Larissa wins the competition of the state initiative +Baukultur

Together with two other candidates, Larissa Bertonasco has won the state competition of the state initiative +Baukultur ‘Alles nur Fassade’ in Hesse. The competition is dedicated to façade art, façade greening and vertical gardens, as well as creative solar solutions on building façades. Larissa was presented with the award certificate by Economics Minister Tarek Al Wazir and Arts and Culture Minister Angela Dorn. Her contribution ‘Communicationnation’ is a creative façade design, which she has now put up on the wall as a mural in Hanau in September.

Larissa spent 5 days designing the house wall together with Eric Lilienthal, including painting the façade and masking the lines. In her motif, Larissa focuses on the themes of communication, interaction and coming together. Her characters interact in a variety of ways, speaking or listening. In her mural, she also explores the question of how communication takes place in a multicultural, colourful city like Hanau. How do the people who live here come together?

Larissa's mural has been the talk of the town. The enthusiasm triggered by her façade design was almost overwhelming: almost every passer-by stopped and asked about it - children, teenagers, grannies walking their dogs! The many compliments only reflect the truth - the finished work of art is really something to be proud of!

We would like to share a few anecdotes with you here:

...A bus driver who lives with his wife in the flat behind the façade often played beautiful Arabic music on an "oud" on the balcony around the corner, he is actually an artist at heart, longs to make more music with others and showed Larissa many pictures that he had painted.

...A rotting hedgehog in the green area made it almost impossible for Larissa and Eric to work because of the stench, the city police arrived with FFP2 masks, gloves and rubbish bags, but then left without having achieved anything, so a nice neighbour with a shovel and courage helped them dispose of it.

...At DOMINO'S PIZZA opposite, they were always allowed to go to the toilets, wash their hands and charge their mobile phones. The pizza man is actually a musician too (and was the tour DJ for SNAP!).

Larissa was very touched by how many people opened up during her wall design and talked about her ‘actual’ artistic vocation, which also served as a little reminder of how lucky she is to be able to live her artistic dream.