SPAINSPAIN: Streetart Barcelona – Tres Xemeneies – Skatepark Graffiti & Hall of Fame Archive
The “Tres Xemeneies” skate park and graffiti hall of fame, located on the edge of the Sants-Montjuic district, owes its name to these three large buildings that belonged to the old “La Canadenca” power station. Although the skate park area is quite huge, it unfortunately only has a few elements, but the graffiti walls are definitely awesome. That’s why this place is the largest and busiest hall in Barcelona.
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Painter Abdul Vas – A Living Link between Punk Rock and Street Art
Abdul Vas’ work exhibits his quest for an original voice that one must endeavour to hear in order to comprehend, fathom, and appreciate the desires of an artist who creates a singular world, filled with symbols, messages, and cryptograms, some of them ill-intentioned at times. The aesthetic propositions of the artist reflect upon the exercise of an artistic practice tied to the execution of a single operation of an indestructible affinity, of veneration, and of humble surrender to its unification by means of an artistic action. One might even compare the pictorial action with the strength one needs to enter a recording studio to make an album. Re-presentation and presentation of a constant impulse to display a revitalized grandeur that is exponentially valued towards a constant dedication to underscore the power of his obsessions in the world of AC/DC and all his subjects in general.
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Barcelona – Drassanes Legal Graffiti Wall
The “Drassanes Reials de Barcelona” are the former royal shipyards of the Middle Ages. Now there is a historical maritime museum for the history enthusiasts and for the urban art fans the place has something great to offer as well. At Passeig de Josep Carner 36 there is a legal graffiti wall called “Drassanes Wall” where new colorful works are getting created nearly every day.
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Barcelona – Catalan Graffiti and Urban Art Collection
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Tenerife – Puerto de la Cruz – Urban Art on Canary
Puerto de la Cruz is on the north coast of Tenerife, the largest of Spain’s Canary Islands. Worth seeing are the customs house from the 17th century at the old port, the historic fortifications from the 18th century „Batería de Santa Bárbara“ or the seawater outdoor pool complex „Lago Martiánez“, which was designed by the famous architect CÉSAR MANRIQUE. As well as beautiful volcanic sand by the water, this place also has of course great urban art.
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Barcelona – Poblenou Picnic Skate Park – Graffiti Gallery
A “DIY Skatepark”, or “Do It Yourself”, is a skate spot mostly on abandoned or disused land and local skaters and collectives actually build these spaces, take care of the park and do the administration in self-organization. One such relatively new skate park in Barcelona is the PICNIC DIY in the district Poblenou at Calle de Carmen Amaya close to the beach. The area is an awesome playground for everybody who likes to ride any kind of skate vehicles and as usual with skateparks, also this hot spot is covered with countless great graffiti and new ones are created regularly.
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Streetart Porto Cristo – Mallorca – Balear Urban Art Collection
Porto Cristo, also called Port de Manacor or Es Port, is a small, idyllic coastal town on the Spanish Balearic island of Mallorca with around 7,500 inhabitants. An interesting and creative project in the streets of the city is CARRERÓ DE L’ART or CALLEJÓN DEL ARTE, which shows many colorful and creative works by local and international artists in public spaces. This project is organized by the collective and art gallery MARGARITA.
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Barcelona – Periferia Beat Festival & Mural Jam – 50 Years of Hip Hop
From October 5th to 20th 2023 the 7th edition of the great PERIFERIA BEAT FESTIVAL took place in Barcelona. Every year, this extensive urban art event brings numerous artists from all areas of the scene to the stage. From breakdance to hip hop music, djing, rap battles and, of course, graffiti. This year’s event was also themed “50 Years of Hip Hop” and included movies, exhibitions and workshops. On October 12th, the MURAL JAM BARCELONA took place as part of the festival, where fantastic works were created at the Tres Xemeneies Hall.
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Barcelona – Little Alley Gimmicks & Small Urban Creations
In our “Graffitipedia” we try to document just everything in terms of urban creation and art in general, from good to bad and from big to small. But it makes little sense to locate every tag and every sticker with a marker for the small works on the maps, still these great works should nevertheless be presented and we have sorted them by genre for the whole of Barcelona.
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València – Futuristic Architecture – Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències
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València – Charitydrinks – This is not another….
How a good party should be: Good parties have to be badly organized, the guests should have to pay a lot for entrance, the DJs should get put on a podium for glory and there they should play a lot of same-sounding crap music over and over again. A drink should be at minimum 10 Euros and at least have some ingredients from the next street, toilet water and other indefinite moistures in it, and of course before serving it should get put in very high quality bottles with nice labels. But in the end it´s not about the drinks. It´s about the cool and high expensive and hipster outfit. And the fucking shoes….
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Donostia – San Sebastián in Black and White
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Streetart València – Graffiti and Urban Art Collection
Valencia is simply a super cool city on the east coast of Spain. Relaxed atmosphere, historical culture and modern dynamics. But all in all, just very chilled compared to the close melting pot Barcelona. Which is also interesting of course. In Valencia you’ll find historic monuments and also futuristic places like the Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències, there are funky underground clubs, super great food and of course urban art in every alley.
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Mojácar – Travelgraff Urban Art Jam – Graffiti Collection
Those great artworks were created close to the Spanish town of Mojácar during the fantastic jam TRAVELGRAFF in 2018. The motto was „Nuestro medioambiente y el suyo“, which means in English „Our environment and yours“. You can find the graffiti spot on the A-370 highway northwest of the town in the direction to Garrucha. Check out the collection!
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Tenerife – La Esperanza – Urban Art on the Canary Island
La Esperanza is a small municipality in the north-eastern part of the Canary Island of Tenerife. It belongs to the district of El Rosario with a total of 17,500 inhabitants and is located at a mountainous altitude of 1000 meters above sea level to the nearby beaches. The small town is famous for its annual local festival, the Romeria, with live music, performances and fireworks and the whole area around it is a popular hiking paradise.
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Barcelona – Las Ramblas Street Performer
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València – Ciutat Vella, Túria and Gulliver Park
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Pamplona – Sanfermines and Race de Toros
The city and the festivites are awesome, but the reason is very questionable. But it´s the tradition and they keep on doing it. We visited Pamplona, the Fiestas de San Fermín and went as well to the colosseum to watch the “famous” fighters and “great” encounters. It was just horrible, disgusting and we didn´t make it long. Or let´s say the surrounding didn´t make us stay long. We got kicked out after half an hour because we couldn´t stay calm and started commenting… Yes, tradition is good and it´s good to preserve it. Killing life isn´t necesarily included. Everybody can have his, hers, its, whatever opinion. Mine is this: I definitly don´t like killing animals for fun! This has to stop! But this is just one part of the event, the city is much more about and culture and socity is very complex and difficult. Like everywhere.
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Las Fallas – Valèncian Spring Festival on San José
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Barcelona – Catalunya Capital
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València – Oceanografico
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Llorret de Mar – Innovation in the Sun
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València – Mercat Central Exquisits
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Peñíscola – Province of Castellón
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València – Playa de la Malvarrosa, Cabanyal and Canyamelar
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Streetart San Sebastián – Graffiti and Urban Art Collection
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Streetart Ibiza – Urban Art on the Balearic Island
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Streetart Tenerife – San Cristóbal de La Laguna
San Cristóbal de La Laguna, or just La Laguna, has a population of around 155,000 and has a large student population and young culture due to its large university. But also ancient culture, the old town is a registered UNESCO World Heritage. As well as beautiful volcanic sand by the water, this place also has of course great urban art.
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