Street Art Cities

The design is based on photographs of the city.  Residents had wishes. They asked for a skyline of the city, but they didn't want bright colors. "It's a challenge to make what they want, in a way that I can support the work myself," says the artist. On the 30 meter long wall he painted icons of the city like: Tilburg University, Westpoint building, Water tower, Spoorpark Kempen tower, the Zipper, Suleymaniye Mosque, Tilburg Railway Station, the kruikenzeiker statue, Lochal Library, the Theater, church Heikesekerk, the city's townhall, palace town hall, King Willem II statue, church Heuvelsekerk, Beka tower, Pop Temple 013, Ferris Wheel, Interpolis, bridge Den Ophef, Cenakel towers, Willem II Stadium. 

Paul Watty had his first experience as a graffiti writer in the streets of Tilburg and in Indonesia. He has a Moluccan background and when he was active on the streets for about a year, he travelled to Indonesia for six months with his grandparents. On the Moluccan island of Larat, he became the first graffiti artist. He went skateboarding and spray-painting with friends on the former Van Gend & Loos area. That's where he put his first piece: Aku (Indonesian for 'I'). He regularly sprayed texts along the tracks. "It gives a kick when you see your 'own' train running", says Watty.