Explore Artist MOMO's Boulevard Tunnel
In April 2014, New Orleans artist MOMO completed the massive Boulevard Tunnel in Historic Old Fourth Ward, Atlanta, Georgia
By Living Walls, The City Speaks Inc.
Living Walls, The City Speaks Inc.
MOMO: Boulevard Tunnel (2014-04-20) by MOMOLiving Walls, The City Speaks Inc.
The Boulevard Tunnel sits in a literal no man's land - between the district lines of Old Fourth Ward, Cabbagetown, and Grant Park under the rails.
MOMO: Boulevard Tunnel (2014-04-20) by MOMOLiving Walls, The City Speaks Inc.
The noise and darkness discouraged people from using the tunnel as a natural thoroughfare between three of the most popular neighborhoods in the city.
MOMO: Boulevard Tunnel (2014-04-20) by MOMOLiving Walls, The City Speaks Inc.
The Boulevard Tunnel Initiative was born out of this discouragement - and we jumped at BTI's invitation to paint it.
MOMO: Boulevard Tunnel (2014-04-20) by MOMOLiving Walls, The City Speaks Inc.
The production logistics were baffling.
MOMO: Boulevard Tunnel (2014-04-20) by MOMOLiving Walls, The City Speaks Inc.
The tunnel wavers from eighteen feet high to four inches high.
MOMO: Boulevard Tunnel (2014-04-20) by MOMOLiving Walls, The City Speaks Inc.
The sidewalk narrows from seven feet wide to barely four feet.
MOMO: Boulevard Tunnel (2014-04-20) by MOMOLiving Walls, The City Speaks Inc.
Never mind the sheer length of it - four hundred and fifty feet on both sides, plus the interior staircases and wall, and the extra two hundred and fifty feet on the south end.
MOMO : Boulevard Tunnel (2014-04-20) by MOMOLiving Walls, The City Speaks Inc.
There was no room for a lift, barely enough room for scaffolding.
MOMO: Boulevard Tunnel (2014-04-20) by MOMOLiving Walls, The City Speaks Inc.
MOMO, from New Orleans, more than met this challenge.
MOMO: Boulevard Tunnel (2014-04-20) by MOMOLiving Walls, The City Speaks Inc.
His work, a dazzling array of vibrant colors, finely detailed lines and patterns were a perfect fit for this project.
MOMO: Boulevard Tunnel (2014-04-20) by MOMOLiving Walls, The City Speaks Inc.
This exhibit begins with the blank wall, and follows the gradual build of the project to the final frame - a video which spans the entire project.
MOMO: Boulevard Tunnel (2014-04-20) by MOMOLiving Walls, The City Speaks Inc.
MOMO: Boulevard Tunnel (2014-04-20) by MOMOLiving Walls, The City Speaks Inc.
MOMO: Boulevard Tunnel (2014-04-20) by MOMOLiving Walls, The City Speaks Inc.
MOMO: Boulevard Tunnel (2014-04-20) by MOMOLiving Walls, The City Speaks Inc.
MOMO: Boulevard Tunnel (2014-04-20) by MOMOLiving Walls, The City Speaks Inc.
LW x BTI: MOMO (2014-04-20) by Living Walls: The City Speaks and MOMOLiving Walls, The City Speaks Inc.
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