usc2012 - "nightshift" - exhbition in Sofia

"urban script continues 2012 - the scientific lessons" starts ! The show " nightshift" of Bozhidar Asenov and me @ hip hip atelier Sofia is the first event of usc 2012.

The opening of the show is on 11th of May 7p.m.
The show runs till 31st of May
adress : Knyaz Boris Street 166

 urban script continues 2012 - happens in different locations in Dresden ( Germany) and Sofia ( Bulgaria). There are lectures, exhibitions and Muralpaintings. A block course of lectures and city walks happens from 13th till 16th of may in Dresden.

 Guided City Tours to City Bilder Murals with me happen on 15th and 16th of may 3 p.m.

 All Infos you can find online from 8th of may.

 urban script continues 2012 is supported by : Goethe Institut Sofia & Landeshauptstadt Dresden - Amt für Kultur- und Denkmalschutz

"The other side" in Usti Nad Labem

The recently opened show "the other side" moves to Usti nad Labem . Opening 7th may - 6p.m. - Fokus Kafe - Prokopa Divise 5, Usti nad Labem

Day & Night - for City Bilder Dresden

This is the other side around for City Bilder . Two walls, Two styles One person. The work is about "Day and Night". Just some experiences and thoughts. I finished my first huge solo (double)mural in Dresden Friedrichstadt. For each wall I had only 2 days. 2 days for transparent primer, primery paint and details. It was an crazy competion and it ended up with muscle ache in my whole body one day after the finishing. some impressions of the work

more pictures of the development of the wall here

The Other Side" - Exhibition in Dresden

Till 29.April i take part in a group show called " the other side". It s a collaborative Show inspired by Alfred Kubins book " The Other Side". We , Viktoria Graf, Zdenek Kveton, Marek Rubec and I , worked on the screenprint show during eastern.
the show is open from 4-8p.m..
Adress. "Runde Ecke" - Wachsbleichstrasse / Adlergasse , Dresden-Friedrichstadt

City Bilder - Go huge

Today I started my wall for City Bilder. Primed this wall two times - transparent preparation primer and white color . next step - yellow & orange shapes. tomorrow just painting lines ... 2 days one wall ;)

Confusion&Dreams

New Work in Dresden-Neustadt area - "Konfusion& Träume" is a work inspired by contemporary life in Neustadt area and Alfred Kubins book "Die andere Seite".

This is just a step in between, but i'm looking for a place, where i could leave such a abstract painting. In Dresden-Neustadt it will be covered with tags in a few days. That's why i prefered the outlined version.

(for bigger picture click on the images.)

Portrait " czech train painter 1"

Continuing a series of drawings on tickets called "just another nightshift".
This is one of two portraits of a czech artist . He is a a close friend, but has always struggle for life. He lives in a small workers town, where nobody thinks a lot about art or escpaing from the workers life. It's a place where it's really difficult to escape especially when you don't have opportunities to study. You are trapped in everyday work. His last resorts from the boring everday life are drugs ( beer and canabis), music and painting crazy stuff in his town.

"Träumer" - first sketch for the exhibition "Die andere Seite" in Dresden

"Träumer" is my first sketch for the exhibition "Die andere Seite" in Dresden. It' s an exchange project with the german artist Viktoria Graf and two artists from Litomerice - the town where Alfred Kubin was born. Alfred Kubin is the author of the -Book " Die andere Seite". It's an dark novel about the city of dreamers , which looks much more like a nightmare to the chief character of the book.

For the show we print a series of screenprints - inspired by the book and the exchange of ideas between czech artists and german.
more informations about this show here

Porto Alegre - inside works

"work'n'travel" was my last work in Porto Alegre this year. I did this one at the place of my hosts - Elisa and Felipe. Thanx a lot for the nice place and all the contacts in Porto Alegre. Hope to see them again ... next year. The painting features inspirations of the couple's life and some impressions from my trip.

I did not find a title for this work. It's nearly 270 degrees. I choosed that corner in Daniel's flat, because the painting can go up to the ceiling and again down to the wall. It reminds me on painting in empty buildings in Dresden. I used to paint a lot in abandoned flats. There you always found different strange conditions. Flats full of trash, or just empty. Sometimes a homeless sleeping place. It was always inspiring. Thanx a lot Daniel - for the opportunity to paint, the good food, the book ...

( and the helpfull payment )

el viaje de la vida

"el viaje de la vida" by Godi, Mr. Rik and Jens Besser

Yesterday night we finished the drawings and today we covered the work with finish ... great feeling after hard work during 4 days.
check out the side of "museo a cielo abierto en san miguel" in Santiago de chile www.museoacieloabiertoensanmiguel.cl

thanx a lot to David&Karol, Roberto & Family, Hozeh &Seba and the mixart crew. It was great to paint over there !!!

bigger image here

ps - in front you see a typical street wulf from san miguel

Latin America Tour 2012 - Chile

Since I´m in Chile i just painted. 3 Walls in Valparaiso are finished. And th 4th at "museo a cielo abierto san miguel" is finished tomorrow.
The museo is organized by an art association based in San Miguel/Santiago de Chile. It s kind of a grassroots Organisation which exists in San Miguel for several years. The "museo" is curted by the artist mono gonzalez. Mono is a well know muralist at the age of 65 - and active for lot of years. One of his most famous works is in a metrostation in Santiago.

The Mural i participate in is a group work of 3 artists - Godi from Brazil , Mr Rik from Germany and I.It´s kind of crazy to paint all day long ... and i think i need a break at a beautifull beach.


one of 3 collaborations in Valparaiso - more pictures of works in Valpo here

Monstra Festival - Lisbon

My work "sneak, paint, run" is shown on the monstra animation festival in Lisbon as part of a german section of short films curated by André Eckardt (DIAF) - that s why i made a relaunch of my video - in better quality ... at the festival they exhibit the video and my sketches in tickets :)

schedule 2012

screenprint for calendar of "WerkstadtladenLöbtau" - done in december 2011

and a few dates from my schedule for 2012 ...

April 2012 - City Images wallpainting event - more infos here

April2012 - German-Czech Artist Collaboration in Dresden - more infos soon

14-15 April 2012 "self made/trash screenprinting" course at riesa efau Dresden - more infos here

21-22 April 2012 "street art stencil" course at riesa efau Dresden - more infos here

May- June 2012 - German-Bulgarian Muralist Exchange wallpainting in Dresden & Sofia - more infos soon

June 2012 - urban script continues 2012 - the scientfic lessons lectures and city walks in Dresden - more infos soon

July 2012 - "street art/ art in public space" course at Technical University Dresden - study course "padagogy of art"

CityBilder - Mural action in Dresden

"in action"


Finished work !

Last week I finished a new Mural in Dresden together with Xpome&More from Bulgaria for "City Bilder " - in English "City Images - collaborative Murals in Dresden". For a bigger picture of the the finished wall clickhere. More infos about City Bilder you can find
here - till now only in German.

CityBilder - Kunst auf Brandwänden

CityBilder is a mural project that starts this Friday - 14th of October.
The english title is : CityImages - Collaborative Murals in Dresden
It continues a series of public art in Dresden Friedrichstadt. ( CityBrache / ) happened in 2004 and festured mainly Installations an city wastelands. CityBilder will feature International Muralists who already collaborated together. Walls are painted between 16th and 28th of October.

The project is organized by riesa efau. Kultur Forum Dresden - Frank Eckhardt and Jens Besser

Artists

Frm & Otecki (Wroclaw, PL)
Ryan Spring Dooley (Mineapolis, USA) & Moneyless (Lucca, IT)
Other (Montreal, CA) & Saddo (Bukarest, RO)
Kenor & H101 (Barcelona, E)
Graphic Surgery (Amsterdam, NL)
Xpome (Sofia, BG)
Stefan Schwarzer (Halle, D) & Jens Besser (Dresden, D)

hip hip atelier Sofia

Together with Xpome from Sofia this painting was done. It's at a fresh Gallery/Atelier which is called "hip hip atelier" in the old town area - near to the women's market. it s a great area and you cen get great arabic bread over there. All lettering works are by Xpome ( featuring friends and magazin covers), the sneaking skeleton is my part.

Tickets,Sticker, Sketches ...

I'm back from a beautiful Trip through Bulgaria. On the way i found some Stickers, to paint on. Just some impressions on the travel. bigger picture here

open source 'n' networks

This is a collaboration with my favorite art partner Stefan Schwarzer. It was painted during the Fokus Festival 2011. I titled the work "open source 'n' networking". It is a message to the Fokus Festival and the whole audience. It is really important to share ideas, developments and at least contacts - without thinking about any profits. Profit is something which generates by it s own. That s what i think .

LOKO11 - Heerlen

After holding a succesfull pecha kucha presentation about "muralismo morte" at Pecha Kucha Maastricht , I'm invited to present "Lak Aan Braak" at LOKO11 in Heerlen. LOKO11 is "the national convention of commissioned art professionals of netherlands". It takes place at the Royal Theater in Heerlen. We will offer a guided tour.

A quik clip in muralistic history

"A quik clip in muralistic history " is a painting for the show " Produktionsgenossenschaft Kunst am Bau Dresden - 1958-1990". More infos about the exhibition ( only german !) here. video documentation of the work - here , better resolution photo here

Creativity & Industries

"Creativity& Industries" is about the realtionship of creative people (left) and the industries (right).
I did this work for the art festival "Begehungen" in Chemnitz/Germany. Bigger photo here

On Saturday, 5 p.m. i present my Book Muralismo Morte over there. Check the web for more infos :
www.begehungen-chemnitz.de

The Tragedy Of Commander Juri - in the stress field between calmness and progress

This work is titled: "The Tragedy Of Commander Juri - in the stress field between calmness and progress"
in german : "Die Tragödie des Kommander Juri im Spannungsfeld zwischen Gelassenheit und Fortschritt"
The mural is done on a school building during the Sichtbeton Mural Festival in Dresden- Prohlis. More about the Festival here sichtbeton.de.vu

Better resolution of the photo above here and more detailed pictures here

Results of SOAK course - 2011

This is one of the two stop motion videos done during my course at summer academy Dresden. The second video you can find here.

artbase 2011 - grabowsee

This work is called - Just coffee in the head but thinking 'bout the world of CHEMISTRY

The last days i made new works at artbase2011 which is based at the former "Heilstätten Grabowsee". During the last weeks lot s of artists went to this historical abandoned area to paint all over. Saturday this art event opens. On Sunday i hold a lecture about muralismo morte, too. See you in Brandenburg ;)

This work is called " From Electrification of Brandenburg till the time machine of Juri" . Better resolution of this photo here

Hoy Neu, Hoy

After finishing my stencil workshop in Hoyerswerda, i was asked to do some more works in public space of Hoyerswerda. All electricity stations of the city were offered. To Much To Do.
Benuz and i choosed three spots which we liked most. This work is documented as an stop-motion animation, too. It s called "Hoy Neu, Hoy".
"Hoy Neu" means "Hoyerswerda Neustadt "- the spot where we painted. "hoy" is the spanish word for today.

more pictures on my photostream