Whether walking down the streets of Berlin, Brussels, London, Reykjavík, street art is used to mark spaces and buildings in unique, surprising, and in often joyful ways. It functions as a profound communicator of the social and cultural fabric of a city. It was in a conversation with Moritz Tonn...
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