A route featuring work by all AKI ArtEZ graduates (Lana Amira, Ella Walsh, Senn Hoek, Vesela Panova, Ece Bakirhan, Anna Kimp, Emil Ardla, Dilara Tramm, Manal Al-Harazi & Jannieke Visser, Weronika Brzezicka, Caroline Schot, Féya Kothuis, Anna Elfrink, Tamar den Bok, Eline de Boer, Stella Weiß, Lucrecia Herrera Ortiz, Dorsheila Malisama, Eve Haberman, Nikolina Karoulla, Maike Moll, Borys Glowacki, Sofie Reijerman, Jannieke Visser, Richt Peterson, Kyo Elbers, Marieta Kritikou, Loes Kingma, Arlan van der Peet, Maximiliaan Tiemessen, Manal Al-Harazi, Finn van der Putten, Michalina Minta, Benedetta Zamboni, Dahyun Lyu, Yordan Kirev, Juliette Stock, Paula Warkotsch, Mila van Lierop, Harrison Holland, Lea Hadadi, Floris Gies, Max Jaromil, Meijke de Jong, Chrissi Pitsillidou, Irene van Dijke, Havva Malyalizade, Hind Kaddoura) is on view in Enschede through June 29. A photograph of each graduate’s work from the Enschede academy has been selected and printed in Mupi format (118.5 x 175 cm). On the B-side of Enschede’s public billboards, the public can view the work of the newest generation of artists and designers at any time (as it is on display 24 hours a day) along a route through the public space.
The Mupi project owes its name to the advertising structures used for the project, the Mupis: “Mobilier urban pour publicité et information.” These structures themselves have since been officially renamed J.C. Decaux advertising billboards in Enschede, but the already established and more user-friendly name “Mupi” has remained in use for the AKI art project. The project has been running since 1993 and has gradually become a tradition that symbolizes the relationship between AKI ArtEZ and the City of Enschede.
