Sagunto and Port de Sagunto celebrate the urban art festival Més que Murs

The eleventh edition of the festival focuses on collective memory and building shared futures with murals and workshops.

Generic image of urban art murals in a Mediterranean city.
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Generic image of urban art murals in a Mediterranean city.

Sagunto and Port de Sagunto celebrated this weekend the eleventh edition of the urban art festival Més que Murs, this year under the slogan "The tomorrow that we already were".

This year's edition focuses on collective memory, community, and the construction of shared futures. According to Rafa Tortajada, from the Youth Department of the Sagunto City Council, the festival "was born as an initiative from the Youth Department for young people who want to express themselves in the street, to create art on the city's walls".
Local and international artists have been working throughout the week on large-format murals. Names such as Meyzo, Paula Fraile, Mandi, Takir, and Hemece Bichos have contributed their brushes to the festival. Tortajada comments that "We held a call to select the artists, and they are the ones who have painted the city's walls this week. It's impressive to see someone working on a very high wall".
This edition features murals that reflect a reivindicative past and look towards the future. "It is a city that must preserve the memory of the industrial struggle," points out the municipal official. Additionally, parallel activities have been organized, including workshops on rap, graffiti, skate, and breakdance, as well as a round table on the role of women in urban art.
The main objective is to transform public spaces into places of artistic creation and citizen participation, connecting Sagunto's industrial and working-class history with current social and cultural challenges. Once completed, the murals, along with those from the previous ten editions, will be available for viewing, contributing to a more friendly, artistic city connected to its history.