{"id":2515,"date":"2025-10-17T20:12:15","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T20:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beatlesfansunite.com\/?p=2515"},"modified":"2025-10-21T16:01:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T16:01:14","slug":"this-october-a-global-public-art-project-turns-35-cities-into-playgrounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.beatlesfansunite.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/17\/this-october-a-global-public-art-project-turns-35-cities-into-playgrounds\/","title":{"rendered":"This October, a Global Public Art Project Turns 35 Cities into Playgrounds"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This month, urban centers around the world are hosting a massive public art project helmed by N\u014dvo Collective<\/a>. uncommissioned<\/em><\/a> has tapped 54 artists for a global initiative that sees the city as a playground, inviting participants \u201cto slip playful, overlooked, or quietly defiant gestures into the cracks of everyday life.\u201d<\/p>\n

In Stellenbosch, South Africa, Strijdom van der Merwe<\/a> installed sun-activated text works displaying heady phrases like \u201cthe visible is a shadow cast by the invisible.\u201d Escif<\/a> painted tiny fruits among the architecture near his home in Valencia, while Vhils<\/a> painted a collection of fragmented portraits atop a Munich cultural center.<\/p>\n

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Vhils, \u201cAntennas\u201d (2025), KUNSTLABOR 2, Munich. Image courtesy of Jose Pando Lucas, MUCA <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Perhaps most striking is Nomad Studio\u2019s wooden structure erected in a park in Castilla y Le\u00f3n, Spain. Appearing to fan outward in a circle, a collection of branches forms a meditative space with an opening to the sky that lets light stream inside.<\/p>\n

uncommissioned<\/em> continues throughout October with works by Cannupa Hanska Luger<\/a>, Jason deCaires Taylor<\/a>, Stephanie Brown, and many others slated for 35 cities total. See more on the project\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Nomad Studio, \u201cSocarrado (Scorched)\u201d (2025), Parque Natural Sabinares del Arlanza \u2013 La Yecla, Castilla y Leon, Spain<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Nomad Studio, \u201cSocarrado (Scorched)\u201d (2025), Parque Natural Sabinares del Arlanza \u2013 La Yecla, Castilla y Leon, Spain<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Strijdom van der Merwe, \u201cShadow Words\u201d (2025), Stellenbosch, South Africa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Strijdom van der Merwe, \u201cShadow Words\u201d (2025), Stellenbosch, South Africa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Leon Reid IV, \u201cOf a Free Will\u201d (2025), Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. Photo by Leon Reid IV<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Escif, \u201cInfinite Still Life\u201d (2025), Valencia. Photo by Escif<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Escif, \u201cInfinite Still Life\u201d (2025), Valencia. Photo by Escif<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Vhils, \u201cAntennas\u201d (2025), KUNSTLABOR 2, Munich. Image courtesy of Jose Pando Lucas, MUCA <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Vhils, \u201cAntennas\u201d (2025), KUNSTLABOR 2, Munich. Image courtesy of Jose Pando Lucas, MUCA <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Emmanuel Aggrey Tieku, \u201cHOW TO HEAL A B-R-O-K-E-N WORLD-Cemetery of Belongings\u201d (2025), Osu Cemetery, Accra, Ghana<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member<\/a> today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article This October, a Global Public Art Project Turns 35 Cities into Playgrounds<\/a> appeared first on Colossal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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