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SEMINAR DAY 1 : REVOLUTION
12·00 – 15·30 — Seminar Day 1 : REVOLUTION
Location: Tou Scene, Kvitsøygata 25
From the Berlin wall to the Palestine wall and Syria, unsanctioned art has often been used to give voice to the voiceless - providing an outlet for expression that is suppressed by regimes and dictators in all its other forms. What parallels are there between these historical acts of resistance and the wider street art movement, which today operates within an increasingly privatized and controlled public space? What can we learn from studying the ethnographic, anthropological and sociological implications of street art practice, and what does this tell us about the power of art to change the world?
12:00-12:15 Welcome and introduction
by Pedro Soares Neves (PT), Lisbon Urban & Street Art Creativity
‘Power and the city’
12:15-13.00 Promises not kept: Art, the art institution and social change
Keynote speech by Mikkel Bolt (DE)
If we zoom in and look at the art institution from the inside, from within the framework of its relative autonomy, we can, on the one hand, observe the art institution as a space for political discussion and militant actions that rarely takes place elsewhere, which is also why artists and cultural producers played a leading part in Occupy Wall Street in New York in September 2011 for instance. On the other hand, contemporary art is the window dressing and sale of only apparently critical utterances or forms that in no way challenge the ruling taste, but, on the contrary have become indistinguishable from all the other forms of aesthetic entertainment. Contemporary art is no longer just a research and development unit of advanced capitalism but is part and parcel of an all-encompassing experience economy on a level with advertising, fashion, music, TV and games.
In this presentation, Mikkel Bolt will attempt to account for this paradox and ask how we can potentially re-work or end it in an era characterized by crisis and the revival of authoritarian nationalism.
13:15-14.15 Revolution, From the Artist’s Perspective
Artist presentations by Carrie Reichardt (UK) and Igor Ponosov (RU) followed by a Q&A session with Evan Pricco (US)
14:30-14:50 From Cairo: I Know Why the Caged Birds Sing
Artist presentation by Bahia Shehab (EG)
Six years since the Egyptian uprising the voices that chanted in Tahrir Square have been silenced. The city and its walls do not tolerate anything but the white wash that has covered all the stories. Since 2014, Bahia Shehab has been painting poetry on different walls in different cities around the world. Even if this act is meaningless now, it is a way to leave songs on walls so that maybe change will come one day.
14:50-16:00 Nerifiti’s Daughter (Scandinavian Premiere)
Film screening followed by Q&A with Bahia Shehab
Hosted by Mikkel Bolt
A story of women, art and revolution, Nefertiti’s Daughters (running time: 39mins) documents the critical role that revolutionary street art played - and is continuing to play - in the political uprising of Egypt.
NUART PLUS 2017 PROGRAM
Our at-a-glance program of keynote speeches, presentations, panel debates and workshops
Nuart Plus 2017 – Jan Zahl in conversation with Ian Strange
(VIDEO) Artist Ian Strange discusses his career and work to date with Jan Zahl, Arts Editor at Stavanger Aftenblad newspaper.
Nuart Plus 2017 – Promises not kept: Art, the art institution and social change
(VIDEO) Keynote speech by Mikkel Bolt (DK)
Nuart Plus 2017 – Revolution, From the Artist’s Perspective
(VIDEO) Artist presentations by Carrie Reichardt (UK) and Igor Ponosov (RU) followed by a Q&A session with Evan Pricco (US).
Nuart Plus 2017 – From Cairo: I Know Why the Caged Birds Sing
(VIDEO) Artist presentation by Bahia Shehab (EG)
Nuart Plus 2017 – Brave – Nuart × Amnesty International
(VIDEO) Brave: Nuart × Amnesty International present the case of Human Rights activist Sakris Kupila
Nuart Plus 2017 – DIY Culture & New Utopias + Panel debate
(VIDEO) Presentations by Adrian Burnham (UK), Pascal Feucher (DE) and Addam Yekutieli aka Know Hope (IL) Followed by a panel debate led by Carlo McCormick
Nuart Plus 2017 – Creating New Cultural Heritage and "Rights to the City"
(VIDEO) Creating New Cultural Heritage and "Rights to the City"
Presentations by Laima Nomeikaite (LT), Javier Abarca (ES), Emma Arnold (CA) and Susan Hansen (UK)
ARTIST PRESENTATION BY VERMIBUS (DE)
Join Berlin-based ad-buster and artist Vermibus for a multimedia presentation about his unique brand of activism.
FIGHT CLUB - REVOLUTION OR EVOLUTION
The latest installment of Nuart’s legendary Fight Club, established in 2012 as a way to introduce difficult topics in a more relaxed environment condusive to publ...
JAN ZAHL (NO) IN CONVERSATION WITH IAN STRANGE (AU)
Artist Ian Strange discusses his career and work to date with Jan Zahl, Arts Editor at Stavanger Aftenblad newspaper
SEMINAR DAY 1 : REVOLUTION
Join us for Day 1 of the Nuart Plus program, all events are free unless otherwise stated
SAVING BANKSY (SCANDINAVIAN PREMIERE)
The film that asks the question: ‘What would you do if you woke up one morning and found a million dollar Banksy spray-painted on the side of your building?’
BRAVE : NUART x AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PANEL DEBATE
Nuart x Amnesty International present the case of Human Right's activist Sakris Kupila
SEMINAR DAY 2 : EVOLUTION
Join us for Day 2 of the Nuart Plus program, all events are free unless otherwise stated
TRAFO WORKSHOP WITH CARRIE REICHARDT (UK)
Take part in a unique mosaic workshop with artist Carrie Reichardt - and produce an outdoor mural at this year’s Nuart Festival!
RISE UP!
Essay by Nuart founder and curator Martyn Reed that sets the theme and tone of this years event
THE RIGHT TO WRITE THE CITY: BREAKING THE LAW OF UNTOUCHABILITY
by Susan Hansen
ECONOMICAL POWER – LISBON URBAN ART CASE STUDY
By Pedro Soares Neves
SOME NOTES ON STREET ART, MURALS AND POWER IN PUBLIC SPACE
By Javier Abarca
CARLO McCORMICK (US)
Pop culture critic, curator and Senior Editor of PAPER magazine
EMMA ARNOLD (CA)
Cultural geographer and doctoral research fellow at the Department of Sociology and Human Geography, University of Oslo
JAVIER ABARCA (ES)
Artist, researcher and educator in the fields of graffiti and street art
LAIMA NOMEIKAITE (LT)
City planner and human geographer, engaged at The Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research (NIKU) since 2016
MIKKEL BOLT (DK)
Art historian and political theorist, employed as a lecturer in cultural history at the Department of Arts and Culture, University of Copenhagen
PASCAL FEUCHER (FR)
Founder and manager of Urban Spree in Berlin, Germany
PEDRO SOARES NEVES (PT)
Researcher, designer, urbanist and co-creator of Lisbon Street Art & Urban Creativity international research topic
SUSAN HANSEN (UK)
Convenor of the Visual Methods Group and Chair of the Forensic Psychology Research Group in the Department of Psychology at Middlesex University, London