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F7, 5-13 68159 Mannheim (Mercure Hotel) „Someone is bringing us the summer back to Mannheim.” That was the first thought of a passerby upon seeing the new mural by THE CAVER on the facade of the Mercure Hotel, on the roof of the nursery in F7. That's how we felt too during the five days in early September, when the Portuguese street artist, together with his assistant „Virus“, transformed the approximately 15-meter-high wall into a neural roller coaster ride from morning till evening. „Feels Like Home“ is the name of his mural and it has become a classic THE CAVER: a harmonious and powerful color combination, abstract shapes and figures, bold outlines, and 100% spray can. In „Feels Like Home“ we discover seemingly randomly thrown together chess pieces, books, pencil and spray can, a globe, a bust, a candle. All objects from THE CAVER's living room in Porto. When he was making preparations for his trip to Mannheim and thinking about the motif, he came up with the idea of simply bringing objects from his life there over here. And because he loves the night, the moon and a star too. And because he likes listening to punk rock so much, a lightning bolt too. And because he is a fan of the absurd, individual eyeballs roll through the picture. He designed the sketch digitally on his tablet and transferred it to the wall square by square in Mannheim with the help of a pre-drawn grid. He used about 200 cans of paint. https://www.stadt-wand-kunst.de/the-caver-mural-2/

“The Modern Thinker”, ASKE, 2014, F6, 8, 68159 Mannheim 2014 hat der Moskauer Künstler Dmitri Aske alias Sicksystems ein großes Wandbild in Mannheim gemalt. Eingeladen wurde der 28-jährige Künstler von MONTANA-CANS in Zusammenarbeit mit der Alten Feuerwache Mannheim und der GBG, sowie der Initiative Mannheim2020. Der russische Graffitikünstler ist bekannt für seine außergewöhnlichen grafischen Arbeiten und hat vor einiger Zeit begonnen, Murals in Russland zu malen. https://www.stadt-wand-kunst.de/aske-mural/

„Against Forgetting“, AKUT, 2020, F6, 5, 68159 Mannheim The starting point for this moving mural in the squares of Mannheim is the art project of the same name, „Against Forgetting“, by the Mannheim-based photographer and filmmaker LUIGI TOSCANO. He travels the world to take portraits of Holocaust survivors. In his photographs, he manifests not only the faces marked by fate, but also the stories of the survivors. In 2015, his expressive shots were exhibited for the first time in oversized format on the facade of the Alte Feuerwache Mannheim. After international successes of the resulting traveling exhibition in public spaces, including in Kiev, New York, or Geneva, the project returns to Mannheim in 2020 in the guise of a reinterpretation by the German street artist AKUT. Already in 2019, STADT.WAND.KUNST had the idea of bringing the two artists together for a mural. Through their shared stance on the topic of remembrance culture, a cooperation between the two quickly came about. Through conversations and extensive research, AKUT has immersed himself in TOSCANO's work. Out of the hundreds of contemporary witnesses, he has representatively selected two portraits that seemed particularly suitable for his adaptation: Bella Schirin and Horst Sommerfeld. https://www.stadt-wand-kunst.de/akut-mural/

A very beautiful sculpture by Karl Friedrich von Baden-Baden in the courtyard of honor at Mannheim Palace.

The Collini Bridge connects Mannheim's city center with the Neckarstadt-Ost district across the Neckar River. The pedestrian and bicycle bridge offers a direct, quick crossing and, at the same time, a beautiful view of the river and the surrounding architecture. The bridge is a popular spot, especially at sunset.

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The Mannheim Observatory was located in the observatory tower built between 1772 and 1774 and remained in operation until 1880.