Metronome Festival Prague - Urban Wraps & Temporary Murals

For Metronome Festival Prague 2018 i did a series of works in different locations.
Two Spaces had been prepared with large banner to paint - both dealed with „Train Of Infinity“ Theme. For the so called „Street Art District“ i did different types of wraps - Panorama360degrees, HighStretchWrapping and different color combinations. Some of the works have been done live during festival day programme.

Thanx a lot to the festival team especially Barbora , Ondrej and Inka for helping ! It was a pleasure being invited. Everything was well prepared and I enjoyed working there. The line up of metronome prague festival 2018 was great ! Some of my favorite music groups played there and I got nice impressions from Czech music goups.
After 4 days of intense painting, wrapping and seeing different live acts my battery went really low …

Murals of the future in Kassel @ Kolorcubes

Thanx to the Kolorcubes Mural Project i did a performance during arctic temperatures with hot tea, coffee and a loooot of colors ! This performance session took place at a wall near Kassel University. Thanx a lot to Gerrit R.

Urban Nad Labem in Usti nad Labem

In October 2017 I participated in the German/Czech project "Urban Nad Labem". "Urban Nad Labem" was organized by LackStreicheKleber e.V. from Dresden/DE. During two weekends I realized collaborations with czech artists - Michal Skapa from Prague and Aneta Bendakova from Decin. Thanks to local art associations and groups we did three public works in different areas of Usti Nad Labem. Thanks a lot to Deska, In Vitro and Hranicar Usti Nad Labem.

Private car design

During the "Friedrichstädter Stadtteilfest" i did a redesign of a private car. Here's the result. Some tributes to wheel case taggers from Europe. Every car needs a roaring lion ;)

BWNC - Beer, Waiting, Needle Caps

BWNC are the Italian Aris, the Dane Anders Reventlov, the Frenchman Vilx and the German Jens Besser. The crew was founded during a sunday afternoon in a prison.* „Beer, Waiting, Needle Caps“ stands for an afternoon spend together behind bars with no lack of beer, needle caps and time. Only spray cans were missing, the artists waited in vain for the most important materials. After the „release“ their paths went separate ways, but the idea of the crew continued to exist. Later the decision was made to realize exhibitions in 2016. The first reunion will take place at the exhibition space HOLE OF FAME in Dresden/Germany.

On 29th April - 8p.m. „Beer, Waiting, Needle Caps“ will open. The show runs till Saturday - 7th May. During the period of the show the artists do interaction inside and outside the show. Presentations of the participating artists give the opportunity to learn more about their work and to get in touch with the artists.

once again the key dates

„Beer, Waiting, Needle Caps“ - group show by Aris (IT), Anders Reventlov (DK), Vilx (FR), Jens Besser (DE)

opening: 29.4.2016 - 8.p.m.

period of the show: 30.4.2016 - 6.5.2016
opening hours: 7p.m. - 20 p.m.
presentation by artists:
Jens Besser - 4.5.2016 - 8 p.m.
Anders Reventlov - 6.5. - 8 p.m.
place: HOLE OF FAME - Königsbrücker Str. 39 - Dresden/Germany

* Aris, Anders Reventlov, Vilx and Jens Besser stayed together in the former prison of Magdeburg for the art project „Die Neue Sinnlichkeit“. All artists realized large sized works on walls for the curated sub-project „Antimurals“.

Memories from another era - large sized drawing

During „Thementag zur zeitgenössischen Sachbeschädigung“ ( theme day of contemporary vandalism ) I draw a „mural“ live inside „Zeche1“ in Bochum. Robert Kaltenhäuser invited me to participate in a one day action based on 3 stops about contemporary movements in Graffiti Art. I simulated a mural by using a really small and funny elevator and working „top down“.
The content of the work is connected to discussions and talks which happend during my stay in Bochum. I met up some old school writers from Dresden and Bochum and we spoke about the past of painting trains and doing graffiti. The work is done with brush and white paint on wooden boards.

Yard Drawing @ Forum of Styles

I did this yard drawing at Forum of Styles during BRN 2015 - Dresden-Neustadt. I painted live from 1p.m.-6 p.m. in front of the district museum - thanks a lot to the District Museum for organizing the Forum Of Styles.

Opening Kulturforum of riesa efau & Rosenwerk

This Saturday riesa efau opens the new building called Kulturforum - a great space for shows, workshops and discussions.
On two floors well equipped workshop studios for printing, photography and digital stuff open the doors. One floor combines three techniques of printing in one huge loft room. Etching, lithography and silkscreen print happens in the same huge space - an amazing place for art!

During the opening a chalk mob happens in front of riesa efau.
Start 3.30 p.m. Address Wachsbleichstraße 4a - Dresden

On the very same day Rosenwerk opens officially. The former "Werkstadtladen" moved into a new building near to S-train stop Freiberger Straße. We do start painting a wall inside. You can visit this huge DIY lab and explore their workshops. They have an amazing wood shop, laser cutter, 3-d printer and a lot more things to explore.

Start 10 a.m. Address Rosenstraße/Jagdweg - Dresden

Untitled Drawing Performance

The "Untitled Drawing Performance" was realized for "Fakt ist… aus Dresden: Graffiti – Ist das Kunst oder muss das weg?" This TV-discussion was moderated by Andreas F. Rook.
Guests of the show were Peter Sodann, Lucie Freynhagen, Lutz Beberhold, Dr. Patrick Gau and me. Here is the link to the video of the discussion

The Performance happend in 3 parts
1st "Amnestie ! Wie ?";
2nd "Welcome To Trainbombing 2025"
3rd " Mash Up Moniker History"

Thanx a lot to the "Fakt ist ... aus Dresden" Team for the arranging of the wall and the opportunity to take part in this show.

"Question your consumerism" at "artists fair dresden" for galerie module & IKEA

Last Time i went to galerie module for a talk I was asked by Galerist Verena Andreas ( galerie module Dresden ) If my work " Question your consumerism", done at artists fair dresden for galerie module & IKEA Dresden , is against Ikea. The answer was "No" - but i had to explain the content , even you see it ! The message is directed to the people who don't think about stuff they buy. A company , like IKEA, deuter ( german back packs), lichtblick ( german eco power supply) or whatever is always responsible to their clients. If the clients don't buy stuff of the company, the company is forced to change the startegy. That means, as long as I don' t think about the fact that a backpack of deuter is produced in Vietnam ( written on their website) and I buy a backpack of deuter - i support the strategy of this company. For the work "Question your consumerism" I made some research about the product we painted on. The product is produced in Brazil at a company that has an professional looking website. The pictures i saw, did not show me any anything that i should question. When i visited Brazil , i saw places like this factory, but in general i can say Brazil is a crazy developing country and young people and companies think a lot about ecosystem. The only problem is - they often don't act like they think about - something they have in common with a lot of alternative freaks around the world ;)The only thing people most probably should think about is the long way, the product is delivered. All over the world big ships transport a crazy amount of goods from Place A to B. And we can read where the prodcts come from ( at least in 90% of all cases - some firms don't leave the country of production on the products, wehn they customize a bit at the product and then write instead the own country ). But IKEA wrote the origin of the product "Made in Brazil". On of the big problems around the world is the stupid transportation of products. Every year ships cause desasters in oceans and coastal ecosystems. That's why painted a ship that loses oil in the ocean. But The people want cheap stuff. You can buy stuff produced in Europe , but it costs more. But people don't want to spent more money to something that is ecological. People buy even "eco"-apples from italy or south africa even they have some around the corner in their german home-town.So my message as you can see is not against some big company - it's a message to the people. The final aim of this action for Ikea was to install the works in their store in Dresden. I hope this will happen , because i want the shoppers to think about the stuff they buy everywhere. Not only at IKEA ! That's why to start this discussion at a fair was the best place to promote this Idea. Fairs are places where clients are asked about new products and ne developments. back of the product detail - open source detail - we love trainz , we hate cars

Next Dates

Well before i forget to post it: Next week opens the show "hidden publics" at motorenhalle Dresden. Part of this exhibition are 6 photos of paintings i did on my travels in latin america and europe. Stuff on rotten surfaces or in abandoned buildings, some flix are unpublished works. The show focuses on photography which deals with hidden places and hidden subjects in public space. Opening - Wednesday - 5th September - 8 p.m.

8th Sept. - Theatre Fest - opening of the next season - Live Drawing ( start 6 p.m.) for "The Threepenny Opera" at Postplatz Dresden

 14th Sept. - Premiere of "The Threepenny Opera" - with live writing & drawing - Staatsschauspiel Dresden


 12th October - Presentation of "City Images - collaborative Muralism" - catalogue

chalk mob V 2.0 – photos ...

The chalking action was great - between 150 and 200 participants counted the first chalk mob in Dresdens main shopping street - Prager Strasse ! Thanks to all participants - let's do it again ! more pictures here

chalk mob V 2.0 – action in Dresden

hello friends of street art and chalk painting,

this saturday 3p.m. the „Chalk Mob V.2.0″ starts in Dresden (Prager Strasse /Dr. Külz Ring).
Within 3 hours we wil cover the whole shopping street with chalk paintings.

everbody is welcome in taking part in it !

"The Invited Vandal" - presentation of the catalogue

Next week on Thursday the presentation of my new catalogue at bautzner 69 take place.
It's the finisage of my solo show, too.
Everbody is invited to vandalize my works - we offer materials and workers clothing.

Thursday 31st. March
start 8 p.m.
Bautzner Strasse 69
01099 Dresden-Neustadt

Review "Der Gelbe Klang"

This Video shows the first scene of the art project "Der Gelbe Klang" (eng. The yellow sound) live painting by Jens Besser, projection by Stefan Schwarzer and sound by Felix Krüger Der Gelbe Klang - more Infos here , earlier post about "Der Gelbe Klang"

The Invited Vandal

Last saturday I had a great performance.
For " the invited vandal" nobody was allowed to enter the gallery space. All visitors had to wait outside. Free coffee from a thermos flask was offered to the visitors. The visitors had to wait for me, like painters wait for painted trains in the station.
From time to time I entered the gallery space to make some paintings on the walls. The rest of the time i stayed in the office of the gallery. Stefan Schwarzer took some action photos. During the Performance i even got a call by a reporter. He asked me if i could come outside to make some more lines on the wall, just for a press picture ...
The paintings are visible 24 hours from outside - like street art . nobody needs to enter the show. On 31st of march we will present the catalogue of the show.
Thanx to all visitors ... i had a perfect opening of this show !!!
more pictures of the show - here

First Action At Bautzner 69

First action photos for my solo show at Bautzner 69 - the invited vandal .

Welcome 2011 ...

Happy new year 2011!!

As posted before I will have my first Solo Show in Dresden at Bautzner 69. I start to work in the Gallery during the next week. For all those who like to see the process. You can always have a look from outside what's going on there.


I finally got Fotos - thanx MAX - of a Performance done last November at Projekttheater in Dresden-Neustadt together with Max Loeb and Martin Büss. A really funny one. Using tape, paint, sound scapes and a wheelchair, which we found in the theatre.
more Fotos of the show here

And last but not least I will hold a course at Sommerakademie Dresden . More infos about the course soon. If you're not able to be part of the course, there's another one about stencil at riesa-efau. And if you don't like workshops at all - you can have a look at the Sommerakademie Exhibition ;)

solo show - "The invited Vandal" at Bautzner 69/Dresden

I'm happy to announce my upcoming solo show at Bautzner69 in Dresden. On January 22nd i will hold a performance at this gallery space. Somewhen between 5 and 9 p.m. - be sure to be there and have a look from outside. german infos you can find here , too .

The Yellow Sound - Der Gelbe Klang

Tomorrow, Wednesday 1.12.- 8 p.m. - it 's the last chance to see "The Yellow Sound" in Dresden at Prager Spitze (Prager Strasse 2b - former Karstadt Sport) infos - here