“But I’m just a sidewalk poet, a son of bitumen.”
The people of Lyon, France call Ememem, an anonymous local street artist, “the pavement surgeon”. The work is called flacking, from the French word flaque, meaning puddle, also symbolically referring to an area that differs in appearance from the surrounding area. Beginning in an alleyway in Lyon in 2011, Ememem now travels the world mending cracks, potholes and buildings with beautiful ceramic art.
“Every hole in the street deserves a chance, no matter where it is.”
Ceramic Mosaics Mend Cracked Sidewalks, Potholes, and Buildings in Vibrant Interventions by Ememem
