"Īn artistic style therefore that Aurélie finds "playful and which speaks to everyone".Īs to Sylvie, 54 years old and resident for thirteen years of the residence, who also painted part of the work. "He explains that he lent himself to the demands of the project leaders to imagine the design so that this" wall no longer represents a border but an open door. From my point of view, it was super interesting to see that a dialogue was created thanks to the graffiti. He confides: “It made perfect sense since art is a vector of cohesion. To create the fresco, the association called on the street artist from Nice, Cesar Malfi. They also wanted to try their hand at this art that they only saw "on the trains or in the reports".Īn artistic style "that speaks to everyone" “We add our touch while showing our gratitude and that we were nice. It is partly for this reason that they wanted to participate in the project and paint with them. Mehdi, Killian and Aimen, who are 14 and 15, admit it. He adds: "It's also a way of making people understand that when we come to put out a garbage can fire or for a fire extinguisher problem, it mobilizes a lot of resources and we are not on something else, maybe more. The head of the center says that they have already had to deal with projectile jets when arriving for an intervention. There is less tendency to attack if you know the person. With this initiative, we raised awareness of the profession of firefighter, called emergency numbers and introduced ourselves.Ībove all, we reweave a bond by sharing and creating something together. If we hang out in life, we don't necessarily have time to talk. “We have a party wall so we often see young people coming to get the ball but otherwise, we do not share much when we are next to them, says Vincent Manuel, captain. In four sessions, residents and firefighters created a graffiti of several meters together to "beautify the place" and "create a link". What has changed in particular is the wall they share with the neighboring building, the fire station.
And besides, it was ugly ”, loose Killian, 14 years old who has lived there for three years. “Before, other than bullshit, there was nothing.
In four sessions, residents and firefighters together painted a mural on the wall they share.Īt 228 route de Turin, the Paje association, which aims to revitalize the Bon-Voyage district, east of Nice, has been making its inhabitants smile again since it set up there last year. To allow residents to get to know the firefighters in other than usual circumstances, she took the initiative to create a common project. Beating your label boss at his own crossover game is a bold move, but don't expect anything less from the shameless and smart Murs, especially when he's in top form.For the past year, the Paje association, which aims to revitalize neighborhoods, has established itself in Bon-Voyage.
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Every track here punches with a purpose, beginning with the opening title track, which marks the rapper's move to Tech N9ne's imprint with "Strange Music is the label" and then hits upon all the benefits with the on-point "so now your boy is able." Able to draw myriad slick productions that go indie ("Skatin' in the City" finds Mayday's Plex Luthor adding some Best Coast-ish guitar), underground ("PTSD" with E-40 is the kind of dark at home on Strange), or offworld (the great "Okey Dog" is a funky redo of the Kraftwerk sound), but not so odd that the crowd-aimed album goes off course. Like Tech N9ne's 2015 effort Special Effects, Murs' album Have a Nice Life flirts with mainstream to the point of almost f'n with it, but this blow against the empire is an altogether better LP.