The inauguration of the Olympic Truce Mural took place in monday at the PyeongChang Olympic Village. With the theme of ‘Building Bridges’, the mural has been designed to change the negative perception of a wall into a positive one and reinforce the message of peace and unity for the Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018 which begins in three days’ time. The murals have been installed in both Olympic Villages (Gangneung and PyeongChang) and athletes and officials will be asked to sign their name or message of peace on the murals using special stencils. The mural is 7 meters long and 3 meters high and will be moved to the PyeongChang Olympic Plaza and Gangneung Olympic Park where they will be on display for spectators until the end of the Games. The Olympic Games is seen as an event which ‘bridges’ the world through sports. The mural is a reflection of this as it signifies PyeongChang’s vision to use the Olympic and Paralympic Games to open bridges between nations and help achieve a better world through sports. One section of the wall is “peeled” and shown as a bridge. This signifies PyeongChang 2018’s intention to break barriers and build bridges for peace.
