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SWEDEN: World Explorer and Photographer MAZZANTI – Global Urban Art Gallery

EMELY QUICKER aka MAZZANTI is a world traveller and a streetart hunter from the Swedish capital Stockholm. She loves to travel around the globe and especially to the interesting places where not everyone goes. At the same time she has a special fable for urban art. What a nice combination, streetart from exotic countries. MAZZANTI shares her photos not only on her Instagram channel, but also here in our Vagabundler project. Meanwhile we have more than 60 articles with numerous photos. Check out the collection!

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GERMANY: Streetart Berlin – Urban Nation Museum – Bülow Street Festival – Love Letters to the City

From September 13th to September 15th in 2024, the great BÜLOW STREET FESTIVAL took place along Bülowstrasse and around the URBAN NATION headquarters and museum. The entire façade was redesigned with fresh colors by the New York artist LADY PINK, and guests could also admire a colorful and extensive exhibition with “floating murals” on temporarily installed walls. An extensive and diverse program was offered over three days with creative participation activities, music on stage and culinary delicacies at food stalls. Check out the huge gallery with numerous event artworks!

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SERBIA: Belgrade Fantasy Land – Tandara Mandara Festival – Comics, Animes, Mangas, Gaming & Cosplay

From August 31st to September 1st in 2024, the fantastic TANDARA MANDARA FESTIVAL took place around the Belgrade Art Pavilion “Cvijeta Zuzorić” in Kalemegdan Park with its third edition and comic lovers, anime fans, cosplayers and gamers encountered a colorful oasis of fantasy and fiction. In addition to booths from publishing houses, illustrators and comic producers, there were also cosplay competitions, board games, collectible figures, toy cars and even a Lego exhibition. We also spoke with VANJA PETROVIĆ from DARKWOOD COMICS and with the Cosplayer ELION during the event in two interviews.

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ESTONIA: Tallinn Graffiti Jam – Telliskivi Loomelinnak – Balta Legal Wall – BALTIC SESSION

From 2007 till 2016 the dance and culture association JJ STREET organized the great urban art jam BALTIC SESSION where besides the dance competition also numerous graffiti artists decorated a large backyard and the adjacent warehouses on the premises of the Telliskivi Loomelinnak. This open wall was called “Balta Legal”, but unfortunately in April 2020 the spray spot got demolished. Here in our archive you can still admire some of the colorful pieces and characters.

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SPAIN: Graffiti 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, as well 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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SERBIA: Streetart Belgrade – Bulevar Despota Stefana 121 – BEOWALLZ – Graffiti Shop, Creative Meeting Place & Urban Art House

The graffiti store BEOWALLZ is definitely the most important place to go for equipment and cans in Belgrade, but also to meet like-minded people and get the latest information. The owner DEJAN has been running the place with all his heart and soul for years and is a veteran of the scene, supplying everyone with paint! The building is decorated all around with awesome sprayed artworks and there are also some great gems inside. If you’re in Belgrade, be sure to stop by DEJAN in his BEOWALLZ shop!

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CROATIA: Streetart Rijeka – Kvarner Bay Graffiti at the Gateway to the Islands

Rijeka is a Croatian port city with around 108,000 inhabitants on the Kvarner Bay in the northern Adriatic. It is considered the gateway to Croatia’s islands and was the European Capital of Culture in 2020. Worth seeing are the Korzo promenade with its historic buildings from the Habsburg era, the Ivan Zajc National Theater from the 19th century and the Trsat castle complex. Of course, there are also interesting wall paintings, graffiti and large murals in the city.

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CYPRUS: Streetart Ayia Napa – Graffiti Garages – House of Youth and Cultural Ensembles

The large parking garage at Archibishop Makarios III Street number 15 near the Ayia Napa city center has served as a spray-painting site for many years and is home to some great graffiti. Especially during the many events of the Ayia Napa Street Art Festival, interesting works of art have been created here time and again. On September 9th in 2023, part of the building was inaugurated by the municipality as the “House of Youth and Cultural Ensembles” and has since officially been a meeting place for creative projects with children and young people.

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SERBIA: Streetart Belgrade – Dorćol – Višnjićeva 10A – Neighbourhood Masterpiece Gallery

At the building at Višnjićeva 10 there is a small concrete forecourt with a few benches. Overall, everything is paved over. That’s why a few artists thought about freshening up the color of this square and the surrounding walls in 2018. They painted great works on the facades, also these in turn have special meanings and a relationship to the neighborhood or to local people and locations like the graffiti shop BEO WALLZ.

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GERMANY: Streetart Berlin – Reinickendorf – Old Monopol Distillery – Creative Space Conversion

A former distillery in the Berlin district Reinickendorf is turning into a campus for arts, culture, food, technology and sustainability. The site of the disused Monopol factory is being converted into a cultural venue and various creative companies and artists have now settled there in order to develop a creative location. On the buildings and the site is a large number of artworks and for sure more are going to come. Also several exhibitions and jams already took place like the event “Al Aire, Libres!”

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