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A wonderful ragbag for alternative travelers and fans of creativity, especially urban art. On this platform you can find interesting reportages, detailed country or city maps and coverages on awesome artists. There is a whole section about interviews with unique people and their amazing work, as well about crazy events and interesting sustaining projects from all around the world. Meanwhile we have more than 240.000 photos in our archive and we try to preserve some of this creativity with our documentation. All respect to the artists! As well to all the numerous people involved in this non profit project. We do this voluntarily because we love it and we want to support the art scene in general and socio-cultural understanding between us on this planet. If you find any mistakes or missing information, just send us a message. We are creating, building and changing on this website all the time – but – of course! If there is free time…. we travel and explore!!!
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Events / Germany / StreetartOn March 8th, the International Women’s Day, the great EQUAL JAM 2022 took place on the walls of the North Side Gallery. Over 85 local urban artists painted, pinned, glued and sprayed on the subject of equality and designed a huge and unique open-air gallery for Berlin. As well the new paste up art wall got inaugurated with numerous fantastic artworks. Check out the huge archive with the awesome creations from the event.
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Atelier / Culturists / Ireland / Painter / SocialThis wonderful story is really one of the “greatest stories ever strolled”, as it is already written in the headline on the website of the Icon Factory in Dublin. This article will take this beautiful story further out into the world, with a readable artist conversation on the making and there is also an interesting podcast waiting for you to listen to. This is the story of the Icon Factory and the Icon Walk told by team member and visual artist Aga Szot in an interview.
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Estonia / StreetartTelliskivi Loomelinnak, or in English “Creative City”, is located in Tallinn west of the Old Town in an old industrial complex and is an art centre with galleries, small shops, various creative businesses, start-ups and catering establishments. The campus hosts more than 800 different cultural events throughout the year. Apart from that, the place is one big urban art museum and the walls are covered with great artworks, from small graffiti to huge murals. As a whole the entire Kalamaja neighbourhood is an artists’ quarter and is painted from top to bottom.
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Streetart / ThailandWang Burapha Phirom is a so-called “Khwaeng” of the Phra Nakhon district in Bangkok, which means something like neighborhood or sub-district. It is home to the famous Ong Ang Walking Street, the popular night market and the large Khlong Ong Ang shopping center adjacent to Bangkok’s Chinatown. The market and area are located close to a canal and are known for their lively atmosphere, busy stalls and delicious food. But also for the many colorful urban creations.
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Ghana / SocialHELP-Ghana Research Center is a Ghanaian registered NGO founded on the belief that development can be achieved and sustained when the strength of all healthy individuals are harnessed and geared towards formulation and implementation of developmental initiatives. HELP-Ghana.RC draws on the knowledge of a highly skilled full-time staff and the services of over 500 dedicated volunteers.
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Israel / Middle East / StreetartWe sneaked away again during the cold months. Overwintering somewhere far more in the south, definitly very recommendable. Of course we brougth a nice collection of street art pictures and graffiti material from the place we went to: Israel. As well we went for an interview to the since 10 years existing Montana can shop in Tel Aviv. The country has a lot to offer and is worth an explorative visit.
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South Korea / StreetartThe underground shopping center at Gangnam Terminal in Seoul is also known as “Goto Mall” and is directly connected to the subway lines. There are more than 600 shops, restaurants, and boutiques located beneath the surface. Along an around 500-meter-long walkway passage, the magnificent “24 Hours Project” was created at the RAEMIAN ONE BAILEY STREETART GALLERY, in which 24 renowned Korean urban artists each created a work that deals with a specific hour of the day. Pedestrians can experience Seoul’s vibrant rhythm through creative and also amusing artworks.
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Ghana / SocialThe Noyaa School in Jamestown is located in the middle of a fisher community near the harbour in Accra. The infra structure of the area is in very bad state and the whole neighborhood is run-down. The citizens live under poor conditions and are focusing their lives mainly on fishing and preparing the catch. It is even more difficult to bring education to the children, because they have to help at work from early age. The voluntary teachers of the Noyaa School do a remarkable job there! Check out the interviews with the founder Emmanuel Mark-Hansen and teacher Jerry Quartey.
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Architecture / Chile / HistoryThe photographer Salvador Seda has been working on the Angol Streetart Map in Chile since quite a while and fills it with interesting stories and great photographs. His focus is often on the history of the urban art and the spot. In that case obviously it makes sense to explore abandoned places and Salvador is a big fan of Urbex. During an adventurous tour of discovery, the streetart hunter visited the Ilabaca Hospital, which had been out of order for decades. The dilapidated buildings and half-collapsed rooms have something eerie but at the same time also something attractive, which arouses curiosity. In such places you can usually find interesting graffiti art as well.
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Chile / StreetartThe UNCTAD III complex, including the 23 story tower, was built to host the UN conference on trade and development, held in April 1972 in Santiago, Chile. Once the conference was over, the architectural complex was used, as it was originally conceived, as a cultural center open to the people and called „Centro Cultural Gabriela Mistral“ or in short GAM. Around the building complex are great urban artworks, check out the gallery!
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Culturists / Germany / Netherlands / Social / StreetartTravelling the world, doing helpful things and admire the beauty of exploring, this of course also includes coming across wonderful graffiti. Would be a dream! The two world explorers Thomas Adventurer and Diana Beekvelt aka NOMADS ON WHEELS live this idea to the fullest and also show others how to do it. It is possible to travel the world and also to save the planet, as well to document the wonderful nature, to meet interesting people and to encounter grandiose urban art!
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Netherlands / StreetartA very cool new street art spot in the center of Amsterdam opened its doors not long ago! It’s called the Secret Garden and you can access this hidden gem via Nicholas Groente & Fruit at Sint Nicolaasstraat 19. It’s a cute little shop that sells high quality artisanal (food) products and art. As well they have comics, books, posters and prints. The lovely store is run by Brian and the little associated backyard gallery called Secret Garden has meanwhile 50 artworks and still counting! The entrance is free for everyone. Just ask for this creative place in the shop.
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Poland / StreetartRzeszów is the largest city in southeastern Poland and the capital of the Podkarpackie Voivodeship. The municipality forms the economic, academic, cultural and recreational center in this part of the country with a high number of interesting annual events, such as „The European Stadium of Culture“, the „Urban Space Festival“ or the „Break Out Days“. During such events also many fantastic works of art get created in the urban space, from smaller works to huge murals.
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BelizeIn between a little photo gallery about the city of Chan Chen where you can cross the frontier from México to Belize. The small border town with just around 700 residents is located in the Corozal District and consists mainly of indigenous inhabitants who speak Yucatecan Maya. The name „Chan Chen“ origins from the Mayathan language and means „small spring“ in English.
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Atelier / Germany / Painter / PerformanceSome people associate him with his paintings, others have already been at his events without knowing it and again others have seen him in front of them, but would not recognize him again without the whole color on his face. Who is Dirk Baumanns, what does he do, how and why? We introduce you to this multifaceted creative super-artist in an interview with three podcasts.
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Germany / StreetartOne of the hot spots and most important graffiti halls in Heidelberg is located under the Ernst Walz Bridge, where there is also a skate park. The bridge section on the north bank of the Neckar river has been declared a legal graffiti space and you can regularly find countless great graffiti here. The whole area around is overall a creative place because cultural, artistic and musical events take place here time by time, it is one of the NECKAR ORTE. Check out the great urban artworks on the walls, also the painted fishing boat, colourful trailors and even the toilets have their own style.
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Spain / StreetartMálaga is the second largest city in Andalusia and with around 570.000 inhabitants one of the biggest metropolises in Spain. Besides the interesting sights like the Arab Fort Palace Alcazaba, the Iglesia de Santiago, the Castillo de Gibralfaro or the Teatro Romano, it is also home to one of the most important universities in the country. The streets of the city are also home to some terrific urban art, such as the extensive portrait wall of the project „Lucha por lo Imposible“ or graffiti around the cool skate park.
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France / StreetartAlong the beginning of the Avenue du XVème Corps in the French city of Nice including the east area below the bridge that passes under the large street Voie Pierre Mathis, there is a great legal spray space and a Graffiti Hall of Fame. The east side of the bridge wall in the underpass is officially open for painting, as is the eastern southern section of the ramp wall, which stretches for around 100 meters but gradually decreases in size. The main area is under the bridge with a height of around 3 meters, where collaborations and concept walls get repeatedly created.
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Germany / StreetartA 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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Estonia / Events / StreetartFrom 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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Italy / StreetartIn Borgo San Paolo on the north-eastern side of Parco Braccini and along the two streets Via Gabriele D’Annunzio and Via Spalato, they pass directly along the park, there is a fantastic urban art paradise and graffiti hall of fame. On either side of both streets are long concrete walls, which are filled with cool pieces. An awesome spray space area, and it’s quite huge! Great events and jams have already taken place here, such as the various reunions of the TOTS CREW or the tribute memorial jam WE LOVE ENAK.
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Events / Italy / South America / StreetartAfter its major success at the Milan Central Station, the awesome exhibition „The World of Banksy – The Immersive Experience“ went to Turin’s Porta Nuova and can be visited till 29th of May 2022. The exhibition highlights influential pieces from Banksy and can be perceived as the framework of his career. Art lover and photographer Luigi Savoia visited this fantastic place and documented the critical creative artworks, as well the shown short clips and the documentary movie “The Untold Truth Of Banksy” by Grunge magazine.
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Germany / StreetartAfter a long process, the GRAFFITI LOBBY BERLIN and the youth culture center DIE KLINKE were able to inaugurate a new Hall of Fame in Berlin’s Marzahn district in May 2021. The outer wall of the local fire station department was cleared for artistic designs and has been a legal hall ever since. The wall surface is around 4 meters high and around 30 meters long, ideal for graffiti jams and fantastic concept walls, which are created there again and again. The works in this creative space are usually masterpiece quality and well worth a visit.
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Norway / StreetartThe district of Tøyen is multi-culturally populated, less prosperous and characterised by a lively neighbourhood. Tøyen offers beautiful green areas such as the BOTA-NISH GARDEN and the Tøyen Park. Life prefers to take place on the streets. There are various ethnic shops, great and trendy bars, cafes and nice restaurants. It is bordered to the south by Grønland. Tøyen has many peculiarities. The district is one of the most fascinating and dynamic urban areas of Oslo. This is where the bear really steps! Tøyen should be at the top of every visitor list in Oslo. Tøyen, Tøyen, we’re going to Tøyen!
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>>> INTERNATIONAL COLLECTIVE <<<
Many more awesome urban art loving photographers, documentors, creatives and Vagabundlers joined, we have every day heaps of new articles and photos. Still non-profit, still non-commercial, just because we like to do it. All the people involved in this project are listed on our Vagabundler Collective Map
Frank Hofmann is working on the enourmous Hamburg Streetart Map with meanwhile 1200 spots and more than 8000 photos!
Salvador Seda (GraffiPreBicentenario) from Chile joined and keeps on creating the Streetart Map of Angol and the Santiago Map
Patrice Loranger (PLoranger4417) from Canada joined and is building up the Streetart Map of Montreal.
Holger Peter (PeterEatAndArt) from Berlin joined and is building up the Streetart Map of Berlin with extensive infos about the artists and meanwhile with over 9700 pages and more than 84.000 photos. He is also doing the map for Rheine and the Island Poel
Analiá Pertusi aka Perts Jam joined and is building up a fantastic archive for the Argentinian capital Buenos Aires and as well for the Chascomus Map.
World traveller Mazzanti from Sweden contributes great photos for the Stockholm Map and for numerous places from all around the world.
Bart Hagel aka Street Art Damsko and Killer Leentje contribute awesome material for the Amsterdam Map.
Gail Lochner from Ecuador joined and is building up the map of Cuenca with fantastic artworks.
Agnieszka Pisarska (Piece of Streetart) contributes great galleries of cities in Poland and is building up the Streetart Map of Wroc?aw!
The Nomads on Wheels are travelling around the world in their van and sending awesome photos. Meanwhile we have great collections from 72 places.
Fiona Lu (City.Features) from Canada joined and is building up the Streetart Map of Vancouver.
Caley Costley (BobBleu) from California, USA joined and is building up the Streetart Map of Los Angeles.
Matthias Busch joined and is building up the Streetart Map of Austin in Texas, USA.
Luigi Savoia from Italy joined and is building up the Streetart Map of Turin.
Milau Lutumba (Delutu) from France joined and is building up the Streetart Map of Paris
Julien Canadas from France joined and contributes great photos and also videos for the Toulouse Map.
Natalie Pomeroy aka Street Art Wombler is part of the team and contributes awesome material from Australia and especially Melbourne.
Mike Hennessey aka See Some Streetart joines our collective and works on the map for Almaty in Kazakhstan.
Irxnschmoiz is our city ambassador for the Hannover map and contributes continously new material. He also takes photos from other interesting places in Germany.
Frankfurt Map reached 2000 spots and offers more than 27.000 photos to explore! As well there are lots of new updates to several places.
