SMALL PRINT:YOU MIGHT have noticed more street art than usual cropping up around Dublin city centre, from elaborate graffiti to kerb art, stencils and installations.

Street artists haven't randomly sprung to life out of nowhere. This new burst of urban creativity is actually called Roadworks, part of the Dublin Contemporary festival, and a collaboration with ANEWSPACE that has managed to create a treasure hunt of sorts throughout the city.

Among the pieces to look out for are freakishly realistic mannequins in precarious situations. Washington DC artist Mark Jenkins has installed provocative pieces around the city, featuring lifelike models of people in various states of danger; a homeless man sitting with his knees to his chest covered in a blanket, a man in a hoodie hanging perilously from a railing on a roof on South William Street and a blonde-haired woman perched on the roof of a building you can see from the George’s Street-Dame Street junction.

Inside another space famous for a less contemporary collection of art, Drogheda native Rask, a graffiti artist, was commissioned to spray-paint the walls of the National Gallery of Ireland.

Andrews Lane features an intricate stencil work by Will St Leger. The sleeping bag with spreading golden wings is titled One Day I Will Grow Wings.

Around the corner on Andrews Lane Theatre itself is Belfast street artist DMC's massive My Redundant Heartpiece.

Altogether, 22 urban spaces are being used by British, Spanish, American and Irish artists, taking in spots like Camden Street, O’Connell Street, Temple Bar, Aungier Street and more. You can keep up to date with how the works progress, where they’re located and check out some behind the scenes images at http://anewspacelivestreets.tumblr.com.