Art and sewers are rarely associated, but European company raubdruckerin is turning manhole covers, grates, street tiles and other utility fixtures into works of art.
“The main focus is to explore the surfaces of cities, searching for overlooked, seemingly insignificant details on the pavement. They reveal unobserved parts of cities, that are full of history, diversity and creativity,” says artistic director Emma-France Raff.
Known in English as the “pirate...