Street art made with explosives and chisels: Meet Vhils, Portugal’s ‘urban archaeologist’

“I say that I’m kind of an urban archaeologist because I basically carve on the walls of the city.”

Alexandre Farto, aka Vhils, is considered one of the top urban artists in the world.

“I came up with the idea: instead of adding I would remove the layers of paint onto the walls.”

So using hammers, chisels, knives and even explosives, Vhils began to etch and carve his art onto the walls of Lisbon.

Street art made with explosives and chisels: Meet Vhils, Portugal’s ‘urban archaeologist’

– Producer – Charlotte Cullen
– Videojournalist – Mariana Castelo Branco
– Video editor – Ivan Sougy
Featuring footage from:
– VHILS Studio
– Photo “Cans Festival – VHILS and Banksy” by Tristan Appleby is licensed under (CC BY-SA 4.0),
– Photo “Cans Festival” by RJ via Flickr is licensed under (CC BY-SA 2.0)

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