Djerbahood Project, Djerba Tunisia

This week we take a look at the Djerbahood Project, which took place during the months of July and August on a small island called Djerba and is located in the Gulf of Gabes. Better known as the island of dreams, the tiny village of Djerba boasts a traditional and authentic Tunisian setting which acted as a blank canvas for  hundred and fifty street artists from thirty different countries. It allowed them to express their creativity and style to transform this island into a real life open air museum. Curated by Mr. Mehdi Ben Cheikh who is the founder of Itinerrance Gallery and who was behind last year’s extraordinary Tour Paris 13 event, this grand project was tipped to be one of the mightiest street art events of the year, and after seeing all the wonderful street art pieces we can certainly see why!

From the well known and established power-houses like Phlegm(UK), ROA (BE), Swoon (US), Faith47 (SA), C215 (FR) INTI (CL) and Seth (FR) to the talents of Dome (DE), Fintan Magee (AU), M-City (PL), Alexis Diaz (PR), Saner (MX), Bom.K (FR), eL Seed (TN), Twoone (JP), Pantónio (PT), Orticanoodles (IT) just to name a few this event truly covered a wide diversity of styles and ensured there’s almost bound to be something to suit everyone’s taste.

We managed to swiftly get hold of cat enthusiast C215 in his busy schedule and asked him about his time painting in the village to which he replied:

“I enjoyed painting my cat pieces as it was the perfect location for it as there are so many cats here in Djerba. They bring happiness to children and the people of Djerba love them!”

There’s no doubt that the street art that has arisen from the Djerbahood project has added further beauty to this North-African jewel of the Mediterranean, which is known for its golden sandy beaches and diamond blue sea. It’s a treasure of art for the people of Djerba and it’s tourists … who will be sure to enjoy this for many years to come.

Have a look for yourself, and let us know what your favourite piece is by commenting at the bottom of this page.

Special thanks to the Djerbahood Project for bringing this to the people of Djerba, Tunisia and the super skilled professional photographer Aline Deschamps for her permission to use these beautiful pictures.

For more information about the project and to see the official trailer and more visit the official Djerbahood site.

DJERBAHOOD, Djerba 2014

THE HOOD, Djerba 2014

Rodolphe Cintorino (France), Djerba 2014

Phlegm (UK) , Djerba 2014

Phlegm (UK) , Djerba 2014

Swoon (US) , Djerba 2014

Swoon (US) , Djerba 2014

Swoon (US) , Djerba 2014

Swoon (USA) , Djerba 2014

Swoon (US) , Djerba 2014

The Inkman (Tunisia)

Fintan Magee (Australia) , Djerba 2014

ROA (Belgium), Djerba 2014

ROA (Belgium), Djerba 2014

Faith 47 (SA) , Djerba 2014

Know Hope (US), Djerba 2014

Mosko (France), Djerba 2014

M-City (Poland), Djerba 2014

Djerba 2014

Phlegm (UK), Djerba 2014

Djerba 2014

Djerba 2014

ROA (Belgium), Djerba 2014

Phlegm (UK) (left) / Stinkfish (Colombia) (right), Djerba 2014

Djerba 2014

Twoone (Japan), Djerba 2014

Alexis Diaz (Puerto Rico), Djerba 2014

Djerba 2014

INTI (chile) x AXEL VOID (Spain), Djerba 2014

Djerba 2014

Arraiano (Portugal), Djerba 2014

Tinho a.k.a. Walter Nomura (Brazil) x Seth (France), Djerba 2014

ROA (Belgium), Djerba 2014

Swoon (USA) x Monica Canilao (USA) , Djerba 2014

Phlegm (UK), Djerba 2014

Djerba 2014

Bom.K (France), Djerba 2014

SETH (France), Djerba 2014

Liliwenn (France), Djerba 2014

Evoca1 (Dominican Republic), Djerba 2014

C215 (France), Djerba 2014

Phlegm (UK), Djerba 2014

Sean Hart (France), Djerba 2014

ROA (Belgium), Djerba 2014

Faith47 (SA), Djerba 2014

Djerba 2014

Djerba 2014

Amose Vazimolo (France), Djerba 2014

ORTICANOODLES (Italy), Djerba 2014

ORTICANOODLES (Italy), Djerba 2014

C215 (France), Djerba 2014

Mallakai (Spain), Djerba 2014

Saner (Mexico) , Djerba 2014

Dabro (Tunisia), Djerba 2014

Malakkai (Spain), Djerba 2014

Sebas Velasco (Spain), Djerba 2014

Sean Hart (France), Djerba 2014

Sean Hart (France), Djerba 2014

JACE (Reunion Island), Djerba 2014

Djerba 2014

C215 (France), Djerba 2014

eL Seed (Tunisia), Djerba 2014

C215 (France), Djerba 2014

eL Seed (Tunisia), Djerba 2014

M-City (Poland), Djerba 2014

Know Hope (US), Djerba 2014

C215 (France), Djerba 2014

ROA (Belgium), Djerba 2014

ROA (Belgium), Djerba 2014

Djerba 2014

C215 (FR), Djerba 2014

Sean Hart (France), Djerba 2014

Pum Pum (Argentinia) and SETH (France), Djerba 2014

M-City (Poland), Djerba 2014

Herbert Baglione (Brazil), Djerba 2014

Dome (Germany), Djerba 2014

ROA (Belgium), Djerba 2014

Sunra (Tunisie), Djerba 2014

Pum Pum (Argentinia), Djerba 2014

Swoon (USA), Djerba 2014

Djerba 2014

ROA (Belgium), Djerba 2014

Alexis Diaz (Puearto Rico), Djerba 2014

eL Seed (Tunisia), Djerba 2014 photo © Ian Cox

C215 (France), Djerba 2014

Twoone (Japan), Djerba 2014

WAIS1 (Poland), Djerba 2014

Mallakai (Spain), Djerba 2014

Djerba 2014

ecb hendrik beikirch (Germany), Djerba 2014

Djerba 2014

Djerba 2014

Pum Pum (Argentinia), Djerba 2014

Shoof (Tunisia), Djerba 2014

Know Hope (US), Djerba 2014

NESPOON (Poland), Djerba 2014

eL Seed (Tunisia), Djerba 2014

Reaone (France), Djerba 2014

Shoof (Tunisia), Djerba 2014

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