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Joey Garfield and Ghost Robot recently embarked on a summer-long project which will document artist Steve Powers (ESPO) as he creates murals along the Market/Frankfort elevated train in Philadelphia.

The first two murals went up recently, and will total nearly by the time the summer is over. The project is funded The Mural Arts Program and the Pew Center for Arts & Heritage through the Philadelphia Exhibitions Initiative. The film, which will be a mixture of narrative and documentary elements, will premiere this fall in Philadelphia. 

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