MONUMENTAL DISCUSSION - interviews with mural experts during a meeting in Kosice

In 2015 a "MEETING OF PUBLIC SPACE ART FESTIVAL ORGANISERS" took place in KOŠICE, SLOVAKIA. The reason for the meet up was to reflect about the contemporary situation of muralism in Europe, especially in the east. That's why the focos was on inviting organisers of Festivals from eastern european countries.
A lot of different points of view on muralism were discussed but the main topics were:

- Art as “make up” for buildings

- Ethics behind art in public space

- Is street art just adding to the problem we have with public space

The meeting was organized by Street Art Communication Team.

People hosted during the meeting :

Edgars Zvirgzdiņš – Blank Canvas – Riga, Latvia
Ula Ambrasaite – Vilnius Street Art Festival – Vilnius, Lithuania
Jens Besser – Time for Murals, Muralismo Morte - Dresden, Germany
Blazej Rusin – Black Circle - Ukraine
Mihail Melnichenko – Black Circle - Ukraine
Oksana Sinkevych – Black Circle - Ukraine
Michal Biezynski – Lodz, Poland
Viktor Feher – Street Art Communication – Kosice, Slovakia
Palko Matia - Street Art Communication – Kosice, Slovakia
Dominik Hintos - Street Art Communication – Kosice, Slovakia
Filip Kakara - Street Art Communication – Kosice, Slovakia
Clara Ros Roig – reporter – Barcelona, Spain
Lubos Bisto – chair - Street Art Communication – Kosice, Slovakia


Black Circle - Ukraine

Michal Biezynski – Lodz Murals, Poland

Edgars Zvirgzdiņš – Blank Canvas – Riga, Latvia

Jens Besser – Time for Murals, Muralismo Morte - Dresden, Germany

Ula Ambrasaite – Vilnius Street Art Festival – Vilnius, Lithuania

Street Art Communication – Kosice, Slovakia

Brisbane Street Art Festival (BSAF) - 2017

After 2016 the Brisbane Street Art Festival takes place for a second time. BSAF runs from 11th February till 3rd March at different locations.

"Building from strong response and support our second festival in February 2017 is set to be a massive program of arts, music and culture. The inaugural BSAF was held across 25 locations delivering a platform for both artists and the community to engage and contribute to a growing creative industry right in the heart of Brisbane City."

The whole program you can check out on their website.

Trains, Travels & Murals - New Catalogue about Jens Besser

Hot off the press Jens Besser presents his catalogue "Trains, Travels & Murals" on Friday 17th February at Magic City. His second catalogue gives an overview of murals, works done during travels and well in media recognized pieces. Works from nearly one decade are combined with texts of international art critics, curators and researchers. On 120 pages this catalogue shows the development and most important steps of Jens Bessers artistic path. The catalogue is published multilingual - English & German.

Friday - 17th February 2017

Start 7 p.m.

Magic City - Zeitenströmungen Areal
Königsbrücker Straße 96
Dresden / Germany

Publication "Time for Murals"

In 2014 the project Time for Murals took part in Dresden. Time for Murals was an international mural project meeting organized by Jens Besser and riesa efau in Dresden Friedrichstadt.
To document the process, discussions and painted murals of Time for Murals a publication has been published. A huge mix of pictures gives an overview of murals by participating projects and the process of Time for Murals. All texts are bilingual written in German and English.

The publication is published by international neighborhood. The prize is really fair - only 10€. You can order it here.

A PDF-preview is online available.

Time for Murals

Videodocumentation of WALLCOME Festival in Schmalkalden

"In September 2014 the Thuringian small town of Schmalkalden was ruled by urban art and graffiti. During its main event week, the urban art festival WALLCOME offered films, presentations, exhibitions and live-painting, introducing the many facets of graffiti and urban art. Now, only a year later, WALLCOME's operators and organisers, including well-known urban artists like AKUT and CASE, look back on their work. A documentary film captures all of the murals that the involved artists created for the festival. Bibliophiles will be pleased about the printed documentation also available. The booklet's 60 pages entail not only pictures and articles on all of the participating artists and their works, but also many in-depth essays about graffiti. Anyone interested may order the booklet by e-mailing the festival's organisers (kontakt@wallcome.de). The urban art festival WALLCOME has demonstrated vividly that street art is not limited to urban environments. If supported by the local authorities, administration and businesses, this unique art form can find its place in rural areas just as well. The WALLCOME-artists are: Hendrick 'ECB' Beikirch, CASE MA'CLAIM, M-City, Pixel Pancho, Know Hope, Herakut, Andrew Hem, ROA. WALLCOME was supported by: foundation Meininger Kliniken, Thüringer Energie, the town Schmalkalden, the county Schmalkalden-Meiningen, the Thuringian ministry for economy, work and technology, the culture-foundation of Thuringia, the LAG Soziokultur Thüringen, the embassy of the state Israel and the embassy of Flanders. ___________________________________________________________________________ Camera: Sascha Bühner, Mike Deichmann, Falk Lehmann Edit: Stefan Pohl Music: Andreas Möckel Video from Stefan Pohl on