The “Oficina de Gestion de Muros” (Walls Management Office) is an independent Spanish project that wants to fill the empty spaces around the city of Madrid with art.
It was at an art event “La Noche En Blanco, 2010” in Madrid that the Walls Management Office announced their intentions to put the best street artists on the planet in touch with Madrid locals, neighbors, shopkeepers, and businesses who had walls waiting to be painted.
For their first projects “Medianeras de Madrid” (Joint Walls of Madrid) they worked with two renowned street artists: Blu and Sam3.
Now, they are putting together a listing of artists to collaborate with other wall-owners. This effort to provide legal walls for artists to work on is a welcome initiative in a city where the penalty for graffiti is a 3,000 euro fine.
Instead of risking arrest working alone, street artists can work with WMO to create pieces that involve the community and cooperate with rather than subvert joint ownership of public space.
