Djerbahood was a street art event in which artists from all over the world gathered in the village of Erriadh on the

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to create 250 mural paintings. The project was established by the ''Itinerrance de Paris'' gallery in June 2014.

The project

The name of the project, ''Djerbahood'', was imposed to the organizers by the giant letters THE HOOD installed by Rodolphe Cintorino at the entrance of the village, also known as ''El Hara Sghira'' or "the small neighborhood" in

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. In order to achieve the 250 individual and collective artistic works, the artists used over 4500 painting sprays during the gathering. Portrait Mehdi Ben Cheikh

According to Mehdi Ben Cheikh, founder of the project and director of Itinerrance de Paris gallery, Djerbahood represents "a unique artistic adventure in the world of

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s, and an effervescence movement in a developing country". Thanks to the Tunisian phone operator Ooredoo Tunisia, a virtual tour of the village streets is possible and available on the official

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of the project.

The village

The founders chose Erriadh for its traditional architecture, and thanks to Djerbahood, the village became an attractive destination for tourists. In fact, the whole island, which had suffered from mismanaged garbage collection after the 2011 revolution, gained positive attention thanks to the project. Djerbahood is also a human adventure that led to meetings between artists and locals. All the citizens and merchants of the quarter supported the team for the installations and the material supply. In fact, Mehdi Ben Cheikh had to convince them to "offer" their walls to the artists. And according to him, some of the residents who were reluctant in the beginning later asked the organizing committee and the artists to come and paint on their walls as well. File:Djerba Er Riadh Street Art 20.JPG, File:Djerba Er Riadh Street Art 19.JPG, File:Djerba Er Riadh Street Art 15.JPG, File:Djerba Er Riadh Street Art 10.JPG,

The artists

150 street artists of 30 different nationalities participated in the event, including Abbès Boukhobza, Adellatif Moustad, Add Fuel, Alexis Diaz, Amose, Arraiano, Axel Void, Aya Tarek, AZ, Bomk, Brusk, B-Toy, C215, Cekis, Curiot, Dabro, Dan23, David de la Mano, Deyaa, Dome, Elliot Tupac, eL Seed, Elphege, Claudio Ethos, EVOCA1,

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, Pum Pum, REA, ROA, Rodolphe Cintorino, Salma, Saner, Sean Hart, Sebastián Velasco, Seth ( Julien Malland), Shoof, ST4CREW, Stephan Doitschinoff, Stew, Stinkfish, Sunra, Swoon, Tahar Mgadmini, Tinho, Twoone, UNO370, Vajo, WAIS1, Wisetwo, Wisign, Wissem, Yazan Halwani, Sepha, Sied Lasram, 3ZS.

Media coverage

The event had a large press coverage with hundreds of articles from 70 different countries in just few months, e.g.

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, Libération,

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and

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A documentary

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of ten episodes was made and shared on the Creative

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platform showing backstage scenes with the artists.

Gallery

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References

External links

*{{Official website, http://www.djerbahood.com/ Street art Medenine Governorate Contemporary art exhibitions Tunisian art