during the summer season and is growing in its festival calendar to reflect the many qualities the town has. There are many organisations in the town developing projects with which to highlight conserving the towns’ heritage while developing a more dynamic spirit to reinvigorate the town.
Our first submission to dispatchwork for Great Yarmouth’s patch, is for the Great Yarmouth Preservation Trust – Great Yarmouth Town Wall, in the view of producing more fun submissions in the area for museums and creative arts groups while also trying to inspire some more people to join the game and play with construction bricks to create colourful fun areas of the town.
It is claimed that historic Yarmouth has the second best preserved mediaeval town wall in England, after York. The town wall, a Scheduled Ancient Monument, traces its origins to 1261 taking many years to complete and several repairs during its role of protecting the town from invasion. Today through the Great Yarmouth Preservation Trust and Norfolk Conservation Ltd it is undergoing some consolidation work at its most fragile areas. This current section was known as Slaughterhouse Road, an area which in the past housed several slaughterhouses built into the town wall. Now all having disappeared this area is once again an exposed piece of town wall needing protection from the extreme easterly winds which batters this piece of coastline. Our dispatchwork here (although sadly a temporary feature), highlights some of the severe deterioration the wall has suffered in area now used as a car park!
Great Yarmouth Preservation Trust is a not for profit registered charity working to preserve, save, enhance and promote the historic built environment of the town.
Norfolk Conservation Ltd. came into existence as a response to and concern with: the outstanding heritage of Great Yarmouth and its surrounding area, a general poor state of the built historic environment, a lack of traditional building skills and knowledge, and high unemployment rates. Centred on social values, we are concerned with conserving and promoting heritage, enabling all of its benefits to contribute toward a more sustainable past, present and future.
Thanks to Cole Blaq who took on Dispatchwork with a little twist: Cole works much with the bricks in his daily work as a Designer and Graffity artist. He wrote to me that in Düsseldorf there weren’t too many visible spots to repair, and that places are well taken care of, so he found this own way to join the project!
Students from the B.A. Course „Bildung und Erziehung in der Kindheit“ took the chance together with their Prof. Sonja Damen to create some kind of wonderful plastic patch alongside the historic staircase leading towards the entrance of their University in Düsseldorf, Germany.
Charlotte is originally from the UK and has worked around the world since 2010. She was in Riga in 2015.
Further she writes: “I work with kids and play with PCBs with them regularly as well as teaching concepts like the Egyptian Pyramids; it was exhilarating to bring their brightness onto the streets! Although the patches did get removed, there is something beautiful about the transitoriness of the project. It also helped me accept things like the destruction of the ancient city of Tenochtitlan to make way for the cathedrals of Mexico City: the significance is that it was once there.”
The cultural association ViVa ignited the spark for the event in Orvieto in Oktober! Orvieto is located in Umbria, “situated on the flat summit of a large butte of volcanic tuff. The site of the city is among the most dramatic in Europe, rising above the almost-vertical faces of tuff cliffs that are completed by defensive walls built of the same stone called Tufa,” says Wikipedia. From the Etrustcan, to the Roman until today: These walls carry a heavy history. Now they also carry the spirit of Dispatchwork.
We all had so much fun and the citizens were very happy about this positive and proactive way of showing the problems in public places 🙂 will probably repeat it in spring:) – Agnė Mongirdaitė, coordinator of LUNI Kaunas
“We are the legendary PCC family of the university of Avignon. PCC is short for “publics de la culture et communication”. Obviously, we are a group of “freaks” who concentrate on studying the relationship between people and all kinds of media.” – Dispatchwork Avignon
I had already come across these images in ‘Innovation district’ on Nate’s Instagram and only a couple of months later on the National Public Radio NPR (USA) in a broadcast titled:Unraveled: The Mystery Of The Secret Street Artist In Boston!
It is interesting to follow the reporters discovery as she finds and interviews Nate ‘”it was sort of having fun with what most people would consider a problem”. Swain is a former landscape architect who quit his cubicle to try to make it as an artist’!
Many thanks to Dina, Isaac, Aryn and the many little helpers who did this cute patch just outside of Marrakech. The clay brick wall adds a new flavour to this websites architectural diversity!
The kids of Summer Camp “Officina Estate”, reaching from 6 to 11, enriched this city in Italy with a Dispatchwork. The event took place in on the colums of “Fegatella Fountain”.
These pictures below comes from Laurent, who found a little patch, in southern France under a this bridge. The author should contact us for creds, if he wants! Thanks Laurent!
Eunmi Kim, a member of „The Korea Arts and Culture Education Service KACES“ introduced the repairs to her neighborhood. She then sent me the pictures saying that „it was really fun and people who participated got to have a great relationship together.“
She further informed me about their organisation, which „seeks to foster creative talent to ensure cultural welfare fort he public […] by creating an environment where arts and culture education can be embedded in our daily lives. Creating a living cultural community os one oft he various projects that KACES supports. The projects aim to utilize arts and culture as means to support residential communities by indentifying and resolving regional/public issues based on common visions and values.
Through Dispatchwork, residents will be able to look around their neighborhoods and fill in gaps, providing the opportunity to understand the significance and experience of the joy of participating in community activities!“
On their website, they state that “as a part for this November, 20th, the Mexican Revolution beginning anniversary, we join the Dispatchwork Project.
We always seek a way to make new ways in our day-by-day, seeking for renovation and a way to be better persons, better parents and children, to build a better comunity, to have better opportunities and jobs.
The characters say “4 colors card” which was the local term used around the 70s to describe the poker cards. The pillar is a part of an abandoned shop. – Andrew & Shing Yi
Stephan and the “FSJ-ler and BFD-ler” of the German red Cross decided to act up on the decay of Wuppertal by implanting the plastic patches. These ones are near a plaque commemorating the destruction of the Wuppertal Synagogue in 1938.
The place in the picture is a stair ladder in an elementary school, the school name is “Zao Shan elementary school”, my brother teaches P.E. there, one day I was asking him, if he knew anywhere to dispatch. He said: How about our school, the kids there need more color in their childhood. – The next weekend we went to the school and did that dispatchwork. – Suncheese
Many Thanks to Florin who passed on the fotos he received via Despre Copii, his online parenting platform, of patches made by Lorena and her family. Further info about the location, he explains the theatre built in 1896 as “Teatrul Rally” in 1969, acquired its present name in honour of the Romanian actress, Maria Filotti (1883-1956).
These pictures were sent to me by Steffen who, with his class of NTNU architecture students went out to do some dispatchwork on the Marketplace (Torvet) in Trondheim. While working on a project for innovations of the city´s infrastructure, they included dispatchwork in their agenda.
Jeff Sims hosted a plastic construction pieces-themed exhibitions at Columbus Museum of Art. As part of the initiative, they are inviting Columbus artists, families, school groups, and others to install dispatchworks around the city.
The first Dispatchwork in Asia, I received from Hibari and Genya (LEGOHAN). Shortly thereafter happened a terrible earthquake. I know that these repairs are no serious alternative to the troublesome reconstruction of the many broken homes, I still think that these pictures might help in reconstructing hope.
Thanks to Moetoesingi Schmidt and Arne Hendriks for this beautiful contribution from Madrid, and Daniel Torrello for the Images! www.mataderomadrid.org
DC2013 sent me these pictures with the following statement:
“The Palace of the Parliament in Bucharest, Romania is a multi-purpose building containing both chambers of the Romanian Par- liament. According to the World Records Academy, the Palace is the world’s largest civilian building with an administrative function, most expensive administrative building, and heaviest building.The Palace was designed and nearly completed by the Ceaușescu regime, a brutal and repressive regime that collapsed after a series of violent events in 1989.”
In August 2013, few kids reconstructed a small pice in the surrounding wall and brought the Dispatchwork spirit in Romania. This was not just a symbolic step […] but also a remembering moment for the thousands of Romanians that risked their lives in 1989 in their fight against the communist regime, and a hopefully, a clear signal for the occupants of the building (Romanian politicians) to do their jobs to ensure the future of the Romanian young generations!”
Catherine and Mathieu, two teachers in St-Francois Xavier de Brompton, a small town in Quebec, one day decided with their grade 5 students of Ecole de l’Arc-en-ciel (literally: Rainbow-School!) to go and fix up their schoolyard.
“Collettivo Re-public”, is a cultural collective born in 2013 with the aim of discussing topics as green-energies, sustainable growth of social life, use and re-use of pubblic dismissed areas of cities, use of contemporary languages in art, music, sculpture, street-art and installations,.
With their art-teacher, the kids of Waldenburg “Europäische Oberschule” repaired some cracks in the crumbling school building, mixed with a concept of their own.
The collective called “LOCUS_colectivo” invited students from the “Universidad Catolica Tecnologica del Cibao” to reclaim their city. Parallel they offered ‘talks about that constitution of the city: Rights and duties.’
Thanks to Incursiones_ who sent in these images! Incursiones has been growing an initiative that aims to recover public space through a series of games. For this case they developped a treasure hunt for people to discover the interventions. Through their Instagram the participants can find the clues of the locations and pictures, nice twist.
Leslie from Budapest integrated our beloved plastic-construction-pieces to the facade of Széchenyi István Gyakorló Kereskedelmi Szakközépiskola, a technical University, excellent fitting.
When passing through Kazakhstan, Martin and his family, the Silk Road Crew installed this patch on the wall of a protection bank close to the Medeo Ice rink.
Travelling along the Silk Road, Martin and his family installed many patches on their journey through Asia. With this little help from my friend, Dispatchers Worldwide has made its way to Almaty, Kashsgar, Turfan and even to this piece of the Great Wall, in the province of Gansu!
The Jjiayuguan-pass, the most western part of the chinese Wall, has now also been repaired and renovated, and is now fit for another millenium to be seen from space!