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Belgium artist Joachim has never been shy to step up a ladder and paint at seriously scary heights in the name of art! However his mural for “Under the Bridge” in Insbruck, Austria even gave us height freight!
‘Under the Bridge’, is the first ‘street-art project’ in Insbruck, Austria, and organised by his good friend HNRX! The project saw artists, such as Bebar France), Koctel (Spain) and Guido Zimmerman (Germany), paint the pillars that support the bridge.
Joachim, Street Art at Dizzy New Heights 2018
This was Joachim’s tallest art challenge and at that height even Joachim felt the wobble!
Joachim, Street Art at Dizzy New Heights 2018
“From the ground looking up, this pillar was definitely going to test my nerves! but I was excited to get up and take on the challenge! I felt ok up until 15 metres, everything higher than that was scary!!” Joachim
Joachim, Street Art at Dizzy New Heights 2018
The concrete bridge pillar were extremely tall at a crazy height of 27 metres, and 6 metres wide. As much as Joachim felt height freight, in contrast his character looks pretty chilled!
Joachim, Street Art at Dizzy New Heights 2018
The pipe must refer to the depleted oxygen levels up there!
Joachim, Street Art at Dizzy New Heights 2018
Another wall that saw Joachim up the ladder was at a graffiti jam in the station of Halle (near Brussels- Belgium) for for ‘Zodiac-Jam’. Joachim was paired up with Adrien Roubens, an artist from Brussels, and painted Aquarius! Joachim’s star sign.
Joachim, Street Art at Dizzy New Heights 2018
“We were working on a wall next to the railway lines and it was impossible to work with a lift, and a scaffold was also not ideal because of the 1500 high-voltage cables next to my head! It was too dangerous that the electricity may skip onto the scaffold.” Joachim
Joachim, Street Art at Dizzy New Heights 2018
“My wall was twice as high as the rest and there was no other option than to paint everything with a ladder. At the top of the ladder I did not feel completely safe. if you fall from 8-9 meters you have a problem!” Joachim
Joachim, Street Art at Dizzy New Heights 2018
“When I’m filthy, tired, and have nearly died a couple of times, that’s when I know it’s been a good day!” Joachim
LIER UP Street Art Project – Joachim and Bisser
Photo credit Joachim
