After my looooong series of posts in my Mexican Murals series, I'm going to switch to another city that's famous for its street art: Berlin. After all, as I find myself in the German capital right now, it doesn't feel right to keep posting murals I have found in Mexico (even though there are still quite many left). It may seem like I am traveling the world exclusively to find amazing wall paintings, but please believe me, they just happen to appear where I happen to be! But for sure, no one can deny that Berlin also has more than enough cool images on its walls, and I can promise to share at least one each week, as my regular entry to the CCC's Street Art Contest.
A Guy of Utility
On a huge wall in the Revaler str., between Warschauer str. and Marchlewski str., only a few blocks from the hostel I first stayed at, I saw this guy that I simply could not ignore:
With his big blue eyes and his white underpants he looks like he's wading through a pile of graffiti tags. Oh yeah, and he is actually a Swiss Army Knife, complete with a huge array of multi tools for a variety of functions and purposes. Among the knives, corkscrews, and can openers he has a bunch of arms, holding a bucket of paint, a roller, a spray-can, and in fact a couple of tags... along with iconic little critters that may be the artist's trademark.
The Tags Are All Intentional
It is funny and quite cool how the lower portion of the wall, which due to its easy access is bound to be tagged and tagged over again and again, is actually incorporated into the image. This way anyone is invited to add their tag to the mural, without messing it up. In fact, at a closer look you will notice the word Zurich, suggesting the origin of ... sure the knife! but probably also the muralist. Only those observers with really sharp eyes will find the name of the artist: ONETRUTH.CH, which verifies him being from Switzerland. It is certainly worth checking out his page, as this knife mural is really just a first taste of what else this artist has in store.