…..on tour….
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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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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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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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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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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At the building at Višnji?eva 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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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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Slatina is located in southern Romania on the eastern bank of the River Olt, which flows from the Carpathians further south into the Danube. The town, which was first mentioned in a document in 1368, is part of the historic Muntenia region, has a population of around 79,000 and is an important industrial center. Naturally graffiti can also be found here, especially the local schools organize painting events and jams.
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Along the tracks of Verona Porta Nuova station on Stradone Santa Lucia street, there is a huge graffiti wall almost a kilometer long with numerous fantastic works that change again and again. The fantastic TOP 2 BOTTOM graffiti jam organized by the ASSOCIAZIONE STREET SCALIGERA has also been held here in 2019 and 2023, where countless artists came together for a memorial day in honor of the artist NAPE, who died in 2018, and dedicate several works to him. PIERO SPADAROTTO aka NAPE lived from 4th August 1980 to 6th September 2018 and was one of the most important graffiti writers in Verona.
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The fantastic artist CAMILLA BOSTRÖM, better known as SCEB, has been decorating the walls in her city of Gothenburg and beyond for many years. Her works are abstract, colorful formations, often associated with plants or animals, and are created exclusively with spray cans. At least as far as the wall is concerned, because in addition to spraying, the creative artist is also active in other fields, she makes clothing or carpets, paintings on canvas and whatever else comes to mind. We visited SCEB in her studio in Gothenburg, a colorful place filled with interesting stuff.
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