Tuesday, April 01, 2008
City Hall to display mural of landmarks in Cebu
IF there is a one-stop shop for tax collection in Cebu City, soon there will also be a section at the City Hall where all Cebu landmarks are featured in a mural.
The approximately 20-foot wall at the renovated legislative building lobby is being commissioned for Cebuano artists to make a mural or wall painting.
It is part of Vice Mayor Michael Rama and the City councilors’ vision of highlighting Cebu’s present and its past through paint works on the building’s two lobby walls.
Yesterday, Rama showed reporters a copy of the concept for the “now” mural.
Fountain
It depicted the Basilica del Sto. Niño facade, the Magellan’s Cross, the Capitol building, Sinulog, Casa Gorordo, Fuente Osmeña fountain, the City Legislative Building facade and the Cebu Taoist Temple.
The mural would also include the South Road Properties (SRP) viaduct, and internationally renowned sculptor and designer Eduardo Castrillo’s Heritage of Cebu monument in Barangay Pari-an.
Rama said that guests could go to the City Hall and know all the prominent landmarks of Cebu City through the mural.
“Before they go around Cebu City, they see the city already through the mural. They will see the transformation of Cebu from then to now,” the vice mayor said.
Tourists, he added, could even have their pictures taken with the mural as background.
Rama said the “now” mural will cost an estimated P200,000, which will be financed by donations from well-meaning Cebuanos.
Accomplishment
Rama said the artists who will work on the mural will be paid, but he appealed for them to accomplish the task with dedication.
“Please look at it as a legacy (for future generations),” he added.
He said he will not be personally on top of the project, but he already designated at least two persons he trusted to work on it.
Also, Rama said he likewise encouraged the donation of “floor to ceiling paintings” to the City so that they will line up its halls in each floor, transforming the legislative building into “an art museum.”
He is still asking for advice on what type of paintings and the corresponding theme will adorn the halls.
“For sure not the paintings of restaurants,” he said. (RHM)
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