...and the walls came to life.

"IT ALL STARTED

WITH ME REGAINING

CONTROL OVER THE

DARKEST CORNERS

OF MY OWN THOUGHTS.

I RE-PAINTED

THOSE WALLS

INSIDE MY

MIND.

THEN IT SPILLED

OUT INTO THE

STREETS.

... AND THE WALLS CAME TO LIFE."

It is precisely these words that HERA von HERAKUT immortalized in metre-high letters across several floors on a firewall in Aschaffenburg's Erlenmeyerstrasse at the beginning of July.

She not only tells us about the origins of her own artistic work, but also makes it immediately clear what URBAN ART is actually about: a wall is not simply "colorfully painted", but filled with life.