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Pathways to EXHALE
The stages of grief. The stages of loss. Grief over losing a connection – connection with another, connection with life, connection with nature – along pathways that lead us into cycles of growth, bloom, and decay. An ode to nature and an ode to life through nature. SNIK, at their best again. Under the simple …
Renate Hermansen Paints a Mural In Ålgård, Norway
Nuart, as an organization, offers a buffet for the intellectually ravenous mind. Nuart’s team has their hand in the each of the multitudinous pots conjuring delectable concoctions for their audience; from the documentaries this team supports to their esteemed journal, Nuart constantly seeks new manners to engage and contend with culture. Murals have historically proven …
2019 Nuart Festival Recap
“There is some kind of paradoxes at work here, you want to preserve graffiti as something wild and not institutionalized, but at the same time see the creativity within it,” says Malcolm Jacobson, of Stockholm University’s Sociology Department, in the recap film for Nuart Festival’s 19th edition. “I think Nuart has been very good at …
The Tunnels: An Experimental Film That Pushes The Boundaries Between Documentation, Critical Review & Video Art.
“The Tunnels”, by MZM Projects is an experimental film that pushes the boundaries between documentation, critical review and video art. It is dedicated to “Brand New, You’re Retro” exhibition that took place at the former brewery tunnels (now Tou Scene Centre for Contemporary Arts) in Stavanger (Norway) as a part of Nuart Festival 2019. “Brand New, …
Jad El Khoury’s curtains Adorn An Abandoned Building In Stavanger With A Message Of Hope
Earlier this spring, we were taken with the work of Lebanese artist Jad El Khoury, who completed his both ideologically and technically amazing street art installation, Burj El Hawa, otherwise known as the Tower of Wind. Nuart Festival Founder and Director Martyn Reed called this feat “a standout work leagues ahead of anything else,” and …
Beholders: A Timely Look At The Ongoing Migrant Crisis By Jofre Oliveras
When I took World Cultures in 10th Grade, my teacher, a steely yet lovable cynic who could provoke laughter and the fear of God in the span of a sentence, sagely told us, “the human race will not get along until aliens come to Earth.” Straightforward enough, I thought. People fought, I knew this. My …
Brand New, You’re Retro: NUART FESTIVAL Line Up 2019
As Nuart Festival kicks off its 19th edition, they once again bring a host of international artists to the city of Stavanger to help us make sense of the world we inhabit and how we can better navigate it. Through the creation of public artworks, Nuart aims to challenge existing narratives, generate new ideas, and …
Introducing French Duo Murmure
Murmure (FR) are Paul Ressencourt and Simon Roche, two drawing enthusiasts who’ve been working in public spaces since 2010 and yet whose invitation to this year’s Nuart Festival in Stavanger marked their first participation in a Street Art Festival. Working on a human scale and with an acute eye for placement, Murmure privilege the relationship to space …
Jazoo Yang Creates Two New Murals for Nuart Festival that Rallies Against Gentrification
Korean artist Jazoo Yang is interested in the evolution of cities and the nostalgic poetry that emerges from popular neighborhoods rapidly demolishing in areas of urban redevelopment. Her two murals for Nuart Festival 2018 uses Korean symbols of forced evictions and demolition to raise awareness about all those globally who are exposed to the threat …
Stories of a word – Said Dokins for Nuart 2018
Mexican caligraffiti artist Said Dokins has taken part in the 13th edition of Nuart Festival and left behind this thought provoking, community based mural inspired by the experiences of the foreigners who have settled in Stavanger, Norway, either through choice or necessity. About the Mural Prior to creating his latest mural the artist conducted interviews with individuals from Johannes Læringsenter – a …
Street Art’s answer to the Pre-Raphaelites Snik with a beautiful new piece for Nuart Festival 2018
UK Street Art duo Snik have kicked off this year’s Nuart Festival with an incredible hand-cut stencil drawing on influences from British art movement the Pre-Raphaelites. The piece, titled ‘Gone Believer’, is designed with the surrounding ivy in mind, which over time will grow back to create a living, breathing, organic artwork perfectly in tune …
Stavanger Gets A City Bus Adorned By Belgian Artist Jaune
The leading Street Art Festival, Nuart, in Stavanger, Norway have commissioned a series of curated Street Art Buses with the latest courtesy of Belgian stencil artist Jaune titled “Unsung Heroes.” For this project the urban interventionist from Brussels transformed an 18-meter bus into a giant cardboard box with two contrasting scenes on either side. He …