Potholes, pavement cracks get some plasters

Walking through Ankara's streets, occasional flashes of colour light up the pavement where French artist Ememem has painstakingly patched up the potholes and cracks with vibrant works of mosaic art.

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Ankara - Walking through Ankara's streets, occasional flashes of colour light up the pavement where French artist Ememem has painstakingly patched up the potholes and cracks with vibrant works of mosaic art.

He calls it "flacking" - the art of transforming unsightly cracks and crevices in the ground into uniquely shaped ceramic creations.

The artworks - made of recycled materials, bits of glass and broken or discarded shards of pottery - are what he calls his "plasters for the pavement".