Rome's outlying suburbs are
among some of the neighbourhoods chosen to feature in a new
street art project aimed at creating an 'alternative' tourism
itinerary in the capital, local culture authorities announced
Thursday.
The project has seen the creation of 40 works by street
artists in as many locations in the course of two months.
These include an installation outside the landmark
gasometer in the southern Ostiense neighborhood, painted
buildings surrounding a public park in the northern San Basilio
district, an ode to the late singer-songwriter Fabrizio de André
at the entrance to the northeastern Rebibbia metro station and a
graffiti mural in the multi-cultural Tor Pignattara
neighbourhood in eastern Rome.
"It is a kind of immigration tale featuring people who have
come from Palestine or Bangladesh or China to live in Tor
Pignattara," said street artist David Vecchiato (Diavù) of the
mural made in collaboration with two other street artists.
"They cohabit very well on this wall, and they can probably
do so in real life too," he continued.
"With the funding for this project, Rome is increasingly
turning into an open-air museum," said city councillor for
culture Giovanna Marinelli.
"We are mapping the entire city to create a new tourist
itinerary in a way that places value on street art and the new
languages of culture in the capital," she said.
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