Rome, new street art in the Settecamini district.
Rome is ready to welcome a new masterpiece of international urban art thanks to Street Art For Rights, the festival that since 2020 wants to tell and spread the culture of sustainability through street art. At the center of the project i 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the UN 2030 agenda: the idea is to filter the 17 Goals with the eye of contemporary art by promoting the creation of 17 wall works by different street artists with a view to bringing social, economic and cultural issues onto the walls of the peripheral neighborhoods of the capital, in areas known for very difficult situations.
Respect for the environment and art therefore come together in street art, that is, the figurative language born in the street. The main purpose of this artistic expression is, in fact, the redevelopment of the suburbs through the beautification of existing buildings and civic structures. Fighting the grayness of concrete with the liveliness of colours, making cities more beautiful and livable and at the same time transmitting messages directly, without filters or censorship. Even streets and walls can become a means of denouncing the causes of climate change. Thus writers and artists from all over the world, thanks to Street Art For Rights, give the Capital moments of reflection with works that raise people's awareness of respect for the environment.
After the works of Attorep, Natalia Rak, Barbara Oizmud, Manuela Merlo aka HUMAN, NSN997, Davide Toffolo and Marqus, let's discover a preview of the finished wall by Etnik created in the Settecamini district.
Objective 12 – Sustainable consumption
Etnik – Settecamini district
The internationally renowned urban artist Etnik, active for over 30 years in the urban art scene, for his mural he was inspired by goal number 12 with "The House within the House“, the title of his work which in addition to being a vision on the real housing architecture dedicated to ecological and recycling themes it is at the same time an inspiration to work on ourselves, on our daily habits. With his geometric illustrations made of shapes, volumes and colors that sometimes lead to abstract figures, Ethnic wants to represent the precarious balance of the human being and the incessant speed of the contemporary world. Ethnic also with this wall he carries out a personal artistic research capable of conveying a strong message, the artist's point of view on the city and the parts of which it is made up, and with it developing his peculiar poetics.
Who is Etnik? Artist of Swedish origin currently stationed in Turin, has been active in the graffiti writing scene since the early 90s. He is currently one of the most successful street artists in the world thanks to his unmistakable style. During his career he has always sought a new way to overcome the classic limits of the discipline, bringing mural painting to high levels, also designing and organizing events that have brought the best artists on the European scene into contact. Since 2001 his way of painting begins to evolve towards geometric and architectural forms, starting from lettering which becomes the basis on which Ethnic sets the entire conceptual and compositional structure of his artistic research. Today he works in his studio Turin, traveling extensively to create large-scale wall paintings and participate in gallery exhibitions around the world.
The project, conceived and directed by Giuseppe Casa and edited by Oriana Rizzuto, is organized by the cultural association Taste & Travel in collaboration with MArteSocial and MArteGallery and provides a three-year program of activities aimed at the future creation of a free, public and open-air museum, off the beaten track of the capital.
The project, sponsored bythe Department of Culture of Rome Capital, è winner of the Public Notice Simultaneously Rome 2020-2021-2022 edited by Cultural Activities Department and is created in collaboration with SIAE.
Street Art for RIGHTS is organized by the Ass. cult. Taste & Travel, and is part of the activities developed by MArteSocial, an incubator focused on raising awareness of social issues through artistic-cultural projects that can generate a positive impact on the inhabitants of underserved neighborhoods who are clamoring for services, culture and integration. Street art for Rights is produced by MArtegallery ee is part of the special projects within the #BiennaleMArteLive, a multi-artistic and international biennial event.
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