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In the Studio: Vhils: Crafting a mural for UNESCO headquarters

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19/09/2023 GMT

Vhils: Crafting a mural for UNESCO headquarters

BBC World Service - In the Studio, Vhils: Crafting a mural for UNESCO headquarters

Portuguese artist Alexandre Farto aka Vhils creates a 31m long mural for UNESCO

Portuguese artist Alexandre Farto aka Vhils Portuguese artist Alexandre Farto aka Vhils creates a 31m long mural with chisels and hammer drills.

Alexandre Farto aka Vhils is a Portuguese artist, known for his striking huge murals that have appeared on city walls from Brazil and the US, to Senegal and Vietnam. He uses a bas-relief carving technique, which involves using chisels and even hammer drills to scrape away at the fabric of the wall, revealing the history in the layers below the surface. 

Abi McNeil talks to Vhils as he works on his latest project – a 31 metre long mural for the Paris headquarters of UNESCO, featuring centre stage, the portrait of the British politician and reformer Ellen Wilkinson, who presided over the Organization's inaugural Conference. The mural also showcases the  diversity of world heritage that UNESCO protects, with depictions including the pyramids of Egypt and Mexico, Timbuktu in Mali and the cathedral of Brasilia.

Presenter: Abi McNeil
Producer: Andrea Kidd

(Photo: Alexandre Farto aka Vhils. Credit: Abi McNeil)

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