Abandoned Moroccan Church Becomes Major Tourists Attraction
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After covering a church turned skatepark in Spain with his signature style of murals, Okuda San Miguel has now transformed an abandoned Moroccan church into a 360-degree mural titled “11 Mirages to Freedom”
The street artist covered the structure in geometric bears, birds, and human faces, produced as a part of the British Council‘s Street Art Caravane Initiative. Working with the architecture already in place, San Miguel painted each of the building’s eleven faces while incorporating the structure’s barred windows. These he formed into bird cages, hats, and masks that are seamlessly incorporated…as long as you don’t look into the barred openings.
The church is uniformly painted in a brilliant shade of yellow, with smaller architectural details painted in equally vibrant colors.
Okuda took on the challenge as a part of the Street Art Caravane put together by the British Council and held in Youssoufia, Morocco. Joining other artists who revamped walls, bridges, and buildings alike with bright and vibrant street art, Okuda let his vision shine through the saturated colors and stark geometric shapes that create his 11 distinct characters.
Some of the individuals in the mural assimilate into the structural features of the church. Barred windows become cages, crowns, or entire heads. Both human and animal mingle in the artwork, with each character more detailed than the other. Perhaps the most striking element of Okuda’s work is the use of vivid and contrasting colors, which work together to evoke curiosity and admiration.
The street artist covered the structure in geometric bears, birds, and human faces, produced as a part of the British Council‘s Street Art Caravane Initiative. Working with the architecture already in place, San Miguel painted each of the building’s eleven faces while incorporating the structure’s barred windows. These he formed into bird cages, hats, and masks that are seamlessly incorporated…as long as you don’t look into the barred openings.
The church is uniformly painted in a brilliant shade of yellow, with smaller architectural details painted in equally vibrant colors.
Okuda took on the challenge as a part of the Street Art Caravane put together by the British Council and held in Youssoufia, Morocco. Joining other artists who revamped walls, bridges, and buildings alike with bright and vibrant street art, Okuda let his vision shine through the saturated colors and stark geometric shapes that create his 11 distinct characters.
Some of the individuals in the mural assimilate into the structural features of the church. Barred windows become cages, crowns, or entire heads. Both human and animal mingle in the artwork, with each character more detailed than the other. Perhaps the most striking element of Okuda’s work is the use of vivid and contrasting colors, which work together to evoke curiosity and admiration.
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