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Athos Meets Gaudi Mosaic Mural – installation and inauguration

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125 mosaic tiles made by the staff members of the UNDP Brazil were installed in October 2018 on this wall at the UN house in Brasilia: On 24th of October the wall was inaugurated in an exciting ceremony: The testemonies from the participants were expressing the pride to have done such a project from the top administration to the support staff. Hear these voices in the video below: If you can not open the video for any reason, please find the translation of the speeches here: Jeziel: “We have made a piece that should keep for many years to come if its well preserved. It fills me with pride to leave a physical mark next to the intellectual work here at the UN house” Carol: “To make the UN house a public space this will be a work that we will show with a lot of pride and joy. Speaking about my experience – my mosaic tile is here: obviously the most beautiful one – I have to confess Gertrud, when I arrived at the workshop and …

Installation of Lizard mosaic

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You remember my blog about the Lizard mosaic I made with my friends? On March 26 we (Mabes the mason and I) installed it in an orphanage in Ceilandia, one of the Satellite cities of Brasilia. It was lots of dust and debris as half the wall came off when Mabes took off the tiles! But in the end all happy and colorful!

Refugee Community Mosaic project awarded

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It was amazing: When I got the audio file with a music from Shalan Alhamwy that originally was not composed for the film, putting it into I Movie it immediately fitted the scenes on the images. As if the music was composed especially for this video. In August to my surprise the video got selected to be shown at the conference in Barcelona amongst 15 videos about mosaic heritage conservation. This was the decisive moment for me to by my ticket to Barcelona to take part in the conference on mosaic heritage preservation. (13th ICCM conference Barcelona 2017) A lot of positive comments from the 250 participants from 35 countries reached me during this week 15-20. Oct 2017. At the end of the conference the video was recognized with the “coup de coeur” prize. Seeing the film on a big screen in the auditorium was amazing.