THURS 6. KL2100. FIGHT CLUB-SPACE vs PLACE
21:00 Fight Club: Space (Freedom) vs Place (Security)
Location: KÅKÅ, Valberget 3
Inspired by the original Greek Symposia where debates took place fueled by copious amounts of wine, Nuart introduce a current hot topic in Street Art culture to be debated by two opposing teams made up of artists, academics and industry professionals, all lubricated by alcohol. The audience are invited to participate and settle the score at the end of the discussion by voting for the winner.
For anyone who’s ever been to a conference and felt bored to distraction. For anyone who ever felt too inhibited to put their hand up during a Q&A. For anyone with an opinion about art in public space but without a platform to voice them. Fight Club is for you.
Space (Freedom) vs Place (Security)
It’s the constant risk, and perhaps fate of subcultures in general: drift into obscurity, or accept the change and calcify into an acceptable form that pays the bills?
This year's Nuart aims to act as a counterweight to the authoritarian monumentalisation of Street Art culture that Muralism has become. Through exploring alternative methods of organising - and offering the opportunity of greater freedom, or space, for artists to move through and work in - we hope to encourage Street Art to become adventurous again.
But is the 'security' that comes with mural festivals and the 'professionalization' of Street Art culture worth sacrificing what street artists lose in creative freedom? Is it reasonable to compromise what gave Street Art it's original potency for the security of a pay-check doled out by corporate-backed or civic funded mural festivals? Or does the new model of supersized Street Art festivals neuter the movement's power to reach those unpoliced zones where it can have its greatest impact?
Space or place? Freedom or security? You, the audience decide.
Team leaders Evan Pricco (Managing Editor of Juxtapoz Magazine) and Dr. Susan Hansen (Department of Psychology at Middlesex University) go head-to-head to argue these points and more in the latest installment of Nuart’s legendary Fight Club.
Refereed by Doug Gillen (Founder & Director, Fifth Wall TV)
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Evan Pricco (US) is the founder and Managing Editor of the world’s leading international contemporary art magazine, Juxtapoz, based in San Francisco, California. Prior to starting Juxtapoz in 2006, Evan worked at SF-based gallery and apparel company, Upper Playground. He is the author of Juxtapoz’ continuing book series, including titles on Poster Art, Illustration, Handmade Art, and Contemporary Painting.
Dr. Susan Hansen (AU/UK) is Convenor of the Visual Methods Group and Chair of the Forensic Psychology Research Group in the Department of Psychology at Middlesex University, London; convenor of Art on the Streets, an annual symposium held at the Institute of Contemporary Art, and serves on the Editorial boards of the academic journals Street & Urban Creativity, and the Nuart Journal.
Doug Gillen (UK) is the founder and Director of arts based media outlet Fifth Wall TV. Fifth Wall create and enhance projects based around art, culture and social movements, with a focus on documenting the Street Art scene in London and beyond.
Photos by Kristina Borhes
FULL NUART PLUS 2018 PROGRAM
Our at-a-glance program of keynote speeches, presentations, panel debates, film premieres, workshops, special events and more
MON 3. KL1615 : ARTIST PRESENTATION BY MILU CORRECH (AR)
Argentina's Milu Correch presents an "Anti-Ted Talk" talk about Street Art and wall paintings decolonized potential
THURS 6. KL2100. FIGHT CLUB-SPACE vs PLACE
Space or place? Freedom or security? You, the audience decide.
THURS 6 KL 2100. FIGHT CLUB WITH EVAN PRICCO (US) JUXTAPOZ MAGAZINE
Evan Pricco (US) is Editor-in-Chief of the world’s leading international contemporary art magazine, Juxtapoz, based in San Francisco, California.
FRI 7 NUART PLUS HOST - DR SUSAN HANSEN (AU/UK)
Susan Hansen (AU/UK) is Head of the Visual and Creative Methods Group and Chair of the Forensic Psychology Research Group at Middlesex University, London.
FRI 7. KL1000- KEYNOTE-PROF MIKE WATSON
Mike Watson (UK) (PhD Goldsmiths College) is a theorist, critic and curator who is principally focused on the relation between art, new media and politics.
FRI 7. KL1040-DR LACHLAN MACDOWALL (AU)
Dr. Lachlan MacDowall (AU) lectures in Screen and Cultural Studies at the University of Melbourne. Snitches, Glitches and Untold Riches: graffiti and street art o...
FRI 7 KL1000-1700. NUART PLUS SEMINAR - DAY 1 TOU SCENE
Day 1 of the Nuart Plus symposium explores the theme of Space
FRI 7 KL1445.-VIKTOR GJENGAAR (NO)
Founder of street art and mural production company Urban Samtidskunst, Oslo.
FRI 7 KL1445-ARNE VILHELM TELLEFSEN (NO). NORWEGIAN STREET ART PRACTICE PANEL
Arne Vilhelm Tellefsen is an artist and co-founder of KRS Gadekunstlaug in Kristiansand, Southern Norway.
FRI 7 KL1445.ERIC NESS CHRISTIANSEN (NO). NORWEGIAN STREET ART PRACTICE PANEL
Eric Ness Christiansen is a graffiti artist and curator of UGANGprosjektet in Drammen, one of the biggest graffiti happenings in Norway.
FRI 7 KL1630 NUART JOURNAL LAUNCH. ISSUE 1
Join us for the launch of the Nuart Journal, Nuart's peer reviewed journal for the critical study of street art and urban cultures.
FRI 7 KL1900- THE MAN WHO STOLE BANKSY WITH CHRISTIAN OMODEO (IT/FR)
Christian Omodeo is a freelance curator and bookseller based in Paris, where he runs Le Grand Jeu, an agency, bookstore and documentation center devoted to street...
SAT 8 KL 1000-1645. NUART PLUS SEMINAR - DAY 2
SAT 8 SEP, KL1000-1645, TOU SCENE
SAT 8. KL1000-1700. TRAFO WORKSHOP WITH CONZO & GLÖBEL (UK)
Take part in a unique sign painting and graffiti workshop with Conzo & Glöbel at this year’s Nuart Festival !
SAT 8 KL1000. KEYNOTE-PROFESSOR ALISON YOUNG (AU)
Alison Young (AU) is the Francine V. McNiff Professor of Criminology in the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Melbourne, and a Professo...
SAT 8. KL1100-DR ENRICO BONADIO (IT)
Street Art, Graffiti and the Moral Right of Integrity. Enrico Bonadio is Senior Lecturer in Law at City, University of London. His current research agenda focuses...