«ENCOUNTERS»

2017
Fribourg, Switzerland

The graffito‘s idea was to visualize the encounters and platform, which St. Justin makes avaiable to students all over the world. My inspiration was the «going and coming» oft the students. The artwork refers to expirience which will grow with accumulated memories and travelling around the world. Also the mural symbolises all the colors oft he world and all the different religions and ethnicities. The encounter ist also an important topic of this mural painting. In this place many people are united, inspired and changed. The image is a sign of beeing welcomed to all people who pass by. I do hope, that the living colors will be a source of inspiration, strength and hope. «Realizing this mural was a very mediative and spiritual work. Day after day I was spending 8 hours with colors and shapes. Sometimes I got lost in these bright and charming colors. I put a lot of emotions into this cold piece of concret, wich, with the help of love, I turned into a uplifting piece of art. The reactions of the people walking by always motivated me to push my work further and also I had access to different views and interpretations about the painting. Basically, the motif is very open for individual reflections of the respective recipients. There is no right or wrong in how the image could be interpreted. Everyone may see what he wants to see since the perception is very subjectiv and varies according to the person. And exactly this makes the encounter with the mural unique for each individual.»

 

The mural in figures:

Over 50 square meters of mural surface
Over 24 meters in the horizontal
Over 4 meters in the vertical at the highest point
Over 160 working hours for concept and realization
Over 28 liters of color
Over 70 aerosol cans
Over 8 months time passed from the idea to the realization.
The wall had to wait 12 years until it was painted. 91 nationalities live in the Campus St. Justin

The history of the mural:

Construction of the wall 2005
Idea for design: December 2016, meeting More Ranft
Starting point: Jan. 2017, creation of the concept
Start of realization: July 13th 2017
End of realization: July 25th 2017