I spent Saturday evening looking at street art painted onto buildings in Manchester’s Northern Quarter, spotting work by Stina Jones, Case, Akse, Faunagraphic, Phlegm, Hyuro, C215 Jay Sharple, Tankpetrol, Mateus 
Bailon, Axel Void, Subism Collective, Space Invaders, Nomad Clan, Pichiavo, Faith47, Martin Whatson, Nevercrew, Dale Grimshaw, and more.
During the Cities of Hope festival just gone, international street artists had visited Manchester’s Northern Quarter and 
populated the brick and concrete jungle with social justice-themed 
works addressing homelessness, disability, mental health,
gay rights, sustainability, the 
environment, war children, conflict and 
immigration.
Twilight slipped by and it started to rain. As I headed back, I 
encountered the Brazilian artist, Bailon, perched on a machine platform lift; spraying the north wall of 
a building with vibrantly coloured, tropical birds.
Once it got too dark to see clearly, he finished for the day. I 
told him about 25 Pockets of Manchester and he 
gave the assemblage a sticker of one of his canvas prints and sent me to have a chilli at Cutting Room. He told me that during Cities of Hope, he had frequented 
Cutting Room for their 
chilli.
Pocket Number 21: Sam, Sophie and Adam at Cutting Room, Blossom Street >>
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