NUART PLUS 2014
Nuart Plus is the festivals annual series of academic and industry talks from some of the world leading artists, academic and industry professionals. A dynamic series of talks, presentations, worshops, panel debates, film screenings and more take place in the days before the exhibition opening. Previous guests have included Ron English, Swoon, Saber, Chris Stain, Dan Witz, Brad Downey, Logan Hicks and many more.
The events are recorded and made available on our website for research and educational purposes for free. The archive will be developed over the coming years into what we hope eventually gives an important historical insight into the life and times of Street Art.
NUART 2014 : "BENEATH THE PAVING STONES, THE BEACH"
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. While activism was an essential part of the early street art scene, we have over the last decade or so seen a gradual gravitation towards council- and sponsor approved safe murals as the dominant form of street art. Is this a development we should embrace as a natural development of the scene, or should it be vigorously contested? Do artists approach street art differently if they are doing legal, versus illegal work? Do artworks that are perceived as unsanctioned engage the viewer in a different way than art that are perceived as sanctioned? Are safe-murals and activist street art complements where the development of one reinforce the other, or are they substitutes that repress one another?
Over three days, the Nuart Plus-program will dig into these- and other exiting questions related to muralism, activism, and the tension between the two. By doing so, we hope to stimulate both audience and participants to reflect around which end of the continuum we believe street art should gravitate towards in the future, or if the scene really need to gravitate anywhere at all.
You can browse this years program here :PROGRAM
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
