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MEMUR Part II:  Graffiti Jam Walls in Oldenburg, Germany

MEMUR Part II: Graffiti Jam Walls in Oldenburg, Germany

Today we have part two of our coverage of the MEMUR Festival in Oldenburg, Germany. More than 30 regional and international artists painted a 280-meter-long wall of the railway elevation on the Oldenburg federal railway path – street artists on one side, graffiti artists on the other. In addition to the aerosol action, there was a photo exhibition featuring our featured documentarians, Martha Cooper and Nika Kramer, film screenings, photography and art workshops, and an educational program in cooperation with the Oldenburg City Museum and the Oldenburg Prevention Council.

1Up Crew. Memur Festival. Oldenburg, Germany. (photo © Nika Kramer)

Organizers say they needed 500 liters of wall paint just to prime the walls, and probably 1000 spray cans were used during the 3-day event. The 3D style is ruling the moment, but you can see bubble style and semi-wildstyle, some neofuturism, – as well as introductions of characters and brief fictional scenarios. Most importantly, most of the pieces get ample space to breathe and to stand on their own.

See Part 1 here: Evolution of a Revolution: MEMUR Part I in Oldenburg; Street Art

1Up Crew. Memur Festival. Oldenburg, Germany. (photo © Martha Cooper)
1Up Crew. Memur Festival. Oldenburg, Germany. (photo © Nika Kramer)
1Up Crew. Memur Festival. Oldenburg, Germany. (photo © Martha Cooper)
1Up Crew. Memur Festival. Oldenburg, Germany. (photo © Nika Kramer)
SANY. Memur Festival. Oldenburg, Germany. (photo © Martha Cooper)
SANY. Memur Festival. Oldenburg, Germany. (photo © Nika Kramer)
TOKK. Memur Festival. Oldenburg, Germany. (photo © Martha Cooper)
TOKK. Memur Festival. Oldenburg, Germany. (photo © Martha Cooper)
TOKK. Memur Festival. Oldenburg, Germany. (photo © Martha Cooper)
TOKK. Memur Festival. Oldenburg, Germany. (photo © Martha Cooper)
TOKK. Memur Festival. Oldenburg, Germany. (photo © Martha Cooper)
TOKK. Memur Festival. Oldenburg, Germany. (photo © Martha Cooper)
I am Awesome Mama/City Slickaz. Memur Festival. Oldenburg, Germany. (photo © Martha Cooper)
I am Awesome Mama/City Slickaz. Memur Festival. Oldenburg, Germany. (photo © Martha Cooper)
Peser. Memur Festival. Oldenburg, Germany. (photo © Martha Cooper)
Rofiks. Memur Festival. Oldenburg, Germany. (photo © Martha Cooper)
Rofiks. Memur Festival. Oldenburg, Germany. (photo © Martha Cooper)
Rofiks. Memur Festival. Oldenburg, Germany. (photo © Martha Cooper)
Peser. Rofiks. Memur Festival. Oldenburg, Germany. (photo © Martha Cooper)
Peser. Rofiks. Memur Festival. Oldenburg, Germany. (photo © Martha Cooper)
Padio. Memur Festival. Oldenburg, Germany. (photo © Martha Cooper)
Padio. Memur Festival. Oldenburg, Germany. (photo © Martha Cooper)
Unidentified artist. Memur Festival. Oldenburg, Germany. (photo © Martha Cooper)
Unidentified artist. Memur Festival. Oldenburg, Germany. (photo © Martha Cooper)
Memorial Piece. Wasted Youth. Memur Festival. Oldenburg, Germany. (photo © Martha Cooper)
Unidentified artist. Memur Festival. Oldenburg, Germany. (photo © Martha Cooper)
Unidentified artist. Memur Festival. Oldenburg, Germany. (photo © Martha Cooper)
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OKUDA Finds “Puppy Love” in Oldengburg, Germany

OKUDA Finds “Puppy Love” in Oldengburg, Germany

“It’s like performance art,” says film director Michael Maxxis, as he watches street artist Okuda painting a scene from Maxxis’ new film here in Oldenburg, Germany. It’s unusual for this city to have graffiti or street art, so this commercial painting by a street artist is pretty close to the real thing.

OKUDA. Puppy Love. Oldenburg, Germany. (photo © Nika Kramer)

According to the Spanish artist, he took a screenshot of one of his favorite scenes and the idea was to bring the main characters in the movie to his own world. With eye-popping color and unusual combinations of geometrics with organic forms, he succeeds in sparking your imagination into an alternative-world of play. For the director, the image that Okuda selected to paint is a representation of the paradise of childhood.

OKUDA. Puppy Love. Oldenburg, Germany. (photo © Nika Kramer)

The Filmmaker and writer and director has known Okuda for a few years and loves his work – Okuda even designed the film posters for the movie. Here in Olderburg, it appears to be love at first sight.

Our sincere thanks to photographer Nika Kramer who shares this story and her photographic documentation of this painting under the stunning September skies of northern Germany.

OKUDA. Puppy Love. Oldenburg, Germany. (photo © Nika Kramer)
OKUDA. Puppy Love. Oldenburg, Germany. (photo © Nika Kramer)
OKUDA. Puppy Love. Oldenburg, Germany. (photo © Nika Kramer)
OKUDA. Puppy Love. Oldenburg, Germany. (photo © Nika Kramer)
OKUDA. Puppy Love. Oldenburg, Germany. (photo © Nika Kramer)
OKUDA. Puppy Love. Oldenburg, Germany. (photo © Nika Kramer)
OKUDA. Puppy Love. Oldenburg, Germany. (photo © Nika Kramer)
OKUDA. Puppy Love. Oldenburg, Germany. (photo © Nika Kramer)
OKUDA. Puppy Love. Oldenburg, Germany. (photo © Nika Kramer)
OKUDA. Puppy Love. Oldenburg, Germany. (photo © Nika Kramer)
A scene from Puppy Love, the opening movie of Filmfest Oldenburg in Germany. This screen photo shows the scene that inspired Okuda’s mural. (photo © Nika Kramer)
OKUDA. Puppy Love. Oldenburg, Germany. (photo © Nika Kramer)
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