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Microplastiques 4 — Fred Battle, Bergamo

Fred Battle’s Microplastiques 4 on the Petteni school in Bergamo: seen from above, small sunbathers lie on towels and deckchairs across a red-orange ground among a yellow car, an overturned gray car and oversized pastel stones, with a man standing at the foot of the wall
Artwork FileBergamo, Italy

Microplastiques 4

SeenOct 2026

Fred Battle (Zoerism) · mural on a school wall, 2026 · Scuola Petteni, Via Buratti 2, Redona, Bergamo, Italy

Photo: as published on World Art Utopia (New Street Art! Vol. 101, 23 October 2026). Artwork: Fred Battle (Zoerism).

French painter Fred Battle, who signs as Zoerism, painted Microplastiques 4 on the Petteni school in Redona, Bergamo, for the 2026 M.UR.A. Festival. The festival scheduled the wall for October 5–10, after a workshop with the school’s classes, and the artist lists the work as “Microplastiques 4, Bergamo, Italy, 2026.” Source Source Checked

Seen Oct 2026. Evidence: our photo, published on World Art Utopia on October 23, 2026 (publication date, not camera date), shows the finished wall signed “Fred Battle 26 Bergamo,” and the artist’s own site shows the same wall. We found no later dated photo. Source Source Checked

💡 4 things to know

  1. Built from a school workshopM.UR.A. says the road to the wall started with a workshop with the Petteni school’s classes, before painting from October 5 to 10. Source Source Checked
  2. Everyday objects, everyday chaosThe festival describes Zoerism as building his art from the most ordinary objects: fragments and snapshots of everyday life that mirror contemporary chaos. Source Reported
  3. Part of a seriesOn his own site the artist lists this wall as Microplastiques 4, beside an earlier Microplastiques wall in Nice (2024) and a Microplastiques 2 study on canvas (2025). Source Checked
  4. A painter firstBorn in Tours in 1985 and based in the Alpes-Maritimes, Fred Battle worked in industrial design before turning to painting; his work has been shown at the Palais de Tokyo and the Vancouver Art Gallery, according to the festival’s press release. Source Source Reported

📍 Where it is

Wall of the Scuola “Petteni” (Istituto Comprensivo G. D. Petteni), Via Buratti 2, Redona, Bergamo, Italy Source Source Source Checked

Open in Maps

Map pin from OpenStreetMap’s Via Buratti 2. Google Street View there dates from April 2026, before the mural was painted, so the button opens a plain map.

🗓️ Sightings

  1. 202622 Sep

    Festival names Zoerism for the Petteni school

  2. 202630 Sep

    L’Eco di Bergamo: Zoerism will paint at the Petteni in Redona

  3. 20265–10 Oct

    Scheduled painting days at Via Buratti 2

Green stamps mark dated photographs; amber stamps mark records or reports; red stamps mark loss. Publication dates are not camera dates.

🗞️ In the sources

M.UR.A. Festival2026 program

Zoerism — Istituto Comprensivo Statale “G.D.Petteni”, Via Buratti, 2

“Il percorso verso il muro, che prenderà forma da 5 alo 10 ottobre, parte da un laboratorio con le classi della scuola.”

“The road to the wall, which will take shape from October 5 to 10, starts with a workshop with the school’s classes.”

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BergamoNews22 September 2026

Mura Festival: la Bergamo che si racconta attraverso la street art

“Zoerism lavorerà alla Scuola “Petteni” di via Buratti 2, insieme alle classi dell’istituto.”

“Zoerism will work at the Petteni school on Via Buratti 2, together with the school’s classes.”

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✅ The facts

Artist
Fred Battle, who paints as Zoerism; born in Tours, France, in 1985 Source Source Source Checked
Title
Microplastiques 4, as the artist lists it Source Checked
Year
2026, painted for M.UR.A. Festival (September 26–October 10, 2026); wall scheduled October 5–10 Source Source Source Checked
Festival
M.UR.A. Festival 2026, promoted by the City of Bergamo’s culture department and organized by Tantemani (Cooperativa Sociale Patronato San Vincenzo) with HG80 Source Source Checked
Place
Scuola Petteni, Via Buratti 2, Redona, Bergamo Source Source Source Checked
Signature
“Fred Battle 26 Bergamo,” painted at the lower right of the wall, as seen in our photo Source Checked
Status
Finished wall; our photo was published October 23, 2026 (publication date, not camera date); no later dated evidence Source Source Checked

🔗 Related

All sources & image credits

Photo: as published on World Art Utopia (New Street Art! Vol. 101, 23 October 2026). Artwork: Fred Battle (Zoerism).

Last checked: 27 October 2026 · How we verify art