Collection in 9 parts · Crimes of Minds, 2011–2012

Two summers in Brest

A festival that repainted a small French port city over two years: Fin DAC, Morten Andersen, Ben Slow, Best Ever, Da Mental Vaporz, Liliwenn and Bom K, wall by wall.

Crimes of Minds brought seventeen artists to Brest in 2011 and kept going the next year. These posts follow the walls as they were finished, from the line-up to the last collaboration.

Start with part 1

  1. Part 1 ·

    French Urban Art Event: Crimes of Minds

    Seventeen artists to repaint Brest: the line-up.

  2. Part 2 ·

    Best Ever & Ben Slow - Crimes of Minds

    The first walls, by Ben Slow and Best Ever.

  3. Part 3 ·

    French Street Crimes: FinDAC & Morten Andersen

    Fin DAC and Morten Andersen paint together.

  4. Part 4 ·

    FinDAC - Stencil Art in Brest

    Fin DAC’s stencils on a Brest wall.

  5. Part 5 ·

    Street Art: Crimes of Minds #2

    The second round of walls.

  6. Part 6 ·

    Crimes of Minds - Da Mental Vaporz Session

    Da Mental Vaporz’s session.

  7. Part 7 ·

    Da Mental Vaporz Mural in Brest

    The crew’s big wall in the city.

  8. Part 8 ·

    Crimes of Minds - Urban Art Festival, Update

    A year on, the festival is still painting.

  9. Part 9 ·

    Crimes of Minds: Liliwenn & Bom K Mural

    Liliwenn and Bom K finish their collaboration wall.

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