Upfest festival's 75 Walls street art project completed

Upfest festival's 75 Walls street art project completed





A street art project which has seen eye-catching designs created on 77 walls has finished.

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The 75 Walls project was created by the team behind Bristol's Upfest Festival, which had to be cancelled due to Covid-19 for the second time this year.

Artists exceeded the target of making 75 murals on buildings across the south of the city.

"It's amazing to be back painting," said Upfest founder Steve Hayles, who hailed the quality of the work.

Arts Council England and the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport's Recovery Fund both funded the project.

Farrah Fortnam was among the artists involved this year. She said she wants her work to convey important messages about the climate.

Her mural on North Street, Southville is inspired by a trip to the rainforest in Borneo and unlike many of the artists, she uses paintbrushes rather than spray cans.

"I'm doing my largest piece ever and it's all done with individual brush strokes. It gives it that movement that I can't get with a spray can.

"It's really important, the ephemeral movement of a shoal of fish, or leaves. It's really effective and gives it that canvas texture which is fantastic," she said.

Carl Read has painted at every Upfest since its inception and was invited back to be part of the 75 Walls project.