Yola Kudela divides her time between the UK, France and Poland. She studied at the Polish Film School in Lodz and CFT Gobelins in Paris. As a VFX artist, she worked in the film industry on major blockbusters in London (Harry Potter, Narnia, Dark Shadows). For the past few years she’s been concentrating on her own art projects. She has traveled the world with her street art, exhibiting in Warsaw, Melbourne, Buenos Aires, Paris, Liege, London, Harlow, Brighton and now Doncaster! 

ArtBomb Project: They Went To Sea

Yola has recently completed a new mural on Cleveland Street. They Went To Sea by Jola Kudela is inspired by Edward Lear's limerick, The Jumblies. The Jumblies go on a sea journey in the least suitable vessel, a sieve, abandoning the old status quo in search of something new, but without thinking the journey through. It's a metaphor for the migration movements around the world.

The mural triggers a video of a performance by the Fertile Ground dance company, choreographed by Małgorzata Dzierzon. Performers are surrounded by a symbolic sea created with the help of an algorithm that generates graphic waves in real time, using the luminance and the movement of the dancers, as well as the frequency of the music. Music composed by Julia Kent.