Urban art in Augustow, Poland, 2022

The project in Augustow, Poland from last July  was a very important experience for us as 167 / B Street studio, partly because organizing a series of interventions in another country is always a rewarding experience, partly because we feel Poland as part of us as our own. The President of our association Ania Kitlas was born in Białystok. She has always talked to us about her land, making us feel part of a single community.

The whole project required months of preparation, during while we worked in constant dialogue with an administration of the municipality of Augsutow that for the first time opened itself to the idea of building large-scale urban art works. It was not easy to find a meeting “point”, so we understood that it would be necessary to change our “point” of view a little.

We have chosen, together with the municipality, some themes that could give values and meanings to our intervention, the drafts were not chosen by the administration but rather by the citizens through an inclusive process based on the expression of a preference towards the work that most they felt close.

So we have started!

3 authors: @chekosart , @o_taxis , @biodpi and the collective of 167 / B Street composed of @davide_dpa , @simon_de_filippi , @sandro84crash, Ania and Amelia created the 5 works that we are presenting to you today .

Augustow is a beautiful village in the north-east of Poland, characterized by its incredible forests and its wonderful lakes, a very popular tourist destination in Poland.

We were lucky enough to be greeted by a week of intense sunshine, and between a portion of Pierogi and one of Pyzy we became part of the community and everyday life of this incredible country.

To the sound of vodka we tightened the links of the relationships created during this experience. And for this, we can only thank Poland, who welcomed us and made us feel at home