One of the most spectacular new creations in this year’s Nuart Aberdeen was Slim Safont’s towering mural on the side of Union Plaza.
If you’re wondering just how the Spanish artist created his stunning depiction of a girl in a tartan kilt writing lines, then check out our time-lapse video.
Our photographer Kenny Elrick set up camera just as Slim was starting to scope out his wall, through to the finished mural, which took him 10 days to create, working 11 hours a day.
The creative said he worked off Nuart’s theme of “reconnect” to find inspiration for his mural.
Praise for Aberdeen’s beautiful architecture and its friendly people
Slim said: “When I was thinking about this concept, I thought about reconnecting with something when I was a kid and I remembered my time in school and the punishment we got when we were kids.
“I tried to reconnect punishment from the young age to a punishment from the adult life – paying taxes. That’s the ironic and funny point of view on punishment.”
The artist, one of 11 taking part in this year’s street art festival, said he thoroughly enjoyed his experience of Nuart, praising the people of Aberdeen for being so friendly and also saying he loved the architecture of the Granite City.
Slim Safont rates Nuart Aberdeen as ‘best street art festival in the world’
And Nuart’s organisers, Aberdeen Inspired, said Slim had told them he rated Nuart as “the best street art festival in the world”
Thousands of people seem to have agreed with him, with this year’s event hailed as a triumphant success by organisers.
In fact, Aberdeen Inspired has already announced that Nuart will return next year to once again transform walls across our city centre.
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