13 Artists ‘Rewild’ City Streets For Nuart Aberdeen Festival 2023 — Colossal



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Regeneration it is an approach to conservation that allows nature to reclaim its space and form a self-sustaining ecosystem. The practice of restoration has become a prime solution to remedying environmental degradation and part of the lexicon for climate activism. In Scotland, the increasingly popular approach also brings discussions of land use and access to the fore, paralleling the way people move around cities.

Using rewilding as a way to reimagine what it means to nurture street art culture, the 2023 Nuart Aberdeen Festival brought together 13 artists earlier this month. Held June 8-11, the annual festival has commissioned works that explore the tension between sanctioned murals and unauthorized tags synonymous with street art. Projects include Thiago Mazza’s vivid rendering of native plants, Nespoon’s reference to the craft traditions of the area’s Bon Accord Bobbins Lace Group, and Murmure’s imprisoned goldfish explaining plastic proliferation and inaction in relation to the climate crisis . Swoon, known for her intimate wheat pastries, has even come out of retirement to create a series of portraits scattered across the walls and hidden in doorways and alcoves.

Nuart organizers said the goal this year was to « provoke reflections on what a city where art is truly free might look, sound, smell and feel. » See more from the festival onwards Instagram.

Faint. Photo by Brian Tallman

I murmur, « Anarchy. » Photo by Brian Tallman

Nespoon. Photo by Brian Tallman

Thiago Mazza. Photo by Brian Tallman

Escif, “polluted forest”. Photo by Brian Tallman

Eloise Gillow. Photo by Brian Tallman

Eloise Gillow. Photo by Brian Tallman

Tamara Alves. Photo by Clarke Joss

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