Nomad Clan

<div>The rabbits in Berlin knew how to dig tunnels under the Berlin Wall! Humans learned to dig also...</div>

Fuck Walls - Dig Tunnels

Untitled

<div>Like all Nomad Clan work <em>Still Waters</em> is very much a story of the city in which it sits.&nbsp; It contains a nod to Belfast's ship building heritage, its linen and its rope industry. As well as the wolf being on Belfast's shield, wolves were once an integral part of the Irish countryside and culture.&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br> The stance between wolf &amp; modern young woman is a subtle reference to the tension during the troubles, a retrospective look and acknowledgement of past and present, with her proud heritage reflected in a neck tattoo. Often Nomad Clan use androgynous characters in their murals, but in Belfast it was a deliberate choice to represent a queer female in a place that’s banned gay marriage and struggles with women's rights</div>

Still Waters

<div>Inside wellington house visible through doorway</div>

Smoking bees

<div>Mural referencing the city’s heritage in the rag trade&nbsp;</div>

Make Do Mend

Hunter

Hive Mind

CBLOXX NOMAD

<p>The first of our 5 mural trail in collaboration with bankside_london, which officially launches to the public today.</p><p>We worked with cbloxx_nomad from nomad.clan to retell the Frost Fair story through street art. Jay's piece is a triptych, documenting the surreal carnival atmosphere of the Frost Fairs, with inebriated revellers drinking Purl and Elephants walking across the ice.&nbsp;</p><p>And then finally the third subject, a gender non confirming person, a figure personally entangled with Jay, who has been exploring their own gender journey.&nbsp;</p><p>Jay notes: 'in my work I have been exploring trans existence in ancient history ... our presence is documented in British history since the 14th century.&nbsp;</p><p>The scarcity of knowledge is thanks to tactical erasure in written record under British colonisation. In this chapter, gender queer individuals were often found in the arts, in 'freak' shows, sex work etc, most commonly referred to at the time as cross dressers.<br><br>When asked who is on the photo:<br>“I used a couple of vintage photo I found of a crossdresser from the 1840s ish, though I think they may have been american.. I styled them out to look more fitting of 1814 Britain.”</p>

Slipping away

<div>The UK's tallest Mural!<br>Can be viewed from multiple angles - perhaps best from Sovereign Square&nbsp;<br>www.nomadclan.co.uk/athenarising&nbsp;<br><br>The huge statement piece soars a monumental 46.8 metres (153 feet) from the ground. Using the full length of the building as its canvas, the striking 11 metre-wide. The mural is part of the citywide street art project ‘A City Less Grey’, initiated by <a href="http://eaststreetarts.org.uk/">East Street Arts</a> and fully funded by <a href="http://www.leedsbid.co.uk/">LeedsBID</a> (Leeds Business Improvement District). The project aims to animate the city and incorporate works of art onto and into Leeds’ buildings and streets.</div><div>Athena has been a 7 month long project, endless design work and planning resulting in 16 days painting on a skylift.</div><div><br></div><div>Like most of the public artwork around Leeds we used the Owl's on the coat of arms as a starting point. Although it’s ‘been done’ it seems that people are naturally drawn to the Owl, in many ways it resonates with people and of course this is a huge statement piece for Leeds, if anything it needs to be intrinsically connected to the city!</div><div>​</div><div>Owls historically signify Intelligence, knowledge, wealth, learning and transition, most of these ideas are derived from ancient meanings/practises and have been used symbolically by many cultures. The mythology relates to wisdom and femininity.&nbsp; The owl was a symbol for Athena, goddess of wisdom and strategy, before the Greeks gave their pantheon human forms.&nbsp; According to myth, an owl sat on Athena’s blind side, so that she could see the whole truth.&nbsp; In Ancient Greece, the owl was a symbol of a higher wisdom, and it was also a guardian of the Acropolis.&nbsp; Diana, the Roman response to Athena, was strongly associated with the moon, and also the owl.&nbsp; The Pawnee and the Sioux saw the owl as a messenger (akicita) to the first of all evil creatures (Unktehi).&nbsp; While the Lakota tribe had an “Owl Society,” where the warriors fought primarily at night and painted dark rings around their eyes because they believed that would allow them to have an owl’s acute vision.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>The gold sacred geometry inspired loosely by the study of mathematics in nature is key to the concept. Geometric symbols are often used in ancient architectural designs as well as being repeated in natural forms, it is a common denominator in humanity that connects us all in a fundamental way. Cities are increasingly becoming disconnected from nature and its easy to see why, but at the heart of everything, underneath the complexities of urban life, money, social media, politics, technology, bullshit... we are all still part of this massive space rock.</div><div><br><br><br></div>

Athena Rising

<div>This piece was painted in the middle of blizzard, in temperatures so low the paint froze. However the artists were only here for a short time, so heroically they continued on despite the uncomfortable conditions. The pocket park on Tower Street was developed in 2011 to replace a derelict site, and included some heritage signage which related to the local linen industry. Noman Clan chose to include this in their mural, depicting a modern woman who resembles a flax gatherer, encircled by a whirl of light and flax flowers which symbolise the energy and life the flax industry sustained. There is a surreal dream-like environment around the figure, which relates to a folktale which tells how flax was introduced by other worldly beings who dwelt on the Shahbna mountain. The piece was painted before Vault Artist Studios took up residence on Tower Street but now seems like a beautiful forerunner of the studio's arrival and all the art that they have brought to the area.<br><br>Funded by Urban Villages, commissioned by Eastside Partnership and managed by Seedhead Arts.&nbsp;<br><br>@nomad.clan</div>

Linenopolis

<div>Nomad Clan created a huge mural in their own typical style. A face, looking somewhere, nicely arranged flowers. It is a work to take a deep and long look. The final title is yet not known, but 40° Urban Art is the association behind&nbsp;</div>

Moderator

40° Urban Art x Nomad Clan

Ruins to riches

<p>The surrounding area, with it's multicultural inhabitants and port history, was the inspiration for this portrait of ancient Muslim philosopher, physician, feminist and astronomer Ibn Rushd (1126 - 1198). Also know as Averroes, he was the author of many works that where found controversial in his time. As a commentatorof the work of Aristotle, he was the founder of the medieval school of philosophy named Averroism. Many of his works were lost to censorism. He rejected the idea that women are only good for giving birth and sewing, he even advocated women could govern and rule states.</p><p>All of the flowers seen in the painting are native, or have been imported through the port of Rotterdam in the past.</p>

Country Manager

<p>Located in the carpark on the back of the tempest building.&nbsp;<br>First large scale outdoor mural by The Nomadclan.</p>

Artscape

<div>"Pipe Dream" was created by the British street art duo Nomad Clan during ARTSCAPE 2017 WHITE MOOSE PROJECT.&nbsp;The mural is a comment on ocean pollution, and the artists chose this motif for their Swedish mural due to the country’s high ranking of sustainability.</div>

Pipe Dream

Mokosz

<div>Created as part of Concrete Canvas Chelmsford 2022<br><em>Chelmsfords historical relationship with manufacturing the worlds first radio, connecting the globe via the airwaves and giving many a voice. In solidarity with marginalised communities we wanted to represent a gender non-conforming person of colour, something that's not new to our portfolio over the last 8 years. It's dear to us to take space, as a duo formed of a trans person and queer female we understand the value of visibility in a world of under-represented characters in muralism.</em>&nbsp;</div>

Taking Space

<div>New work (March 2017) from the Manchester based The Nomad Clan&nbsp;</div>

Railway scene 

<div>This impressive 4 storey piece is situated at the High St end of Pottinger’s entry. Art Deco design combines with photorealistic elements and a beautiful colour palette. The piece depicts Pelicans from the Pottinger family crest which can be found in nearby St. Georges Church.<br>The work also includes east asian flowers representing the trading routes and cogs pointing to Belfast’s rich industrial past.<br><br>If you want to get the best look at this, make the hike to the top of the multi story car park that's beside it. It's worth it.<br><br>@nomad.clan<br><br>Part of the Belfast Entries Project</div>

Pottingers

<div>For Artscape 2019.<br>The saga behind this wall is as follows. The legend of the Selkie is told along the Western coast of Scotland and as far down as Ireland. Selkies are seals in the water, but once on land, they take off their skins and become human. If an ordinary mortal sees a Selkie in human form, they will inevitably fall in love. The Selkie legend has several variations but never ends happily. The husband or wife of a Selkie may hide away their seal skins, but once their hiding place is discovered the Selkie is powerless to resist the call of the sea. He slides back into his skins and departs, leaving behind any children.&nbsp;</div>

Song of the Sea

Ease

Fueled By Greed

<div>Its easy to forget that history can tell us about human adaptation in the face of adversity, it can act as a compass during the unsettling and unpredictable future. The Frost Fair story drew me into thoughts around the British public ability to come together and make the best of a bad situation. During the coldest parts of winter, from the 7th to the 19th century, London experienced a mini Ice age where the famous London Thames River froze over repeatedly. It was a bleak time that extremified poverty, many businesses ground to a halt with trade ships restrained by the ice.&nbsp;</div><div>So people took to the ice to sell whatever goods they had hustling their way through in an inebriated survivalism. Initially boatman sold a potent home brew called Purl that they carried on them for personal use.&nbsp;</div><div>Soon a hedonistic festival/ carnival/fair was born, one which evolved into epic proportions over the years. ... music, fire, gambling, spit roasting animals, you name it.&nbsp;<br><br></div><div>The two scenic paintings reflect the goings on of the Frost fairs, in a surreal moment an Elephant was paraded down the ice right by London bridge.. I deliberately routed the site into my walk to work each morning, imagining wtf that must have looked like!</div>

<div>Huge mural from the nomad clan<br>Has now been repainted&nbsp;</div>

Helldog

<div>Welcome to New Brighton’s street art gallery</div><div>The official page for New Brighton’s open air street art gallery, based in the town’s Victoria Quarter.<br><br>For Interviews with the Artist and more head over to <a href="https://www.newbrightonstreetart.com/">https://www.newbrightonstreetart.com/</a>&nbsp;<br><br>Created in 2018, by regeneration specialists Rockpoint Leisure, the paintings, which include abstract and figurative treatments are part of the company’s plans to breathe new life back into this buzzy, independent neighbourhood, using art as a catalyst.</div><div>Rockpoint have commissioned works from both local and international street artists, and a number of pieces have historical content chronicling key events, cultural attractions and interesting characters from pirates to pier divers who have shaped the town over the past three centuries.</div><div><br>All works have been funded by Rockpoint Leisure for the benefit of the community and visitors to the Quarter.<br><br>Please feel free to photograph and share street art images on your social media with the tags:</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/newbrightonstreetart?source=note&amp;epa=HASHTAG">#newbrightonstreetart</a><br><a href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/victoriaquarternewbrighton?source=note&amp;epa=HASHTAG">#victoriaquarternewbrighton</a><br><a href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/streetartnewbrighton?source=note&amp;epa=HASHTAG">#streetartnewbrighton</a></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>For all commercial and licensing enquiries please email <a href="mailto:hello@rockpointleisure.com">hello@rockpointleisure.com</a></div>

Seeking is Finding

<div>Captured in this mural is a modern-day folklore based on the Greek goddess of the seas, Amphitrite. The work highlights the stark contrast of a once-worshiped mother of all fish, seals and whales, the Queen of the seas, now sat in a human-corrupted, faded seascape of bleached corals and plastic waste.&nbsp;</div><div><br>Huge numbers of shocking stats can be found with a simple Google search. Since 1950, 90% of all Sealife has been wiped out. By 2050, 90% of all coral will have died out due to global warming and the rise of ocean temperatures. If the pace in which we pull life from the sea doesn't slow, overfishing will empty our oceans by 2048. There are now 5.25 trillion macro and micro pieces of plastic in our ocean, and 46,000 pieces in every square mile of ocean, weighing up to 269,000 tonnes.&nbsp;</div><div><br>The poignant placement of an ancient Greek goddess sunk to the bottom of our modern-day plastic addiction is both tragic and alarming. Maybe one day, the stories of oceans filled with abundance, life and colourful corals, will be a folklore told by future generations. What is almost certain is that the plastics will still be there, documenting the emptiness of a once bustling biodiversity.&nbsp;</div><div><br>Instagram: @riseupresidency_<br>www.riseupresidency.co.uk/<br>www.riseupcleanup.co.uk/</div>

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