Hookedblog was fortunate to be in town while Run was working on one of a number of murals he painted in Morocco and we managed to catch the artist in action in Marrakesh painting this large-scale mural right outside the Bahai Palace one of the venues for this year Marrakech Biennale.




Bufarini takes a break from painting to speak to us about his new project Time Traveller Artist Man.



Street artist Giacomo Bufarini aka RUN pictured above at work on his Marrakech street art mural for the MB6 Street Art  Project.

Time Traveller Artist Man Book
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Since returning from Morocco Bufarini has been working on his book titled Time Traveller Artist Man which has now been completed and a Kickstarter fundraiser has been launched to cover the cost to print the book. Author and designer Tristan Manco have written the introduction to Bufarini's book, a small extract of which is below:

"Part travel diary, part monograph, Time Traveller Artist Man charts the triumphs and tribulations of an imaginative soul with a passion for travel, whose worldwide voyages have become a catalyst to create art that is elemental and playful, with the ultimate goal of engaging with people from all walks of life. 

The reference to time travel in the book’s title is a quirky but insightful notion that reflects the artist’s particular world vision. Through his journeys to countries such as China, Senegal, Italy, Morocco, and the Gambia, wherein many areas still do things in time-honored ways, by hand or with basic tools and methods, the artist was struck by the sense of going back in time. 

Some of these places are rapidly developing beyond recognition and consequently, there is the danger of losing some of these traditional ways and yet within this process of change, Run’s explorations of different cultures confirm for him a central belief in the universality of humankind." — Tristan Manco

You can watch Bufarini's Kickstarter video below in which he talks about this project and the rewards you can get for donating money to help him get the book printed.

 

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Visit The Time Traveller Artist Man Kickstarter page to see all the rewards and to make a donation to this great book project. One not to miss.

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