Berlin Mural Fest 2021
After being cancelled in 2020 due to the pandemic, the Berlin Mural Festival (BMF) has maked a comeback this year. From 9 August 2021, local street artists brightened the walls of our buildings with their huge murals. It came to an end with a night walk on 4 September.
Art collective Die Dixons are behind the Berlin Mural Festival, which was founded in 2018. Its second edition in September 2019 saw huge murals from international artists appear on walls, all with the support of Deutsche Wohnen – including in areas outside the usual street art hotspots, such as Marzahn and Hellersdorf.
This year, the programme featured exclusively Berlin-based street artists, who were hard hit by the pandemic. With one special aspect: artists with different techniques created a shared mural together. Deutsche Wohnen offered up building facades in the districts of Charlottenburg, Mitte, Kreuzberg and Neukölln for the occasion.
Artists and locations
Vandertaut und Theosone / © Million Motions
Vandertaut und Theosone / © Million Motions
Anne Bengard und KKADE / © Axel Lent
Anne Bengard und KKADE / © Axel Lent
FIX77 / © Axel Lent
Berlin Allstars / © Million Motions
One Truth Bros: Friedelstr. 23, 12047 Berlin-Neukölln
FIX77: Silbersteinstr. 147, 12051 Berlin-Neukölln
Anne Bengard & KKADE: Silbersteinstr. 149, 12051 Berlin-Neukölln
Gita Kurdpoor und Mate: Niebuhrstr. 55, 10629 Berlin-Charlottenburg
Anna Taut und Adam Theosone: Kameruner Str. 39, 13351 Berlin-Wedding
Berlin Allstars: Naunynstr. 52, 1099 Berlin-Kreuzberg
You can find more information on the BMF’s Instagram and Facebook page or in the festival’s mobile app. The app has a special feature: an augmented reality guide that makes the experience even more impressive.
Impressions
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Neighbourhood art
Deutsche Wohnen and Die Dixons have collaborated with success for several years outside of the festival, too. Various murals have been created in Berlin, Frankfurt/Main and Dresden as part of the project, in the spirit of “neighbourhood art”. The murals brighten up our neighbourhoods and make them something special. As part of the Berlin Mural Fest 2021, new neighbourhoods have been added, which have been upgraded with works of art. The murals are a hit with residents: we got a lot of positive feedback from tenants.