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Street Art Aurora Project

Street Art Aurora Project

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Street Art Aurora Project

Name: Street Art Aurora Project
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Location: Heerlen, Limburg, Netherlands

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1. Heerlen Station – Street art mural by Super A loop from Aarveld

8.10km

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2. Babbling Brook – Kasteel Hoensbroek loop from Hoensbroek

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3. Brunssummerheide Sand Dunes – Sandy area in Brunssummerheide loop from Heerlen

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Katrien

December 26, 2022

The Aurora project has become the largest street art work in Europe. The complex of 228 apartments with 18,000 m2 of wall surface was painted together with residents by the Spanish artist collective Boa Mistura in the period July-October 2021.

At the end of 2018, the residents of the complex were able to provide their input for a design in a two-day workshop. At the beginning of 2019, a design was chosen that reproduces a text by Kahlil Gibran: In the Heart of every Winter, lives a Vibrating Spring. The sentence refers to the history of the place, the history of the city and the histories of the individual residents.

Due to the unique collaboration between residents, artists and authorities, Aurora has become a social work of art and an artistic highlight in the city.

The neighborhood was not well regarded and residents hardly knew each other.
That is very different now. Aurora symbolizes pride and appreciation: of the residents of the complex for themselves and their neighborhood, and of a society where people participate, are activated and valued, where it does not matter who they are, where they come from, what they do or what they don't do.

Boa Mistura is a Spanish artist collective with an impressive track record. All over the world they have contributed to the transformation of cities and societies with their artistic activities.

The collective consists of a multidisciplinary team with roots in graffiti art, which was founded in 2001. They mainly work in and for public space. They see their way of working as an instrument to change cities and societies and to create connections between people. They feel a responsibility towards the city as a living environment and the times in which we live.

Source: heerlenmurals.nl/boa-mistura

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Location: Heerlen, Limburg, Netherlands

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Street Art Aurora Project

1. Heerlen Station – Street art mural by Super A loop from Aarveld

2. Babbling Brook – Kasteel Hoensbroek loop from Hoensbroek

3. Brunssummerheide Sand Dunes – Sandy area in Brunssummerheide loop from Heerlen

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