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Osona Artimur Festival in Spain. First Edition / Part II

Osona Artimur Festival in Spain. First Edition / Part II

Prats de Lluçanès, Manlleu, Sant Julià de Vilatorta, Sant Bartomeu del Grau, and Alpens

Here we have more examples of city meeting rural, traditional meeting Stylez, countryside meeting contemporary, local pride meeting international flavor. In part II of our report from October/November’s Osona Artimur Festival, photographer and street art/mural art expert Fer Alcalá observes that putting together a wide-spread event like this is complicated and rewarding, somewhat like managing the United Nations General Assembly every September.

Wedo Goas. Osona Artimur Festival. B-Murals. Spain. (photo © Fer Alcala)

“The fact is that looking for walls outside the big cities can be an alternative solution for artists and cultural managers due to the difficulties that can be found downtown Barcelona,” says Alcalá and colleague Laura Colomé in their description of the massive event. “The rules about architectural aesthetics, the shortage of legal walls and the strong rivalry make managing big events of this nature a very hard task to do.”

Wedo Goas. Osona Artimur Festival. B-Murals. Spain. (photo © Fer Alcala)

Nonetheless, the community spirit and lust for communicating through art-in-the-streets show in the quality and range of works. The modern world may be awash with a sense of chaos, wonder, and mystery in ways we didn’t imagine; it’s precisely why we need to be outside talking about art with each other to contemplate and process the changes in the context of our collective history.

“Rural contexts become new places for researching, innovation, and promoting art,” they tell us. “It’s fair to say that Osona Artimur festival brings new horizons to art in the countryside of Catalunya and these five pioneer villages.”

Sergi Bastida. Osona Artimur Festival. B-Murals. Spain. (photo © Fer Alcala)

Invited artists: Zoer, Ana Barriga, Satone, Nano4814, Luogo Comune, Isaac Cordal, Rosh,  Alberto Montes,  Jan Vallverdú, Marta Lapeña, Eloise Gillow
Artists selected by open call: Twee Muizen, Sergi Bastida, Wedo Goas
Artists working on participatory processes: Daniel Muñoz, Chu Doma,  Alessia Innocenti, Mateu Targa, Zosen

Sergi Bastida. Osona Artimur Festival. B-Murals. Spain. (photo © Fer Alcala)
Sergi Bastida. Osona Artimur Festival. B-Murals. Spain. (photo © Fer Alcala)
Mateu Targa. Osona Artimur Festival. B-Murals. Spain. (photo © Fer Alcala)
Mateu Targa. Osona Artimur Festival. B-Murals. Spain. (photo © Fer Alcala)
Mateu Targa. Osona Artimur Festival. B-Murals. Spain. (photo © Fer Alcala)
Nano4814. Osona Artimur Festival. B-Murals. Spain. (photo © Fer Alcala)
Nano4814. Osona Artimur Festival. B-Murals. Spain. (photo © Fer Alcala)
Nano4814. Osona Artimur Festival. B-Murals. Spain. (photo © Fer Alcala)
ROSH. Osona Artimur Festival. B-Murals. Spain. (photo © Fer Alcala)
ROSH. Osona Artimur Festival. B-Murals. Spain. (photo © Fer Alcala)
ROSH. Osona Artimur Festival. B-Murals. Spain. (photo © Fer Alcala)
SatOne. Osona Artimur Festival. B-Murals. Spain. (photo © Fer Alcala)
SatOne. Osona Artimur Festival. B-Murals. Spain. (photo © Fer Alcala)
SatOne. Osona Artimur Festival. B-Murals. Spain. (photo © Fer Alcala)
Twee Muizen. Osona Artimur Festival. B-Murals. Spain. (photo © Fer Alcala)
Twee Muizen. Osona Artimur Festival. B-Murals. Spain. (photo © Fer Alcala)
Twee Muizen. Osona Artimur Festival. B-Murals. Spain. (photo © Fer Alcala)
Zoer. Osona Artimur Festival. B-Murals. Spain. (photo © Fer Alcala)
Zoer. Osona Artimur Festival. B-Murals. Spain. (photo © Fer Alcala)
Zoer. Osona Artimur Festival. B-Murals. Spain. (photo © Fer Alcala)
Zosen. Osona Artimur Festival. B-Murals. Spain. (photo © Fer Alcala)
Zosen. Osona Artimur Festival. B-Murals. Spain. (photo © Fer Alcala)
Zosen. Osona Artimur Festival. B-Murals. Spain. (photo © Fer Alcala)
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GarGar Festival Penelles Mounts the Show Slow in 2021

GarGar Festival Penelles Mounts the Show Slow in 2021

It’s been a struggle to mount art events in the last year and a half for many reasons. That includes the 6th edition of GarGar Murals and Rural Art Festival in Penelles, Spain.

Malpegados. GarGar Murals and Rural Art Festival 2021. Penelles, Spain. (photo © Lluis Olive-Bulbena)

Instead of grouping all the artists and events and fans together for one short period of high activity, the organizers this year decided “to progressively invite the artists in smaller numbers so they could paint more confidently and feel protected from the virus.”

Now that all the 2021 murals have been painted, BSA collaborator Lluis Olive-Bulbena traveled an hour and a half from Barcelona to capture fresh paint! We thank him and we invite you to enjoy GarGar!

Inspiring Bricks. GarGar Murals and Rural Art Festival 2021. Penelles, Spain. (photo © Lluis Olive-Bulbena)
Miles Elah. GarGar Murals and Rural Art Festival 2021. Penelles, Spain. (photo © Lluis Olive-Bulbena)
Miles Elah. GarGar Murals and Rural Art Festival 2021. Penelles, Spain. (photo © Lluis Olive-Bulbena)
Miles Elah. GarGar Murals and Rural Art Festival 2021. Penelles, Spain. (photo © Lluis Olive-Bulbena)
Miles Elah. GarGar Murals and Rural Art Festival 2021. Penelles, Spain. (photo © Lluis Olive-Bulbena)
Duo Amazonas. GarGar Murals and Rural Art Festival 2021. Penelles, Spain. (photo © Lluis Olive-Bulbena)
Harry Bones. GarGar Murals and Rural Art Festival 2021. Penelles, Spain. (photo © Lluis Olive-Bulbena)
Harry Bones. GarGar Murals and Rural Art Festival 2021. Penelles, Spain. (photo © Lluis Olive-Bulbena)
Harry Bones. Zabou. GarGar Murals and Rural Art Festival 2021. Penelles, Spain. (photo © Lluis Olive-Bulbena)
Harry Bones. Zabou. GarGar Murals and Rural Art Festival 2021. Penelles, Spain. (photo © Lluis Olive-Bulbena)
SAV45. GarGar Murals and Rural Art Festival 2021. Penelles, Spain. (photo © Lluis Olive-Bulbena)
SAV45. GarGar Murals and Rural Art Festival 2021. Penelles, Spain. (photo © Lluis Olive-Bulbena)
Mateu Targa. Detail. GarGar Murals and Rural Art Festival 2021. Penelles, Spain. (photo © Lluis Olive-Bulbena)
Geiser. GarGar Murals and Rural Art Festival 2021. Penelles, Spain. (photo © Lluis Olive-Bulbena)
DIL. GarGar Murals and Rural Art Festival 2021. Penelles, Spain. (photo © Lluis Olive-Bulbena)
Musa. GarGar Murals and Rural Art Festival 2021. Penelles, Spain. (photo © Lluis Olive-Bulbena)
Mina Hamada & Zosen. GarGar Murals and Rural Art Festival 2021. Penelles, Spain. (photo © Lluis Olive-Bulbena)
Mina Hamada & Zosen. GarGar Murals and Rural Art Festival 2021. Penelles, Spain. (photo © Lluis Olive-Bulbena)
Wedo. GarGar Murals and Rural Art Festival 2021. Penelles, Spain. (photo © Lluis Olive-Bulbena)
Pablo Astrain. GarGar Murals and Rural Art Festival 2021. Penelles, Spain. (photo © Lluis Olive-Bulbena)
Pablo Astrain. GarGar Murals and Rural Art Festival 2021. Penelles, Spain. (photo © Lluis Olive-Bulbena)
Tope. GarGar Murals and Rural Art Festival 2021. Penelles, Spain. (photo © Lluis Olive-Bulbena)

Click HERE to learn more about GarGar Festival.

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35 Artists in Barcelona Trying To Save The Arctic with Greenpeace

35 Artists in Barcelona Trying To Save The Arctic with Greenpeace

Yesterday our posting was about artists in London creating works about endangered species and today we go to Barcelona where 35 artists joined with Greenpeace and a local group named RebobinArt on April 9th to create works centered on environmental issues, especially the quickly disappearing polar ice cap.

Only three days later scientists announced that the Greenland “Melt” has happened one month earlier than usual this year, smashing records and causing scientists to reexamine their measuring instruments to make sure they were working correctly.

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La Castillo. Save The Arctic. Barcelona, Spain. April 2016. (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)

The art-platform model of RebobinArt is interesting because they are a community organization that manages spaces and issues permits for painting for competitions, festivals, exhibitions, educational programs, and cause-based events like this one.

Under the guidance of Director Marc Garcia, RobobinArt promotes and facilitates a different sort of public painting that is not strictly commercial and yet it is clearly not the freewheeling graffiti/street art based stuff that made Barcelona such a magnet for artists in the early-mid 2000s.

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DASE. Save The Arctic. Barcelona, Spain. April 2016. (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)

Done along a 600 meter long strip in the neighborhood of Poblenou many artists joined in to paint simultaneously and talk about issues like biodiversity and the melting of the arctic. Artists included :  AKORE, Dase, Rupper Artgigena, Labuenaylamala, Cheko, EDJINN, Laura Torroba, Mateu Targa, 400kunstler, Jaloóndeaquiles, Ulises Mendicutty, Joaquim Riaq, Santa sudaka, Penao, ENER, Tayone Grey Rainbow, Axe Colours, Bublegum, Mariajo, Rubicon1 , Camil Escruela, Elru Ghyart, El Xupet Negre , Mr. Sis , Kimo Osuna, H3L-X, Eva Zurita, and LaCastillo, among others.

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Axe Colours. Save The Arctic. Barcelona, Spain. April 2016. (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)

 

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Santa Sudaka. Save The Arctic. Barcelona, Spain. April 2016. (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)

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Pau Lopez Vila. Save The Arctic. Barcelona, Spain. April 2016. (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)

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Kimo Osuna. Save The Arctic. Barcelona, Spain. April 2016. (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)

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Mr. Sis. Save The Arctic. Barcelona, Spain. April 2016. (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)

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Color In Action. Save The Arctic. Barcelona, Spain. April 2016. (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)

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Ahanko Mimiko . Riaq Miuq. Save The Arctic. Barcelona, Spain. April 2016. (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)

Our very special thanks to photographer Lluis Olive Bulbena for sharing these exclusive photos with BSA readers.

 

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A Nice Gesture: HANDS Project In Barcelona

A Nice Gesture: HANDS Project In Barcelona

With the international banking crises continuing to force everyday citizens to suffer, Spain is one of the more recent “developed” countries being forced to cut programs and services for its people. Just this past Saturday tens of thousands of Spaniards marched through cities across the country to protest deep austerity, the privatization of public services and political corruption. With tens of thousands of closed businesses and an economy in severe retraction and cuts to education and health programs, the pain hits the youth particularly hard as 55% of people under the age of 25 are unemployed.

Octavi Serra, Mateu Targa, Daniel Llugany and Pau Garcia. “HANDS”. January, 2013. Barcelona, Spain. (photo © Pau Garcia Sanchez)

To reflect this environment on the streets, four artists have begun a Street Art installation in Barcelona that highlights the human aspect of the economic crisis using sculptures of hands strategically placed in the public sphere. The results of HANDS are subtle but effective, and many passersby interact with them, take photos of them, pose with them, stand and discuss these gestural conversation pieces. Poignant and pointed, the installations aim to help people draw the connection between the crisis and those who ultimately are responsible.

All involved in the field of visual arts, the artists who have a hand in HANDS are Octavi Serra, Mateu Targa, Daniel Llugany and Pau Garcia.  You may now applaud if you like.

Octavi Serra, Mateu Targa, Daniel Llugany and Pau Garcia. “HANDS”. January, 2013. Barcelona, Spain. (photo © Pau Garcia Sanchez)

Octavi Serra, Mateu Targa, Daniel Llugany and Pau Garcia. “HANDS”. January, 2013. Barcelona, Spain. (photo © Pau Garcia Sanchez)

Octavi Serra, Mateu Targa, Daniel Llugany and Pau Garcia. “HANDS”. January, 2013. Barcelona, Spain. (photo © Pau Garcia Sanchez)

Octavi Serra, Mateu Targa, Daniel Llugany and Pau Garcia. “HANDS”. January, 2013. Barcelona, Spain. (photo © Pau Garcia Sanchez)

Octavi Serra, Mateu Targa, Daniel Llugany and Pau Garcia. “HANDS”. January, 2013. Barcelona, Spain. (photo © Pau Garcia Sanchez)

Octavi Serra, Mateu Targa, Daniel Llugany and Pau Garcia. “HANDS”. January, 2013. Barcelona, Spain. (photo © Pau Garcia Sanchez)

Octavi Serra, Mateu Targa, Daniel Llugany and Pau Garcia. “HANDS”. January, 2013. Barcelona, Spain. (photo © Pau Garcia Sanchez)

Octavi Serra, Mateu Targa, Daniel Llugany and Pau Garcia. “HANDS”. January, 2013. Barcelona, Spain. (photo © Pau Garcia Sanchez)

Go to HANDS for more about this project.

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