Ememem is an inventive artist who fills potholes in his home city Lyon, France with beautiful mosaics to brighten the days of anyone who spots them during the day. The street artist decided to draw people’s attention to the deplorable condition of roads and sidewalk safety in France. You could say Ememem is set on a mission: patching up his city’s broken pavement by filling potholes with colorful works of art—mosaics that turn eyesores and traffic hazards into things of beauty.
By creating colorful tiled mosaics in the potholes riddling the streets of Lyon, Ememem has become the latest artist to offer his take on this public nuisance. Thanks to his efforts for the last 10 years, some of Lyon’s sidewalks and splintered facades are now filled with colorful mosaics that are both creative and unique.
More info: ememem-flacking.net | Instagram#1
Margaret Martin1 day ago
Beautiful! Good thing you’re not here in Saginaw, MI…. You’d be fined for vandalizing, damages to city property & maybe even SUED for not being an employee of the road crews.2ReplyView More Replies…View more comments
Bored Panda reached out to Ememem and he told us a little bit more about his recent work and upcoming future plans.
“These days during my day-time job I work for the new metro ‘Grand Paris Express.’ I install my ‘flacks’ around the construction site during work. I hope that the people who live around the area will appreciate my poetic approach. The action is financed by Société du Grand Paris! If you’d like to find out more about the project that has been financed by Société du Grand Paris you can do so by clicking here.”#2
BeagGraineag1 day ago
These are amazing and so beautiful!4ReplyView more comments#3
Mark Berry1 day ago
I love the ones that radiate!4Reply
“I also do collective exhibitions, I have two coming up soon in the month of June. My first exhibition starts on June 2nd in Lyon, it’s called ‘Spraying board.’ The second one is ‘Ceramic Now!’ and it starts on June 8th in Paris, 15 rue du Louvre.
During the summer, hopefully, I’ll be able to attend a lot of festivals all over France and Europe, the plans, for now, are mostly Italy and Germany.”#4
Susan Green1 day ago
Wow!3ReplyView more comments#5
moon bug1 day ago
Cat!13ReplyView More Replies…View more comments
The French artist is also known as ‘the pavement surgeon,’ he believes that repairing the sidewalks is “a poem that everybody can read,” as he mentioned on his website. The beautiful and bright additions to the cracks and broken areas of the city serve as a memory notebook between the colorful buildings. The artist is also known to have quite a long history with mosaics in general, over 10 years in fact.#6
Agnes Jekyll1 day ago
Beautiful!1Reply#7
Agnes Jekyll1 day ago
Those rocks beneath the plaster look ANCIENT!2ReplyView More Replies…View more comments
As we mentioned previously, Ememem’s first mosaic dates back 10 years when he found himself in a damaged alley in Lyon. At that time, he already was working in ceramic and translated that practice to revitalizing the outdoor area. Since 2016, he’s been consistently filling potholes and other divots throughout France, but mostly in Lyon. These days the artist holds various art exhibitions for his outdoor work with many future dates to come.#8
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E. Rangel6 hours ago
Does France not fix its crosswalks or roads they are truly hazardous to pedestrians especially elderly can people sue the city if they are hurt. I hope someone answers my questions.0Reply#10
Susan Green1 day ago
This is so nice.2Reply#11
Willow22 hours ago
Woah ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ0ReplyView more comments#12
Verena Gitterle1 day ago
Let`s play together!2ReplyView more comments#13
Ahimsa Santhosh20 hours ago
Woah 
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perty0Reply#15
jevais1 day ago
Much better.1Reply#16
jevais1 day ago
Très drôle ! Quel artiste, juste magnifique. Bravo Monsieur.3ReplyView more comments#17
Murple1 day ago
yes the legos2ReplyView more comments#18
Hannah Edwards7 hours ago
Perfect! All street damage should be mended like this!2ReplyView more comments#19
Margaret Martin1 day ago
Like the pattern and the matte finished tiles… less chance of slipping.1ReplyView more comments#20
Ahimsa Santhosh19 hours ago
So traditional = )1Reply#21
Ahimsa Santhosh19 hours ago
Elegant !1ReplyView more comments#22
Ahimsa Santhosh19 hours ago
How attractive1Reply#23
Ahimsa Santhosh19 hours ago
Wow 
you are so creative1Reply#24
jevais1 day ago
RIP. Too many trees are being killed by greedy humans.0ReplyView More Replies…View more comments#25
Ahimsa Santhosh19 hours ago
Wow 1Reply#26
Ahimsa Santhosh19 hours ago
Love the pattern1Reply#27
Ahimsa Santhosh19 hours ago
Mind blowing1Reply#28
Mimi M1 day ago
love those colors!0Reply#29
jevais1 day ago
Japanese paper fans. This is truly wonderful and so beautiful street art. Unfortunately the majority of so called art nowadays is not up to the standard set by this artist.1ReplyView More Replies…View more comments#30
Vasha1 day ago
brilliant!0Reply
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