Wednesday, 29 April 2009
Friday, 24 April 2009
NUART 09 : LINE UP : NU YORK
SEPTEMBER 10- OCT 09 : OPENING WEEKEND EVENTS 10-13THFEATURING : BROOKLYN SPECIAL !
SWOON, DAVID CHOE, BRAD DOWNEY, BEN WOLF, CHRIS STAIN, SKEWVILLE, LOGAN HICKS, GRL, JUDITH SUPINE & LEON REID
Ok, this year we have a very special event lined up. NUART 09 is dedicated to artists either living, working or have made a solid contribution to Brooklyn's thriving street art scene. The following artists will be flying in during the first week in September to create one of the years most outstanding events. As well as the usual month long static show there'll be works going up all over the city, both legal and not so, workshops, debates, film premieres, concerts and much more.
Friday, 3 April 2009
WATCHING PAINT DRY
Our office-space is located two floors above Rogaland Kunstsenter. The exhibition "Polish blue" by JANUSZ STEGA was officialy opened yesterday by a rather unorthodox performance featuring four polish painters and the artists specially designed "paint brush"..
Wednesday, 1 April 2009
NUART 08 : PROGRAM
SEPTEMBER 04th - OCTOBER 05th STAVANGER, NORWAY
This years nuart goes back to basics. With a block buster show at Tou Scene, the original home of Nu productions events and a line up worth travelling for!
BLEK LE RAT (FR), DFACE (UK), NICK WALKER (UK), DOTMASTERS (UK), WORD TO MOTHER (UK), KNOW HOPE (ISR), GRAFFITI RESEARCH LAB (USA), HERAKUT (DE), DOLK (NO), PØBEL (NO), CHRIS STAIN (NO), ZEUS (UK), EINE (UK), STEN & LEX (IT), JIMMY CAUTY (UK).
Nuart is a dynamic city wide event on both gallery and street walls. From the first week in September an international team of street artists start to leave their mark on the city of Stavanger, Norway.
The resulting work will form a static show at Tou Scene that runs until October 05th.
A FULL PROGRAM OF EVENTS ARE SCHEDULED FOR THE OPENING WEEKEND
There'll also be the usual support program of films, debates, presentations form artists and several workshops planning to open up the tactics and strategies involved in addresssing a urban general public. An ongoing relationship with Rogaland Kunstskolen will ensure a trading of skills to the next generation of vandals with an eye for the fine arts.
Various artists including Zeus,Know Hope will be taking the opening two weeks classes and teaching the "art of getting up" to a bemused but enthusiastic crowd. Some of the workshops and discussions will be open to the public eg. Graffiti Research Lab,All participating artists will be in town and working directly on walls both in town and in Tou Scene, We'll also be doing our traditional "Call for Walls", an opportunity for companies, private individuals and the local council to get involved.
We will of course also be hitting up the streets of Stavanger and the surrounding areas in our specially "designed for concealment" Nuart graf mobile. This is our "keeping it real" alibi, (odd that if you stick a flashing light on top of something then people tend to steer well clear).
We'd like to thank everyone involved, not least the artists, but also Sabotaz for the cans and moral support, Tou Scene forallowing us to return to a more urban and inkeeping setting for the festival, Rogaland Kunstskolen for allowing us access to young impressionable students, and to everyone involved in this amazingly dynamic scene.
NUART 08 : FILM PROGRAM
Each year we screen a series of independent films in support of the main show, below are a series of trailers from this years films
GRL the complete first season
Friday 5th of September at 16.00
Followed by discussion panel of nuart artists at 15.00
G.R.L. The Complee7 First Season (Trailer) from fi5e on Vimeo.
From their origins in the trash room of a non-profit in Manhattan to their emergence as the instigators of an international art movement, Graffiti Research Lab: The Complete First Season documents the adventures of an architect and an engineer who quit their day jobs to develop high-tech tools for the art underground. The film follows the GRL and their network of graffiti artist collaborators (and commercial imitators) across four continents as they write on skyscrapers with lasers, mock advertisers with homemade tools, get in trouble with The Department of Homeland Security and make activism fun again. Primarily using video footage from point-and-shoot digital cameras (“The Pocket School”) and found-content on the web, the movie’s visual style draws as much from the art of the power point presentation and viral media as conventional documentary cinema. Narrated by GRL co-founders, Roth and Powderly, The Complete First Season makes a humorous and insightful argument for free speech in public, open source in pop culture, the hacker spirit in graffiti and not asking for permission in general. The film was premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2008. Available 24/7 on The Pirate Bay.
Bomb It Directed by Jon Reiss
Saturday 6th of September at 16.00
Folowed by a talk by James Powderly of GRL about recent experiences in China. at 18.00
Bomb It is an international graffiti and street art documentary filmed on 5 continents. It explores the interplay between worldwide graffiti movements, the global proliferation of "Quality of Life" laws, and the fight for control over public space.
The documentary was made with the participation of graffiti artists across the globe. BOMB IT features original footage from many controversial graffiti writers of modern times, from Cornbread and TAKI 183 to Shepard Fairey to Os Gemeos. [2]
The film is directed by award-winning director Jon Reiss and premiered at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival. In addition to Taki 183, the film features Tracy 168, Terrible T-Kid 170 (TKid), Cope2, Stay High 149, KRS-One,Revs, 2esae, Zephyr, Daim, Blek le Rat, Ash, Skuf, Revok, Ron English, Chaz Bojorquez, Lady Pink, Mear One, Pez, Sixe, Falko, Faith 47, Zezao, Ise, Kenor & Kode, Scage, Mickey, Chino, and Ket
NUART 07 : PARTICIPANTS
AROFISH (UK), BLEK LE RAT (FR), DFACE (UK), NICK WALKER (UK), M-CITY (POLAND), LOGAN HICKS (USA), DOLK (N), SIXTEN (SWE), RENE GAGNON (USA), CHARLES KRAFFT (USA), SLINKACHU (UK), HERAKUT (DE), EINE (UK), KNGEE (JP), WORDTOMOTHER (UK), PØBEL (N), MIR (N), THE DOTMASTERS (C6), KAROLINA SOBECKA (USA), TRISTAN MANCO (UK)
NUART 07 : PROGRAM
The Nuart Festival was initiated in 2001 and follows the ethos behind the Nu teams desire to provide a regional annual platform for national and international artists who operate outside of traditional gallery systems. The event aims to stimulate debate by challenging entrenched notions of what art is and can be by celebrating the production of progressive contemporary urban art and street culture in the 21st century.Nuart 2007 is our most ambitious yet, a truly international line up of artists have been invited to Stavanger to produce what promises to be one of the years most outstanding “urban art” events. From legendary and much respected pioneers such as Blek Le Rat and Charles Krafft to relative newcomers Slinkachu and Wordtomother, Nuart 07 explodes across mediums and the city from the central show based this year at Stavanger’s main Museum of Fine arts, Rogaland Kunstmuseum.
The event is curated and organized by NuProductions Martyn Reed and Leon from c6.org
We'd like to thank everyone involved, not least the artists, but also Montana for the cans and moral support, Rogaland Kunstmuseum for recognising and ensuring that this work secures a place in Norway's fine art history, Rogaland Kunstskolen for allowing us access to young impressionable students, and to everyone involved in this amazingly dynamic scene.
Gallery
This years static show is at Rogaland Kunstmuseum, the regions largest "fine art" space. If funds allow, we hope to host a series of related "live" events during our two month occupation of the gallery space.
NUART 07 : FILM PROGRAM
Each year we screen a series of independent films in support of the main show, below are a series of trailers from this years films
NEXT, a Primer on Urban Painting
By Pablo Aravena
SATURDAY 08 September 15:00 Kino 1
Next is a documentary exploration of a phenomenon that was born on the streets of American cities and has come to influence youth culture all over the world. Combining verite visual moments and interviews with painters, journalists, collectors, sociologists, DJ's, art critics and other participants within the subculture, the film conveys the dynamism and creative brilliance of this important emerging artistic movement.
RASH
A feature documentary by Nicholas Hansen
FRIDAY 07 September 16:00 at Kino 1
www.rashfilm.com
"Against a pulsating soundtrack by True Live¹s Ryan Ritchie, the graffiti artists¹ poetic brilliance is passionately uncovered by director Nicholas Hansen who exposes the talent and wealth of key players in Melbourne¹s street art scene."
Future Movies reviews the The London Australian Film Festival 2006
²..it really opened up many peoples¹ eyes as to the thought, planning, creativity, and vision that underpins a large percentage of street art.²
Dr Cameron Cartiere, Birkbeck College London
With the wonderful tagline "Scratch it and it spreads", Rash was one of the audience favourites at last year's Melbourne International Film Festival. Deservedly so.
Sacha Molitorisz, Rash, April 23, 2006, The Age TV Guide
It is a smart, instructive, funny, finger-on-the-pulse documentary about Melbourne's thriving, though much-disdained, street art culture.
Paul Kalina, Stop, or I'll shoot The Age Green Guide, 20-04-06
"If you know Melbourne, you might recognize tags and styles in this literally awesome film about the contemporary urban expression born of rebellion..."
Independent Cinema Office 04/06
INSIDE/OUTSIDE
Directed Andreas Johnsen & Nis Boye Møller Rasmussen
THURSDAY 06 September 16:00 at Kino 1
Award winning documentary featuring Swoon, Zevs, Os Gemeos, KR, Ron English and many more. Screened in association with Kino 1
INSIDE OUTSIDE is a film about the energy artists get when working in the street. An energy they're missing when exhibiting in galleries and museums, an energy that brings life to their art and to their own lives.
It´s an energy that's partly caused by the fact that everything these artists do in the street is illegal; "Anything that gives you security is eventually going to restrict you at some point", says Swoon about the art galleries.
The artists featured in INSIDE OUTSIDE all face some kind of dilemma with the restrictions and norms of the society they live in, the forces of the commercial art world and the advertising industry who are looking for the next big thing and want to have their bite of the energy and coolness that the street art scene is brimming with.
Meet among others:
ZEVS / Paris
SWOON / KR / EARSNOT/ New York City
OS GEMEOS / PIGMEUS/ São Paulo
ADAMS & ITSO / Stockholm, Copenhagen
RON ENGLISH / Jersey City
DIRECTED BY
Andreas Johnsen & Nis Boye Møller Rasmussen
NUART 06 : PARTICIPANTS
C6 (UK), GRAFFITI RESEARCH LAB (US), MOTHERBOARD (NO), NOOD (NO), TOBY SPARKS (UK), TOM CARDEN (UK), DISASTER UNIT (UK), NICK WALKER (UK), EELUS (UK), DFACE (UK), PØBEL (NO), DOLK (NO), MIR (NO) + VIRTUAL GUESTS (BEK, IDAT, IAA)
NUART 06 : PROGRAM
Festival of NUART Stavanger, Norway 6th -10th september 2006
This year’s festival saw a blur of pervasive assaults on the town of Stavanger, an invasion of territories between the media. A week of cross town subversion, demonstration and events to accompany the Numusic Festival.
An internationally renowned group of artists & pranksters using various systems to create a dynamic playground of exchange. Broadcast across mediums to a festival and web wide audience.
Taking place in multiple arenas through several media throughout town of stavanger. Specially commissioned works map and interpret public interactions via installations and exhibits. Somewhere between the web, street, gallery or on your mobile phones nuart promises to involve you with its many layered media driven interactions.
Daily broadcasts throughout the festival from nuart radio...coming soon the nuradio archive
NUART 06 : RADIO
Welcome to the nuart nuradio show, boy do we have a week planned, do we? Well we are getting there! Nuradio will bring you the best of Numusic festival, interviews with audio & visual artists, previews and exclusives.
Nuradio kicks of with the broadcast of Pierre Henry's festival opening concert at 19:30 (GMT+2) Live from Folken.
For the early part of the week before the numusic and nuart program starts there will be daily broadcasts from the nuart nerve center. A wide assortment of preview music from and not from the festival.
GRL - Throwie Workshop
Fresh from their appearance at Ars electronica where they received an Award of Distinction. G.R.L off set their corporate footprint with a series of events and workshops for NUART.
G.R.L invite you to learn tactics of electronic disturbance in this Throwie workshop.
Throwies are small magnetic parcels of battery driven LED light. Generated on vast scales these light grenades can be thrown to stick on any metal surface (see right) . Stavangers coastal location providing an ideal series of surfaces for a night time harbor assault.
To sign up for for the 'Throwie' workshop mail nuart [at] c6 dot org
During the festival G.R.L screen their GRL DVD with all the clips from street actions in NYC, SF, DC, LA, Boston, Tokyo and Linz.
Stay tuned for news of urban eltro graf installations in the town of Stavanger.
