Route BWG 2020 Start Reigerstraat - Blind Walls Gallery

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BWG 2020                          Reigerstraat
10 murals • 3,5km • city centre

BABETTE BAKERMANS
      Reigerstraat 24
119

      BANK15 and Blind Walls Gallery have joined forces. Young talent
      was given the opportunity to create a ‘Blind Wall’, inspired by
      stories from the city.

      The building used to function as a cinema. An 100 year old
      theater canvas was found during the renovation of the building. A
      special find since these set pieces were often made for a few
      performances and they were not intended for eternity.

      Babette Bakermans used the canvas as inspiration for her mural.
      For the design, she filled the fantasy landscape with elements of
      the old cinema in order to make the link with the previous
      function of the building.

      *You can admire the artwork inside the building. The foodhall is
      open from Tuesday till Saturday. For more info visit
      foodhallbreda.nl*

      HEDOF
      Odilia van Salmstraat
104

      By creating this Blind Wall, Hedof says farewell to his old mural,
      which has adorned this wall at Markendaalseweg since 2013.
      Based on this new mural, Hedof designed a limited-edition T-shirt
      in collaboration with Breda sneaker store Epic: a project we aptly
      named Blind Walls Epic Stories.

      The T-shirt and mural are inspired by Blind Walls Gallery’s
      mission: to tell the stories of Breda through street-art. The mural
      depicts different ways of telling stories; by mobile phone, music,
      text, a peace pipe and through a dream.

      STREET ART FRANKEY
      Markendaalseweg
117

      From 2022, the Nieuwe Mark will flow through the city center
      again. To this end, special green quays are designed that are not
      only good for the biodiversity in the city, but also reduce heat

stress.

      To grow this green, Street Art Frankey placed a sun that never
      goes down, but shines when the real sun is down.

      This project is co-funded by the European Regional Development
      Fund through the Urban innovation Actions Initiative.

      ISAKOV
      Akkerstraat 16
105

      When we asked the owner of this house (Annie van Gils) what
      she thought should be on her wall, her answer was: “the Maria
      Hemelvaart church has to return!” Annie has lived in this place all
      her life and has a lot of special stories about this area.

      We invited Isakov to fulfil Annie’s wish. He created a design
      inspired by the Maria Hemelvaart church, which was built at the
      end of the 19th century, where the Houtmarkt passage is situated
      now. The church was designed by Juriën van Langelaar and is
      considered his best design. The church closed in the sixties and
      eventually demolished, despite local residents protesting against
      it.

      ROB EN ROBIN
      Mols Parking
103

      The design is inspired by a story of Annie van Gils, who has lived
      next to Mols Parking for over 60 years. During her youth, many
      businesses and traders were situated at this location, which
      caused an almost constant stream of suppliers delivery trucks.
      Annie and her friends therefore weren’t allowed to play outside in
      the neighbourhood.

      Rob en Robin captured the tight space, crowdedness and
      automobiles in a striking design, which is an obvious reference to
      the playing children. The mural also includes an animation that
      can be seen through Augmented Reality during our (walking)
      tours.

DADARA
      Nieuwe Ginnekenstraat 1
102

      GINO BUD HOITING
      Kloosterplein 20
106

      A night out at Holland Casino Breda starts with parking your car in
      the Chassé Parking. From the parking garage you walk through a
      long corridor where the walls are illustrated with a historic
      timeline of the building.

      The building has a rich history, for example, it has served as a
      monastery, a boys school, a base of the Aviation Command and
      finally the Holland Casino. The main target group at Holland
      Casino are people with an Asian background. For this reason, the
      Fen Shui philosophy is integrated into the building. Can you find
      all the elements in Gino’s work?

      *Due to COVID-19 Holland Casino and Chassé Theatre are
      temporarily closed. You can still admire the artwork via the
      parking.*

      SAM VAN DER WEIJDEN
      Poort van Schoenmakers
101
      When artist Sam van der Weijden was living here (2017), he
      decided to design a mural for his graduation exhibition, based on
      the history of the building. He found out that the building used to
      be a city farm, called ‘Het Wit Lam’ (The White
      Lamb).nUnfortunately, the mural couldn’t be realised back then,
      because the building was going to be put up for sale.

      Meanwhile, Guus Welten was working on a book about his family
      history. His grandmother’s family lived at the farm from 1844 until
      1955. During his research, he came across an article in the
      newspaper about Sam’s graduation project. Guus contacted
      Blind Walls Gallery and eventually, we were able to realise the
      mural.

HENNING WAGENBRETH
      Molenstraat 6
111

      The 'Nieuwe Veste' is a library, center for the arts, language
      school and makers-base in one. People from different
      backgrounds come together in this cultural market hall. The
      artwork is therefore about inclusion. Words from different
      languages serve as a ‘conversation starter’ and form small stories
      in the (literal) big picture. A nice tool for discussing our similarities
      and differences with respect. Without differences there can be no
      evolution nor progress.

      The design by Henning Wagenbreth is a contemporary reference
      to Egyptian hieroglyphs. This early writing system combined
      abstract signs with images, it was rich and colorful. To this day,
      they inspire our visual language.

      *You can admire the artwork inside the building. The Nieuwe
      Veste is open daily. For more info visit nieuweveste.nl*

      ZENK ONE & MARA
97    PICCIONE
      Grote Markt

      The ‘Church Inside Out’ project is a joint initiative of the Grote
      Kerk and Blind Walls Gallery. Artists create new paintings for the
      construction fence, inspired by the rich interior of the church.

      Zenk One (Robin Nas) was inspired by two gravestones in the
      church of Henricus Coerman and Johan Backx. Robin depicted
      Henricus as a goat, with some symbols that refer to traveling,
      heavenly spheres and the divine light. Johan is depicted as a
      “sitting” lion, with symbols that represent fertility and strength.

      Mara Piccione is always looking for interesting shapes, for her
      work she was also inspired by the gravestones. Mara emphasize
      the Carpe diem spell more than Memento Mori. Carpe Diem is
      about life as an individual in the here and now; something that
      belongs more in this day and age.