Mural - Searching Safety - DEDE (Israel), 2016

On the same tenement building at ulica Organizacji WiN 10 in Bałuty, on a different wall from the text mural by Nitzan Mintz, Israeli artist DEDE Bandaid from Tel Aviv created a mural in 2016 titled Searching Safety.

The bandage motif

The mural consists of a motif of connected bandages stretched across the building's wall. The artist uses this motif as a symbol of healing personal and community trauma, which takes on particular significance in Bałuty given the district's multicultural history and the period of the Litzmannstadt ghetto.

Artist DEDE Bandaid

DEDE Bandaid comes from Tel Aviv and consistently returns to the bandage motif in his work as a sign of dressing wounds, both literal and historical. Another mural by him with a similar motif was created in Bałuty, though its exact location has not been established.

Collaborative project of three artists

Searching Safety was created as part of the Energia Miasta 2016 festival, in which DEDE took part alongside Nitzan Mintz and Untay, who were invited to Łódź specifically in connection with the history of Bałuty. On the same building wall is a text mural by Nitzan Mintz in Polish and Hebrew, dedicated to a building resident from the ghetto period. As part of the same edition of the festival in Łódź, a mural by Andrzej PoProstu was also created, drawing on patterns from Łódź textile factories.

Practical information

• Address: ulica Organizacji WiN 10, Bałuty, Łódź.
• Access: Bałuty district, on foot, public parking nearby.
• What to expect: mural on a tenement building wall, viewable throughout the day, free of charge, on the same building as the text mural by Nitzan Mintz.