creative process | Drawing Serendipities by Atamayka

Here in Austria there’s a game kids play when they have no toys at hand:
“Ich sehe was, was du nicht siehst (was ihr nicht seht) und das ist..”
Which means:” I see, I see, what you can’t see, and that is…”
Right then, one of the kids complete the sentence with a color of an object near them that the other players don’t know about. They all start naming objects until one of them guesses, and then it’s the winner’s time to make others guess.

I want to play a game with you, but instead of saying a color, I will give you a picture. Let’s see what we all come up with.

I took the picture above on an autumn night two days ago. You can see the moon coming out at the bottom left of the tree trunk (click on it for a bigger image).

Herakut’s “Giant Storybook” project is a children’s book whose pages are painted on the facades or walls of buildings and houses all over the world.
Watch them above in full action.

Giant Storybook Series by Herakut in Berlin Giant Storybook Project by Herakut in Australia

Giant Storybook Project by Herakut in Australia

From the Giant Storybook Series by- Herakut in Florida (U.S.A.)

"I'm different" "me too" From the Giant Storybook Project by Herakut in India

Each piece is a short story on their own and they move people, Herakut’s work is absolutely inspiring. Not only because of the size, which would be technically enough, but because of the contrast of soft and hard involved in the process, the final piece and the message. Those eyes mirror lives and strong emotions. Like the walls they’re painted upon, they’ve endured the hardships of the weather, of life itself.

Jasmin Siddiqui (Hera) and Falk Lehman (Akut) are german graffiti artists who decided to start working together in 2004. Hera’s sketchy lines and Akut’s smooth realism complement each other, she starts the skeleton and positioning of the piece and he lays the skin. Akut said of their collaboration:

“we don’t have those big artist’s egos and it’s nice to work around your best friend.”

And these two do get around, their murals are all over the world. Regarding a trip to Nepal Jasmin said:

“We LOVE working with people who are still hungry for art and education, for social interactions, progress, politics. We love people who believe that one can make a difference, and that they themselves have the ability to strengthen their community, change their environment and leave a positive mark in their world.” (source: http://kolorkathmandu.sattya.org/note-from-herakut/)

I am in awe of their art and their passion at work. I found four Herakut pieces that are still to be sold here (click on the thumbnails) and you can buy their two books here:

(affilliate links)