URBAN ART GOES NATURAL
28 Sep 2016
An illuminating example of street art has transformed a government garage in Lithuania into a stunning waterfall, utilising photorealistic imaging to produce a natural image within the urban landscape.
Architect Ignas Lukauskas has turned a former soviet garage in Lithuania’s capital city into a monumental waterfall. The project considers the ways in which street art can be integrated into an urban landscape, and, in turn, use architecture to positively affect its citizens. On the façade of an ‘eye-sore’ building by the river — a site that functions as a garage for parliament cars to be stored and maintained — Lukauskas has reignited the structure to feature a dynamic display of colour and light.
Curated by Studio Vieta in collaboration with the Vilnius Street Art Festival, Waterfall blends art and architecture to create a welcome disruption to the urban landscape. Lukauskas’ installation turns the concrete structure into a dynamic flow of water and light, bringing a refreshing sense of greenery and nature to the city.
The more than 2000sqm photorealistic image proved a major challenge for everyone involved, as a project at this scale had never before been executed in Lithuania. In its finality, Waterfall ventures beyond the temporal interventions ordinarily imagined for street art festivals, but rather a heightened sense of spacial and architectural discovery for both residents and visitors alike.
