URBAN AFFAIRS - Streetart Berlin 2008
The exhibition URBAN AFFAIRS takes a closer look at Urban Art and Streetart and puts the regional evolution into an international context.
Especially in Berlin Street- and Urban Art form an integral part of the citiy’s public image and for this reason is attracting more and more international attention. Many artists, art-lovers and tourists travel to Berlin each year scan the city searching for new artworks. The great appeal deriving from Streetart is based on the fact that this virgin art genre is mostly exhibited publicly and is therefore perceived by a broad audience.
URBAN AFFAIRS introduces a generation of artists who confront the challenge of working in public spaces to develop new forms of artistic approach. As the name suggests, “Street Art,” with its striking and recognizable motifs, is found in the metropolises of today’s urban society- adopting, reviving and influencing multiple aspects of collective urban life.
Applied Street Art techniques such as graffiti writing, stencil, painting, readymade, collage, drawing and graphic design will be transferred to the exhibition rooms. All artworks will be specifically created for the exhibition, which will culminate in an opening on Saturday afternoon with numerous live events and performances that invite the visitor to interact with the exhibition and the artists themselves. Selected works will also be later integrated in the art store of the exhibition.
The exhibition is organized by Riot-Arts - Agency for Urban Contemporary Art - and Stockartist, a hybrid art project that develops new approaches in today’s contemporary art market. The project is in partnership with the Culture Circle Gallery, the ATM Gallery, the Kolektiv Berlin and the Gallery Zero and supported by The issue of ArtFacts, Montana, Mitte’s Backpacker, the Polish Institute and the Foundation for German-Polish Cooperation.
Artists:
ALIAS (DE) / ANTON UNAI (DE) / BONK! (DE) / BEN THE (FR) / BIMER (DE) / CZARNOBYL (DE) / CRAPO (FR) / DANIEL TAGNO (DE) / DOLK (NO) / EINSAMKEIT (ES) / EL BOCHO (DE) / EL LOLO (ES) / EL TONO (ES) / EMESS (DE) / FUNK25 (DE) / GEORGIOS (GR) / IXI COLOR (PL) / IX PLANET (DE) / JAST! (DE) / JABO AKA MONK (DE) / JUST (DE) / KINDERMASSIVE (HU) / M-CITY (PL) / MASSMIX (PL) / MOKI (DE) / MORTE (FR) / MYMONSTERS (ES) / NANO 4814 (ES) / NEON (DE) / NOAZ (ES) / NOMAD (DE) / NURIA (ES) / OBELISK (CA) / OVNI (ES) / ROBERT STUMPF (DE) / SWANSKI (PL) / TOM 14 (BR) / WOW THE DEAD (DE) / XOOOOX (DE)
The exhibition is open from the 05th of July till the 03rd of August 2008.
2. July - 5. July Beginning of work in the exhibition halls
5. July, 15:00 h Opening Event + Vernissage, then After-Party in the PHB Club
3. August Finissage-Party in the PHB Club
Opening times: Tuesday – Thursday 14:00 till 21:00 h / Friday – Sunday 15:00 till 23:00 h
Location: Brauerei Friedrichshöhe / PHB Club / Biergarten Friedrichshöhe, Landsberger Allee 54 (ehemalige Patzenhoferbrauerei, Nähe SEZ)
More infos to the program with performances, happenings, video projections and stockartist store at: http://www.urbanaffairs.de
