Watch the following video :
(DW English)
Vocabulary to learn after watching the video :
- International participants in the Urban National Festival
- Her work is on display in cities such as Paris and Chicago
- These graffiti artists are working in Berlin for free
- With the official permission of local authorities
- An abstract visual language
- You create a dialogue with the community
- To bring together artists who enhance urban spaces in neighborhoods
- By hosting workshops, events and exhibitions
- It promotes community participation and creative exchange
- To do projects in the city
- Raise awareness
- It’s not just vandalism
- Has gained an international reputation as a capital of street art
- Grey and drab at the time it’s run down facades became canvases for graffiti
- It boosts neighborhood pride
- Most locals seem to like what the artists do
- Some will be replaced by new ones
Vocabulary in Chunks 