What’s so special about a recycling facility in Tilburg? Oh, just the fact that it’s got the most beautiful wall mural in the world. Ja hoor, the world. 🙌
The title has been awarded by Street Art Cities, which launched a vote among the street art community — the result? “Trashure” proved to be the treasure.
Named “Trashure” in a clever play on the words “treasure” and “trash” by its creators Kaspar van Leek and Niels van Swaeman of Studio Giftig, the mural is a photorealistic image of a woman.
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The woman wears a dress made of recycled paper bags and plastic sheets, with a necklace of measuring spoons encircling her neck.
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According to the artists, these are all materials that the recycling plant, CvB Ecologistics, regularly receives.
Leaping into the air in a kind of superheroine stance, the woman also holds a ball of fabric or plastic sheets that emits a bright, glowing light. Trees and a hilly ridge are silhouetted in the background.
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The artists explain that the glowing globe depicts recycling as the answer we need in times of environmental crisis.
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