Workshops concerning art in public space, a city game under the name of ‘Operation Ghost’, an opportunity to co-create a mural – all this and many other attractions will be available at the second weekend of September during the Street Art Picnic – Echo of Dialogue, which is to take place at Symetris Business Park in Łódź.

September on the cultural map of Łódź is inevitably associated with the Łódź of Four Cultures Festival. The event which is deeply rooted in the history of the city has become an inspiration for Echo Investment, which organizes a public art picnic with the support of the Urban Forms Foundation. It is to encourage the inhabitants of Łódź to engage in a dialogue with arts and to get interested in aesthetics in the public space. Its participants will be able to choose from a number of different attractions. The public space in Łódź has been changing dynamically and developing through the involvement of its inhabitants and artists. The subject of its aesthetics and the functioning of art in this space will be the subject of creative workshops as part of the Street Art Picnic – Echo of Dialogue. The active character of the workshop will provide participants with practical knowledge - they will create spatial objects in the course of the workshop and then organize exhibitions, which will also allow them to address the theme of responsibility for the communal area. Those interested will also be able to participate in the "Operation Ghost" city game, which refers to the multicultural heritage of the city, although it will be taking place in the distant future. In the world of tomorrow the omnipresent gray will dominate the world, but the secret "Ghost" organization will try to regain colours. Only Echoes of the past can save the world. Four old cultures from Łódź area left important tips for future generations. Finding and decrypting them will make it possible to restore colours and brilliance in the world. Will the participants find the clues and save the Earth? Another attraction planned for Street Art Picnic involves painting a fluorescent mural on a low wall within the Symetris Business Park office complex. Its designer and creator is Adam "Kruk" Wirski, an artist from Pabianice who promotes street art. The best players in the "Operation Ghost" game will be able to make a contribution to the final shape of the mural – they will symbolically bring colours back to life, and all  those willing to help will be able to create the background. After the sunset there will be an interdisciplinary show "Body-Symmetry-Architecture" of the Lineact group, during which dancers will enter into a dialogue with the architecture surrounding their buildings in the rhythm of music and with the appropriate light setting. From midday until the beginning of the performance, residents of Łódź will be able to relax using sun loungers, tables and board games, and listen to the music provided by a DJ. Street Art Picnic – Echo of Dialgoue will take place on 10 September 2017 at the Symetris Business Park. It will start at 12:00 o"clock. More information is available at the event website: ECHO Dialogu.