Artwork: Mural by Huariu, *Tell a vision,* Bacău, Romania, 2024

Portuguese street artist Huariu (@huariu) has created a powerful mural for ZidArts Festival in Bacău, Romania titled Tell a vision. Huariu wrote this about the ideas behind the mural:

“Addressing the impact mass media has by compelling citizens to accept obvious falsehoods and the power to dictate what is real, to manipulate and oppress individual thought and perception. For this I have chosen to use George Orwell’s ‘2+2=5’ idea from one of the most banned books in history: ‘1984’. The little boy, mesmerised by the TVs, will soon forget how to play. Slowly killing his ability to imagine, he becomes more and more attached to screens. His understanding of the world will soon be shaped by these same screens.”