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
For the project “Urban Script Continues – Ghettoresidency 2018” LackStreicheKleber e.V. is looking for two mural artists.
Friday 16th March Jens Besser holds a lecture in Kassel about his works of past, present and future. In the lecture he explains his development of murals from unauthorized works to official performances such as the Murals Of The Future-series together with Stefan Schwarzer.
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.
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.
