Is This Wall Talking To Me?

Russian artist Daria Makarenko must be nuts at Tetris. She's been playing a real-life version of the game for a couple years now, quietly filling the gaps of urban walls with custom-made ceramic nodules.

When Makarenko, who's based in St. Petersburg, spies a missing hunk of wall, she'll head to her studio and press out a lump that snugly fills the hole. She then stamps these blocks with cryptic messages such as "This stone used to be my heart." In doing so she's performing admirable work as a stone mason – perhaps prepping for a career in the public-works industry? – and as an urban beautifier.