Its not often we hear from Italian artist and muralist BLU, but when we do its big, and so is this huge new wall painted in Niscemi, Sicily in solidarity with the “No Muos” movement.
No Muos fights for its citizens concern about the consequences of the installation of such a system: human health, Niscemi’s Sughereta ecosystem, quality of agricultural products, the right to mobility and development of the territory, the right to peace and of course the security of the territory and its habitants.
It’s these kind of concerns which Blu addresses in his mural; the Sicilians opposition to these monstrous machines coming from USA and which not only contaminate the environment with electromagnetic signals, but also seeds death and unrest.
We also need to add that considerations for peoples health and safety induced Sicily to revoke their consent for the Niscemi installation. Nevertheless, the US government appears to disregard local authorities and peaceful demonstrations helped by the fact that, the new Italian government had not yet been formed…
Author: Fran
Founder and editor of Urbanite. Street Art lover who after the finishing her MA thesis on the Mexican and Norwegian muralist movement in the 1920-50s, developed a fascination for street art and graffiti that eventually led to collaborations with different art blogs, including the creation of this one.
