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Unzip

A painted child pulls a giant zipper down a tower façade, revealing a rainbow.
Artwork FileLe Mans · France

Unzip

SeenJuly 2025

Seth Globepainter · Le Mans

Photo: Street Art Utopia archive; photographer not recorded; capture date unspecified. Artwork: Seth. Full framing retained.

Seth Globepainter’s Unzip covers a residential façade in Le Mans. Painted for Plein Champ in 2024, it shows a child opening the grey wall with a giant zipper to reveal a rainbow world. Source Checked

Street-Heart dates its photographs to July 2025. This does not establish the mural’s condition today. Source Reported

💡 4 things to know

  1. A wall as fabricThe child’s zipper turns the tower façade into a surface that appears to peel open. Source Checked
  2. Ten storeys highLocal reporting describes the Pontlieue building as ten storeys tall. Source Reported
  3. Festival commissionSeth’s portfolio associates Unzip with Plein Champ in Le Mans. Source Checked
  4. Still documented in 2025A July 2025 photo guide records the mural and its street address. Source Checked

📍 Where it is

234 avenue Jean Jaurès, Le Mans, France Source Reported

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🗓️ Sightings

  1. 20241 Jun

    SweetFM reports the mural in progress; completion was expected on 4 June.

  2. 2025Jul

    Street-Heart photographs the mural (camera month).

Green stamps mark dated visual documentation; amber stamps are records or reports. A publication date is not a camera date, and historical evidence does not establish present condition.

📰 On the record

SweetFM1 June 2024

Le Mans : Seth de retour pour une nouvelle fresque

“C’est un enfant qui a une fermeture éclair géante”

“It is a child with a giant zipper.” — Seth, quoted by SweetFM.

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✅ The facts

Artist
Seth Globepainter (Julien Malland) Source Checked
Title
Unzip Source Checked
Year
2024 Source Checked
Festival
Plein Champ Source Checked
Address
234 avenue Jean Jaurès, Le Mans Source Reported
Timing
The artist dates the project May 2024; Street-Heart gives June. SweetFM reported it in progress on 1 June. An exact completion date is not established. Source ConflictingSource Source
Scale
Ten-storey façade, according to SweetFM. Source Reported

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All sources & image credits

Photo: Street Art Utopia archive; photographer not recorded; capture date unspecified. Artwork: Seth. Full framing retained.

Last checked: 25 October 2026 · How we verify art