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Caligraph creating awareness through murals

by BustopTV

By Trevor Makonyonga

Harare based muralists, Marcus Zvinavashe and Nyasha Jeche of CaliGraph group have engaged in Covid-19 awareness campaign through murals.

The murals which will be in the high density suburbs will educate citizens on the global pandemic while urging them to practise good hygiene and wear face masks.

Speaking to Bustop TV, Marcus Zvinavashe said that CaliGraph’s initiative is meant to bring awareness to the people through murals.

“We are muralists. The first thing that motivates us is to paint in public spaces, to paint colours, messages or images. We asked ourselves, how can we encourage and remind people to adjust to the new reality – wearing face masks and frequent hand washing? This is the motivation behind what we are doing now. Our first mural is in Budiriro and it features Jah Prayzah and this was meant to make people resonate with the mural and the message it carries. We are targeting high density environs such as Budiriro, which we painted, Mufakose, Mbare and more. We paint in spaces that have a high traffic of people such as shopping centers, main roads and close to schools. This is to make sure the message reaches as many people as possible.”

Zvinavashe also bemoaned the lack of partners to their cause and called for anyone willing to chip in to come through.

“We have no partners yet. We are looking for partners who can come in with materials, spaces to paint and anyone, any organization that would want to help with educating people about the importance of keeping safe in these times. This project is a collaboration between CaliGraph and Baobab Media. Currently, we are the only artists working on it and any artists willing to collaborate are much welcome. This initiative is a self-funded project and we are willing to partner with individuals, organisations, corporates, local authorities and the government in making sure that we paint as many spaces as possible to educate, inform and conscientious citizens about COVID-19.” Zvinavashe said.

CaliGraph does public art and this includes murals and graffiti. The project started in 2018 and has since worked on a number of projects such as painting the Tuku commemoration mural in Highfield which is repainted with new images every year. They have worked with Chenesai, British Embassy and have done work in Zambia and South Africa.

The murals will be painted on walls in public spaces such as shopping centres, main roads, close to schools, bustops to reach as many people as possible.

Willing partners can contribute paints, space, masks to distribute and anything that will advance this noble campaign can g t hold of Caligraph on @caligraph across all social networks.

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