From Mexican Muralism to Pablo Picasso’s Guernica, murals have played an integral role in communicating with the public. Today, murals are still seen as a tool to express religious, political and social ideas. Reporter May Lee explores murals as a form of creative activism that can bring communities together and lead to deeper conversations.
Credits
Produced by Rajpreet Sahota
May Lee
Special thanks to Jimmy Baptiste
Kalkidan Assefa
Emily Putnam
Additional photos courtesy
Mural del Gernika, Papamanila, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mural_del_Gernika.jpg, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en
Guernica at the Whitechapel – geograph.org.uk, ceridwen / Guernica at the Whitechapel, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Guernica_at_the_Whitechapel_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1593698.jpg, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en
Gigapixel 3D Scan of Picasso’s “Guernica”, Ars Electronica – Robert Bauernhansl, https://www.flickr.com/photos/arselectronica/51399681101, Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/
Drippin_soul, Kalkidan Assefa, https://www.instagram.com/drippin_soul/
MISCHIEF AT ALGONQUIN COLLEGE HAS OPP ASKING FOR PUBLIC’S HELP, Ontario Provincial Police
Portrait of Diego Rivera, Library of Congress, https://picryl.com/media/portrait-of-diego-rivera-1, Public Domain
Diego Rivera, Man, Controller of the Universe, 1934, detail., Joaquín Martínez, https://www.flickr.com/photos/25876167@N08/6789832528, Attribution 2.0 Generic, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/
Mexico, fresque murale de Diego Rivera “L’homme, Contrôleur de l’Univers”, Jeanne Menjoulet, https://www.flickr.com/photos/jmenj/9336340265/in/photostream/, Attribution 2.0 Generic, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/
Palacio de Bellas Artes – Mural El Hombre in cruce de caminos Rivera 4, Wolfgang Sauber, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Palacio_de_Bellas_Artes_-_Mural_El_Hombre_in_cruce_de_caminos_Rivera_4.jpg, Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en
Outdoor mural celebrates diversity, inclusion and belonging at Pembroke Campus, Algonquin College, https://www.algonquincollege.com/college-blog/outdoor-mural-celebrates-diversity-inclusion-and-belonging-at-pembroke-campus/, Public Domain
Outdoor Mural Celebrates Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging at Pembroke Campus, Algonquin College, https://www.algonquincollege.com/pembroke/2022/05/16/outdoor-mural-celebrates-equity-diversity-and-inclusion-at-pembroke-campus/, Public Domain
Additional video courtesy
Drippin_soul, Kalkidan Assefa, https://www.instagram.com/drippin_soul/
Music
Urban Chill, penguinmusic, https://pixabay.com/users/penguinmusic-24940186/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=music&utm_content=125285, royalty free
Deep Lifetime, Jho, https://pixabay.com/users/mepa_melson-16213809/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=music&utm_content=8910, royalty free
Sweet Chillhop, Music_Unlimited, https://pixabay.com/users/music_unlimited-27600023/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=music&utm_content=113777, royalty free
Ambient and Inspire Power (IG Version 60s), Lesfm, https://pixabay.com/users/lesfm-22579021/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=music&utm_content=9465, royalty free
