FfFfFfFF 58,131 Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 Potholes and cracks in the sidewalks and pavement can be eyesores that detract from an otherwise beautiful urban street. Often left untouched by the government entities charged with maintaining them, these scars may sit there for years, becoming a characteristic part of the city’s landscape. Street artist Ememem—known throughout his home city of Lyon as “the pavement surgeon”—makes it his mission to heal these asphalt fractures by transforming them into colorful mosaics. The French artist has dubbed his technique “flacking”—a play on the french word flaque, meaning puddle. Using materials such as ceramics, wood, and bitumen, he fills everything from tiny cracks to gaping craters in the pavement with his artistic bandaids. Intricate geometric motifs laid with pristine tiles hug the cracks and create “a memory notebook of the city. It reveals what happened, the life in these public places,” he tells Colossal. “Here cobblestones have been picked up and thrown. There a truck from the vegetable market tore off a piece of asphalt…” S - https://mymodernmet.com/ememem-street-mosaics-flacking/, https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2021/05/ememem-street-mosaics/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
weed 78,959 Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 wow super beautiful, wish there was more art in public Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas 31,131 Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 I like it! I kinda wish we had more art in our streets. Why does our world have to be all grey? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
holy scheisse 22,936 Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 Just now, Lucas said: I like it! I kinda wish we had more art in our streets. Why does our world have to be all grey? I watched a ted talk once about how when workplaces color up their spaces away from traditional white, grey, brown, beige, etc. , Morale and productivity increases Why did we decide that all the world would be gray?! Why are all the cars either white.black silver or dark masculine colors? We need more color, gay and art in this world ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillieGOAT 5,272 Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 Meanwhile Pennsylvania can’t even figure out how to mend pavement cracks with cement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
badfaith 5,716 Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 I thought it was gonna be ramen Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
InTheCloset 21,794 Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 This is so cool. #RaidTheCloset Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
InTheCloset 21,794 Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 Just now, badfaith said: I thought it was gonna be ramen Those days. Hated them. #RaidTheCloset Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shipper 13,114 Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 This reminds me of kintsugi or the japanese art of mending broken or cracked pottery with gold. The mosaics are beautiful! 🩶🩶🩶🩶🩶🩶🩶🩶🩶🩶🩶🩶🩶🩶🩶🩶🩶🩶🩶 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BUtterfield 8 41,818 Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 Oh the flacking? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FfFfFfFF 58,131 Posted July 18, 2021 Author Share Posted July 18, 2021 4 hours ago, BUtterfield 8 said: Oh the flacking? I don't understand what you mean, but this + the lmao reactions are enough to know that GGD (somehow) turned this title into something sexual. GGD imagination knows no limits. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlondeQueenOfGGD 25,454 Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 That looks great, it looks like something I would do Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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