{"id":1,"date":"2013-10-03T18:13:14","date_gmt":"2013-10-03T18:13:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/drawingserendipities.com\/art-blog\/?p=1"},"modified":"2017-02-22T14:38:47","modified_gmt":"2017-02-22T13:38:47","slug":"inspiring-short-stories-from-herakut-street-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drawingserendipities.com\/art-blog\/de\/2013\/10\/inspiring-short-stories-from-herakut-street-art\/","title":{"rendered":"Inspiring short stories from Herakut &#8211; street art duo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hXlmTiaRZXg\" width=\"535\" height=\"401\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<strong>Herakut&#8217;s &#8222;Giant Storybook&#8220; project<\/strong> is a children&#8217;s book whose pages are painted on the facades or walls of buildings and houses all over the world.<br \/>\nWatch them above in full action.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-129\" title=\"Giant Storybook Series by Herakut in Berlin\" src=\"http:\/\/drawingserendipities.com\/art-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Herakut_Giant_Storybook_21-585x402.jpeg\" alt=\"Giant Storybook Series by Herakut in Berlin\" width=\"585\" height=\"402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drawingserendipities.com\/art-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Herakut_Giant_Storybook_21-585x402.jpeg 585w, https:\/\/drawingserendipities.com\/art-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Herakut_Giant_Storybook_21-125x85.jpeg 125w, https:\/\/drawingserendipities.com\/art-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Herakut_Giant_Storybook_21-250x171.jpeg 250w, https:\/\/drawingserendipities.com\/art-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Herakut_Giant_Storybook_21-624x429.jpeg 624w, https:\/\/drawingserendipities.com\/art-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Herakut_Giant_Storybook_21.jpeg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 585px) 100vw, 585px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-130\" title=\"Giant Storybook Series by Herakut in Berlin (in process)\" src=\"http:\/\/drawingserendipities.com\/art-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Herakut_Giant_Storybook_11-585x585.jpeg\" alt=\"Giant Storybook Series by Herakut in Berlin (in process)\" width=\"585\" height=\"585\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drawingserendipities.com\/art-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Herakut_Giant_Storybook_11-585x585.jpeg 585w, https:\/\/drawingserendipities.com\/art-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Herakut_Giant_Storybook_11-125x125.jpeg 125w, https:\/\/drawingserendipities.com\/art-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Herakut_Giant_Storybook_11-250x250.jpeg 250w, https:\/\/drawingserendipities.com\/art-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Herakut_Giant_Storybook_11-624x624.jpeg 624w, https:\/\/drawingserendipities.com\/art-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Herakut_Giant_Storybook_11.jpeg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 585px) 100vw, 585px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-100  aligncenter\" title=\"Giant Storybook Project by Herakut in Australia\" src=\"http:\/\/drawingserendipities.com\/art-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Herakut_Giant_Storybook_3-585x780.jpg\" alt=\"Giant Storybook Project by Herakut in Australia\" width=\"585\" height=\"780\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drawingserendipities.com\/art-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Herakut_Giant_Storybook_3-585x780.jpg 585w, https:\/\/drawingserendipities.com\/art-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Herakut_Giant_Storybook_3-93x125.jpg 93w, https:\/\/drawingserendipities.com\/art-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Herakut_Giant_Storybook_3-187x250.jpg 187w, https:\/\/drawingserendipities.com\/art-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Herakut_Giant_Storybook_3-624x832.jpg 624w, https:\/\/drawingserendipities.com\/art-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Herakut_Giant_Storybook_3.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 585px) 100vw, 585px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-101 aligncenter\" title=\"Giant Storybook Project by Herakut in Australia\" src=\"http:\/\/drawingserendipities.com\/art-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Herakut_Giant_Storybook_4-585x438.jpg\" alt=\"Giant Storybook Project by Herakut in Australia\" width=\"585\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drawingserendipities.com\/art-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Herakut_Giant_Storybook_4-585x438.jpg 585w, https:\/\/drawingserendipities.com\/art-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Herakut_Giant_Storybook_4-125x93.jpg 125w, https:\/\/drawingserendipities.com\/art-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Herakut_Giant_Storybook_4-250x187.jpg 250w, https:\/\/drawingserendipities.com\/art-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Herakut_Giant_Storybook_4-624x468.jpg 624w, https:\/\/drawingserendipities.com\/art-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Herakut_Giant_Storybook_4.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 585px) 100vw, 585px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-133\" title=\"From the Giant Storybook Series by- Herakut in Florida (U.S.A.)\" src=\"http:\/\/drawingserendipities.com\/art-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Herakut_Giant_Storybook_7-585x389.jpg\" alt=\"From the Giant Storybook Series by- Herakut in Florida (U.S.A.)\" width=\"585\" height=\"389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drawingserendipities.com\/art-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Herakut_Giant_Storybook_7-585x389.jpg 585w, https:\/\/drawingserendipities.com\/art-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Herakut_Giant_Storybook_7-125x83.jpg 125w, https:\/\/drawingserendipities.com\/art-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Herakut_Giant_Storybook_7-250x166.jpg 250w, https:\/\/drawingserendipities.com\/art-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Herakut_Giant_Storybook_7.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 585px) 100vw, 585px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-138\" title=\"&quot;I'm different&quot; &quot;me too&quot; From the Giant Storybook Project by Herakut in India\" src=\"http:\/\/drawingserendipities.com\/art-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Herakut_Giant_Storybook_8-585x790.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;I'm different&quot; &quot;me too&quot; From the Giant Storybook Project by Herakut in India\" width=\"585\" height=\"790\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drawingserendipities.com\/art-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Herakut_Giant_Storybook_8-585x790.jpg 585w, https:\/\/drawingserendipities.com\/art-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Herakut_Giant_Storybook_8-92x125.jpg 92w, https:\/\/drawingserendipities.com\/art-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Herakut_Giant_Storybook_8.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 585px) 100vw, 585px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Each piece is a short story on their own and they move people, Herakut&#8217;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&#8217;re painted upon, they&#8217;ve endured the hardships of the weather, of life itself.<\/p>\n<p>Jasmin\u00a0Siddiqui (Hera) and Falk Lehman (Akut) are german graffiti artists who decided to start working together in 2004. Hera&#8217;s sketchy lines and Akut&#8217;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:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8222;we don&#8217;t have those big artist&#8217;s egos and it&#8217;s nice to work around your best friend.&#8220;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>And these two do get around, their murals are all over the world. Regarding a trip to Nepal Jasmin said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8222;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.&#8220; <span class=\"klein-text\">(source: http:\/\/kolorkathmandu.sattya.org\/note-from-herakut\/)<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I am in awe of their art and their passion at work. I found <a title=\"buy Herakut Art\" href=\"http:\/\/941geary.com\/shows\/loving-the-exiled\" target=\"_blank\">four Herakut pieces that are still to be sold<\/a> here (click on the thumbnails) and you can buy their two books here:<\/p>\n<p class=\"klein-text-gray\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/3939566365\/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=3939566365&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=mindspiritmot-20\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Second Book (2011): 'Herakut: After the Laughter'\" src=\"http:\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?_encoding=UTF8&amp;ASIN=3939566365&amp;Format=_SL110_&amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;WS=1&amp;tag=mindspiritmot-20\" alt=\"Second Book (2011): 'Herakut: After the Laughter'\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=mindspiritmot-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=3939566365\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/3939566241\/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=3939566241&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=mindspiritmot-20\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"First Book (2009): 'Herakut: The perfect Merge'\" src=\"http:\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?_encoding=UTF8&amp;ASIN=3939566241&amp;Format=_SL110_&amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;WS=1&amp;tag=mindspiritmot-20\" alt=\"First Book (2009): 'Herakut: The perfect Merge'\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=mindspiritmot-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=3939566241\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> (affilliate links)<\/p>\n<p class=\"klein-text\">sources:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/herakut.de\/\" target=\"_blank\">HERAKUT<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mo-berlin.com\/monkey-see-monkey-do-herakut\" target=\"_blank\">www.mo-berlin.com<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.streetartnews.net\/2013\/09\/monkey-see-monkey-do-street-art-by-herakut-berlin.html\" target=\"_blank\">www.streetartnews.net<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/streetal.mx\/site\/tag\/herakut\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.streetal.mx<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/kolorkathmandu.sattya.org\/note-from-herakut\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.kolorkathmandu.sattya.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Herakut&#8217;s &#8222;Giant Storybook&#8220; project is a children&#8217;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. Each piece is a short story on their own and they move people, Herakut&#8217;s work is absolutely inspiring. Not only because of the size, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,11,9],"tags":[24,23,25],"class_list":["post-1","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-artist-showcase","category-creative","category-story","tag-creative-process","tag-inspiring-short-stories","tag-living-art"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/drawingserendipities.com\/art-blog\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/drawingserendipities.com\/art-blog\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/drawingserendipities.com\/art-blog\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drawingserendipities.com\/art-blog\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drawingserendipities.com\/art-blog\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1"}],"version-history":[{"count":50,"href":"https:\/\/drawingserendipities.com\/art-blog\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":839,"href":"https:\/\/drawingserendipities.com\/art-blog\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1\/revisions\/839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/drawingserendipities.com\/art-blog\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drawingserendipities.com\/art-blog\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drawingserendipities.com\/art-blog\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}