As part of the project, FunkOn also organized basketball training in the gym with Helsinki Seagulls’ Chrysostom Chukwuma. The event produced media content that inspired exercise.<\/p>\n
Students and staff felt that the work increased the sense of participation and influence, improved the comfort of the school, and inspired students to exercise and try new things. The mural combined aesthetics, community and the joy of exercise and brought new life to a school that was otherwise on its way to demolition.<\/p>\n
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However, the main target was the large, shabby wall in the gym, where they wanted to create a work that would appeal to young people and inspire them to exercise.<\/p>\n Students were interviewed through discussions, with the aim of finding a theme for the mural. Initially, this failed to produce a clear idea. In the interviews students were asked:\u00a0“What could your school feel like?”<\/em> The question seemed a little strange to the students, until one student half-jokingly replied:\u00a0\u201cLike this,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0and showed his Jordan shoes with a pose. This moment sparked a fun conversation that eventually led to the final theme of the mural: youth fashion and basketball.<\/p>\n Execution: \u2022 Kobe Bryant,<\/strong> a tribute to the legendary basketball player Target group: <\/strong>Kannelm\u00e4ki elementary school students & staff<\/p>\n Objective: <\/strong>to improve the atmosphere in the school and strengthen the students\u2019 sense of empowerment.<\/p>\n Concept development Kannelm\u00e4ki’s elementary school was under threat of demolition, and the school’s everyday life was in dire need of a boost. The solution was to propose participatory murals, which would allow students to take part in the design and implementation.<\/p>\n The students, together with FunkOn artists, designed and implemented several paintings in different parts of the school. 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\nKannelm\u00e4ki’s elementary school was under threat of demolition, and the school’s everyday life was in dire need of a boost. The solution was to propose participatory murals, which would allow students to take part in the design and implementation.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>The mural was painted by two FunkOn artists while the school was on vacation for the Christmas holidays so that the process did not interfere with teaching. Elements relevant to young people were painted in the work:<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Ghettoblaster boombox<\/strong>, a reference to music culture
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\n<\/strong>The mural was painted by two FunkOn artists while the school was on vacation for the Christmas holidays so that the process did not interfere with teaching. Elements relevant to young people were painted in the work:<\/p>\n\n