For us at MONTANA-CANS, it is immeasurably important to have a close connection to our friends and partners who use our tools. This need for a close correlation has led us to support and sponsor an amazing amount of incredible events and projects, and helped us to establish collaborations with numerous artists, brands and partners. We are grateful to be in a position to be able to provide this kind of support, and thankful for the abundance of inspirations and ideas that artists and collaboration partners from all across the world share with us. We make it a point to feature these projects and collaborations on our blog and and social media channels, but because of the fast-paced hustle and bustle of the internet, we have decided it was time to create a printed collection which contains merely a small fraction of the creative work we have been involved in over the past years.
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LOOKBOOK 016 As a result of our endeavor, graffiti, as a contemporary art form, gets high public exposure in prominent places in the cityscape, as well as being a substantial improvement in its appearance. The public at large can enjoy the growing number of artworks any time and can even enjoy following the process of creating these monumental artworks free of charge. Our efforts began in 2013, with the idea of inviting HERAKUT to create a mural for their storybook project on one of Mannheim’s facades. The idea was received with much enthusiasm by our partners at the Alte Feuerwache, the GBG housing association - the owner of the facade we chose for the project - and the agency for Urban Cultural Development - an agency which shares our goals. These include promoting young talent and strengthening the local street art scene. Young, local artists are provided the opportunity to gather experience with large scale art and refine their technique on the walls of condemned buildings. We want to support Mannheim’s capacity for promoting the street art scene and help maximize its potential. In the future, local artists, and national and international artists alike will have their works displayed on predominant walls of Mannheim’s downtown area. www.stadt-wand-kunst.de 99
