Artist Karl Porter’s career as an artist began over 20 years ago, when he was a 14 year old, “tagging” his name across the city of Derry.
In summer 2022 UV Arts propose a series of ‘Eco Street Art’ and other environmentally friendly interventions in public spaces as part of Artlink’s New Rhythm programme. Using power washing to create imagery from dirt, he transformed the surfaces of a number of the concrete foundations and walls at Fort Dunree, Ned’s Point and pavements and walls in the town of Buncrana. Water based Chalk pigments were used to create artworks on grassed areas in Swan Park. Huge abstract patterns were drawn on the beach at Buncrana, Linsfort and Culdaff. In addition Karl ran community workshops sharing his practice with the public.
The project allowed Karl to extend his practice and experiment with new methods of working and new eco-friendly processes.
- July 30, 2022
