Just as Intel’s Creators Project sort to break the artist out of the gallery, we are seeing the rise of urban interventions which bring art to the masses and help us to reconnect with our everyday surroundings. This isn’t another group of Bansky wannabes, but urban intervention with a certain sophistication. French street artist Arno Piroud is just one who is out there putting fiction into reality. After you see his film, you begin to see the inspiration for the gong-winning Fun Theory Volkswagon campaign. Similarly, the recent Wish Come True Festival over in Toronto by Friends With You, encouraged people to come out and play to bring to life their rainbow city of totems, magical mushrooms, oversized bouncy houses and inflatable characters. Read more about all this here.

Image: Gestalten

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