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Painting a city blue for Hie mil lennium

I know that every once in a while, strange, funny or interesting mes sages are being sent from news agencies throughout the world. This message will be another one.

Because, to celebrate the new millennium, the city of Sortland, Norway, will be painted blue!

Various shades of blue will be applied with a touch of contrasting colours. The blue will constitute a “motif’, a movement, a form that changes from space to space; Each facade will be given its own identi ty, creating a unity which rests on a foundation of coloured concrete.

The aim is to, among other things, organise a somewhat confus ing image into an exciting blue townscape, to generate positive energy to inhabitants and visitors and to prove the force of an idea: The Art of the Impossible.

Sverre Bjorstad Graff 7030 Trondheim Norway

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