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Street Art Travel: Swedish Sidewalk Renovations

October 9, 2008 at 12:30 PM | 0 Comments

"We are free artists outside" is about the only English sentence you can find that describes the Malmö Streets Project, but it's all you'll need. The images speak for themselves.

Malmö, Sweden is home to a guerrilla beautification project that works with a ubiquitous element of urban life: The sidewalk. A group of artists have taken to pulling up the tiles that compose the city's walkways, and has replaced them with various vibrant works of art that range from decorative to compositions with a message.

Some have text blurbs--like the aforementioned "We are free artists outside"--while others add color, icons or pictures to the concrete sea of gray and red squares. It goes to show that street art doesn't always have to be big and bold.

Related Stories:
· Malmö Streets Project [Official Site]
· The Malmö Streets Project [Wooster Collective]
· Street Art coverage [Jaunted]