On June 2, 2025, in the heart of Manhattan, in Hell’s Kitchen Park, a monumental eco-musical signed by the Italian non-Italian Yourban 2030 was inaugurated, founded by the entrepreneur Veronica De Angelis. The work, entitled “Botanic Pulse”was created by the artist Fabio Petani As part of the international program Walls of Tomorrowwho interprets i 17 Sustainable development objectives of the 2030 Agenda of the United Nations through street art.
Yourban 2030, for years at the forefront of promoting sustainable urban art, thus brought his commitment to the environment and social awareness to New York, through pictorial interventions carried out with photocatalytic paints.
“Botanic Pulse” It depicts a luxuriant nature contained in a vase: an ambivalent image, which recalls protection but also control. Outside, the vegetation is free and expands in a wild way, to symbolize the life force that escapes human domination. The message is clear: we can no longer consider ourselves masters of nature, but we must become aware of it aware.
The work was carried out with the AirLite Anti-Mog paintingable to break down atmospheric pollutants, thus contributing in a concrete way to air quality.
A further innovative aspect of the intervention is his Augmented and multi -channel dimension. Thanks to a QR code Developed by the Tech Company Ecosapiens, visitors will be able to live an immersive experience, buy the digital work and contribute to the creation of a fund for the reforestation of the West Side of Manhattan, in collaboration with The Hort. All accompanied by an original ambient soundtrack composed of Akawalk, aka Andrea Marra.
The mural of Petani, dedicated to the goal 15 – Life on earth – is the first of a series of seventeen works that will be carried out all over the worldthanks to the collaboration with big names in urban art, Italian and international.
All works will be placed in urban spaces experienced dailybecoming an integral part of the social fabric and concrete symbols of urban regeneration. Places like Hell’s Kitchen Park, a multicultural neighborhood and historic film sets of masterpieces such as Taxi driver And Sleepers.
Veronica De Angelis, founder of Yourban 2030, told the editorial staff of Greenme:
Walls of Tomorrow was born from a shared dream: transforming cities into open -air art galleries, capable not only of exciting, but also taking care of the environment. After years of work between Italy and the United States, we felt the urgency of creating a choral project, which would tell the 17 UN objectives with visual force. Thus was born this initiative that unites public art, sustainability and active participation.
He then added:
Each wall will be a symbol, an invitation to action, a promise for the future of our cities.
Through “Botanic Pulse” and the project Walls of Tomorrowart thus becomes an instrument of education, inspiration and change. A silent, but powerful way, to leave a positive and lasting mark in the urban landscape and in our relationship with the planet.
