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PangeaSeed Foundation, in partnership with the Napier City Council and Alternative Arts Initiative, presented Sea Walls: Artists for Oceans in Napier, Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand. This event, in its second year, ran from 19th to 26th March with the creative participation of twenty six internationally renowned muralists, who came to paint large-scale murals addressing pressing ocean environmental issues.
Pangeaseed Seawalls: Artists for Oceans, Napier 2017
Artists who participated in Sea Walls: Artists for Oceans, Napier 2017 included Alyssa Irizarry, Christie Wright, Cracked Ink ,Cryptik, Ekundayo, Erika Pearce, Flox, White, Georgia Hill, Jack Marsden Mayer, James Bullough, Jason Botkin, Jet Martinez, Kai’ili Kaulukukui, Kelly Spencer, Leanne Culy, Seth Globepainter and Onur.
Jack Marsden, Seawalls: Artists for Oceans, Napier, NZ. Photo Credit Emily Raftery
Rustam Qbic, Seawalls: Artists for Oceans, Napier, NZ. Photo Credit Vinny Cornelli
Rustam Qbic, Seawalls: Artists for Oceans, Napier, NZ. Photo Credit Vinny Cornelli
Erika Pearce, Seawalls: Artists for Oceans, Napier, NZ. Photo Credit Vinny Cornelli
Onur, Seawalls: Artists for Oceans, Napier, NZ. Photo Credit Vinny Cornelli
Freeman white, Seawalls: Artists for Oceans, Napier, NZ. Photo Credit Michael Schultz
Flox, Seawalls: Artists for Oceans, Napier, NZ. Photo Credit Michael Schultz
Kelly, Seawalls: Artists for Oceans, Napier, NZ. Photo Credit Vinny Cornelli
Alyssa Irizarry, Seawalls: Artists for Oceans, Napier, NZ. Photo Credit Emily Raftery
Berst, Seawalls: Artists for Oceans, Napier, NZ. Photo Credit Emily Raftery
Seth, Seawalls: Artists for Oceans, Napier, NZ. Photo Credit Vinny Cornelli
Georgia Hill, Seawalls: Artists for Oceans, Napier, NZ. Photo Credit Emily Raftery
Jet Martinez, Seawalls: Artists for Oceans, Napier, NZ. Photo Credit Emily Raftery
Alyssa Irizarry, Seawalls: Artists for Oceans, Napier, NZ. Photo Credit Olivia Laita
Erika Pearce, Seawalls: Artists for Oceans, Napier, NZ. Photo Credit Olivia Laita
Cryptik, Seawalls: Artists for Oceans, Napier, NZ. Photo Credit Emily Raftery
Onur, Seawalls: Artists for Oceans, Napier, NZ. Photo Credit Vinny Cornelli
T-Wei, Seawalls: Artists for Oceans, Napier, NZ. Photo Credit Vinny Cornelli
Sabek, Seawalls: Artists for Oceans, Napier, NZ. Photo Credit Vinny Cornelli
Ekundayo, Seawalls: Artists for Oceans, Napier, NZ. Photo Credit Vinny Cornelli
Pat Perry, Seawalls: Artists for Oceans, Napier, NZ. Photo Credit Vinny Cornelli
Rustam Qbic, Seawalls: Artists for Oceans, Napier, NZ. Photo Credit Vinny Cornelli
James Bullough, Seawalls: Artists for Oceans, Napier, NZ. Photo Credit Vinny Cornelli
Seth Globepainter’s mural ‘CetaceCan’ cleverly puts a spotlight on human impact affecting marine life such as megafauna like whales. With the child riding the whale’s snout, the mural portrays how future generations may lose what we have if we continue to destructively impact oceans and marine life that are vital to our survival on land. The mural also pays homage to the New Zealand Māori story of Paikea, a whale rider, the ancestor to Ngāi Tahu and Ngāti Porou iwi (tribes).
Seth Globepainter, Seawalls: Artists for Oceans, Napier, NZ. Photo Credit Vinny Cornelli
Seth Globepainter, Seawalls: Artists for Oceans, Napier, NZ. Photo Credit Tré Packard
Seth Globepainter, Seawalls: Artists for Oceans, Napier, NZ. Photo Credit Tré Packard
“Summer and winter are inching closer, the four seasons melting together. Due to climate warming, to which we are undoubtedly contributing, polar icecaps and glaciers are shrinking.The Arctic is bound to set yet another summer melt record this year. An iceberg shouldn’t have to drift past a North Sea beach, for us to realize just how close our relationship to the Arctic and Antarctic is. My mural depicts the postapocalyptic scenario of the last iceberg.” Onur
Onur, Seawalls: Artists for Oceans, Napier, NZ. Photo Credit Miyuki McGuffie
‘Reweave the Unraveling World’ by Pat Perry is a mural about hope. It depicts a boat sailing in a vast grey sea devastated by human impact such as pollution and garbage. On board, there is a girl holding a pinwheel and her mother weaving a tapestry of a healthy blue ocean. The result is a clear contrast between a polluted world and a healthy one, based on alternative energies and respect for nature. The mural is critical of the modern world, where the artist is spotlighting pressing environmental issues the oceans and humanity are facing.
Pat Perry, Seawalls: Artists for Oceans, Napier, NZ. Photo Credit Vinny Cornelli
‘Pania of the Reef‘ by James Bullough is the legendary protector of the reef in local Maori folklore and is believed to live in the waters off the coast of Napier, the city where her portrait is painted. Due to man made climate concerns, specifically the raising CO2 levels in our atmosphere, the acidity levels of our oceans have risen and continue to rise as alarming rates killing our reefs and the delicate ecosystems around them worldwide. Pania is depicted floating defiant and hopeful over her baron reef despite the face that she herself is also dissolving from the acidification of the ocean.
James Bullough, Seawalls: Artists for Oceans, Napier, NZ. Photo Credit Vinny Cornelli
Check out more of the finished murals below …
Kelly, Seawalls: Artists for Oceans, Napier, NZ. Photo Credit Miyuki McGuffie
Christie, Seawalls: Artists for Oceans, Napier, NZ. Photo Credit Miyuki McGuffie
Kai, Seawalls: Artists for Oceans, Napier, NZ. Photo Credit Miyuki McGuffie
Thread, Seawalls: Artists for Oceans, Napier, NZ. Photo Credit Miyuki McGuffie
Botkin, Seawalls: Artists for Oceans, Napier, NZ. Photo Credit Miyuki McGuffie
Sabek, Seawalls: Artists for Oceans, Napier, NZ. Photo Credit Tré Packard
“Public art and activism can educate and inspire the global community to help save our seas. Regardless of your location -large metropolitan city or small seaside village-the ocean supplies us with the breath we take. Life on planet Earth cannot exist without healthy oceans. Dwindling global fish stocks, rising sea levels, and widespread pollution, are issues that impact everyone, regardless of location. As global citizens, we are responsible for the health of the oceans and the wildlife thatcalls it home,” Tré Packard PangeaSeed Foundation Founder
With the completion of this year’s Sea Walls festival, Napier now boasts fifty three unique ocean environmentally-themed murals. Each design is aimed to inspire and educate the community to become better stewards of our seas. The location of all the murals in Napier can be seen below …
Pangeaseed Seawalls: Artists for Oceans, Napier street art Map 2017
Pangeaseed are already organising future projects, in July 2017 events will take place in Cancun and Isla Mujeres, Mexico, then rounding up 2017 with a festival in October in Cairns, Australia.
