FRI 05.09: BEAUTY IS IN THE STREETS. MURALISM
DAY 1 "BEAUTY IS IN THE STREETS" THE RISE AND RISE OF MURALISM.
Venue : Scandic, Stavanger City Hotel
Fri 05.09 KL 1215 - 1530
Free Entry
First day of our international Street Art symposium focuses on the rise and rise of Muralism. Is it morphine for the masses complicit with gentrification or, a vibrant valid art of the people with it's roots in Latin American resistance...or something else entirely. We're here to find out. Joining us are some of the worlds leading names in Street Art to discuss this and other aspects of our culture.
12.15-12.20 Welcome and Introduction
Our own Eirik Knudsen welcomes delegates and guests with a few words on this years concept.
12.20-13.00 Andreco (IT): Artist Presentation
Scientist, Artist, Activist, Muralist. Andreco is an environmental engineer with a PHD specializing in sustainability which he uses in his murals describing the relationship between humans and nature as well as between the built environment and the natural landscape.
13.15-13.50 Peter Bengtsen: “Street art, murals and public space as a site of exploration”
Peter Bengtsen is an art historian and sociologist, currently working at the Department of Arts and Cultural Sciences at Lund University, Sweden. He has been writing about street art since 2006. He recently published the book The Street Art World.
13.55-14.30 RJ Rushmore aka Vandalog “Art Ignites Change: Infiltrating the system to promote social justice”
RJ has authored two books, curated exhibitions and is currently communications manager at the City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program, editor-in-chief of Vandalog, and co-curator and artist liaison for The L.I.S.A. Project NYC.
14.45-15.30 Panel. Moderator: Evan Pricco/Juxtapoz. Panelists: Andreco, Peter Bengtsen, RJ Rushmore, Jaime Rojo (Brooklyn Street Art).
Today's Guests are joined by Brooklyn Street Art's Jaime Rojo to round off the day with a dynamic panel debate surrounding the future of Muralism.
NUART PLUS 2014
This year’s Nuart Plus program will tackle the two ends of the street art-continuum, namely “safe murals” on the one hand and street art and activism on the other.
THE TORN OFF HEAD ...
By Carlo McCormick. The Torn-Off Head Stuck in the Hatch of a Sewer Drain, or the Occupation and Negation of Public Space
SITE OF EXPLORATION
By Peter Bengtsen. Street art, murals and public space as a site of exploration
MURALS, ACTIVISM and CENSORSHIP
By Steven P. Harrington and Jaime Rojo. MURALS, ACTIVISM and CENSORSHIP
ART IGNITES CHANGE
By RJ Rushmore. Art Ignites Change: Infiltrating the system to promote social change
TILT INTERVIEWED
French Graffiti Writer Tilt discussing this years themes.
FRA BIANCOSHOCK INTERVIEW
Italian Urban Interventionist discussing his practice and this years themes
±MAISMENOS± INTERVIEW
Portuguese artist Miguel Januário under his ±MAISMENOS± guise
MATHIEU TREMBLIN INTERVIEW
French Urban Interventionist discussing his Situationist art practice, graffiti and more.
FIGHT CLUB
The legendary fight club returns with a lively Activism V's Muralism debate going on down the local pub.
THURS 04.09: FIGHT CLUB
Muralism or Activism: Academics meet pop cultural critics and the public in an environment of heated debate lubricated by alcohol.
FRI 05.09: BEAUTY IS IN THE STREETS. MURALISM
First day of our international Street Art symposium focuses on the rise and rise of Muralism.
FRI 05.09: CIDADE CINZA
Marcelo Mesquita and Guilherme Valiengo meet Os Gemeos and other Sao Paulo graffiti artists who are celebrated everywhere except in their home town.
FRI 05.09: BSA FILM FRIDAY LIVE
Brooklyn Street Art's Steve and Jaime introduce us to a "live" version of their renowned Film Friday series.
SAT 06.09: STREET ART AND ACTIVISM
Day 2 takes a more revolutionary twist and looks at protest and activism's place in Street Arts future.
SAT 06.09: WORKSHOP WITH ICY & SOT
Join Icy and Sot in this in-depth and practical look at creating Stencil Art.
SAT 06.09: CIDADE CINZA
Marcelo Mesquita and Guilherme Valiengo meet Os Gemeos and other Sao Paulo graffiti artists who are celebrated everywhere except in their home town.
SUN 07.09: STREETART TOUR
Join Nuart's first annual street art tour and be amongst the first to experience this years fresh street works.
CARLO MCCORMICK (US)
World renowned pop cultural critic and author
JAIME AND STEVE FROM BSA (US)
Authors, Bloggers and Founders of Brooklyn Street Art
EIRIK SJÅHOLM KNUDSEN (NO)
Respected scholar and champion of Street Art
