- 17. December 2022
MIRROR TALK – SPAIR (2nd edition)
Read moreSPAIR. Five letters which appear mostly as chrome and black tags, rooftops, line- and streetpieces all across the city of Berlin. The simplicity in letter design is what gives these writings a undeniable recognizability. But the writings can also be found far away from crowded spots right in the middle of the city. Especially in hidden rooms inside of bridges,…
- 9. September 2022
Radical Passion
Read moreWithin the graffiti culture trains are more than just a means to the end for getting your name up more than by painting on walls. Many trainwriters have favourite models, others hunt down rare ones even on a global scale and try to paint them. There is an undeniable overlap of those who write on trains and those who belong…
- 1. September 2022
RACHE – THE ART OF RAGE
Read moreRAGE is one of Hamburg’s most important and active trainwriters. As member of the legendary DSF crew, he developed an own catchy style right from the beginning in 1998 when he switched to the name. THE ART OF RAGE was first published in 2017 as a massive 288-paged hardcover and looked back on the last 20 years of his writing…
- 1. August 2022
SELFIES – Peter Michalski
Read moreFor SELFIES we teamed up with legendary Peter Michalski, an expert for uncommissioned public works on walls and trains since the mid 80s, and furthermore passionate lover of the Abstract Expressionists. For the analysis of this extraordinary series he solely used the clear and straight photographs of the unsigned wholecars.
- 8. July 2022
TAG: name writing in public space
Read moreOn 14th and 15th September 2017 Edward Birzin and Javier Abarca, both eminent authorities within the field of graffiti related research, organized the first Tag Conference at the Graduate School of North American Studies at Freie Universität Berlin. The hosts managed to bring together an impressive range of scholars, each of them working on partly historic forms of namewriting, which…
- 2. July 2022
Emmett Edelstein: 2017
Read moreThe Berlin-based photographer Emmett Edelstein has launched an annual publication series that shows his personal favourite selection of photos from one year in one zine. The latest one is focussing on “2017”. All images are set as large as possible to see all the details.
- 10. June 2022
Nuart Journal – #6 RECONNECT
Read moreWithin the last years the Nuart Journal established itself as the leading publication for critical commentary on urban art, street art and graffiti. It includes traditional peer-reviewed academic papers as well as more experimental modes of research. It is a site for scholars, artists, curators and independent researchers to publish articles, conversations, reviews, projects and opinion pieces on street art…
- 26. May 2022
SYSTEM OF HANDSTYLES – Gossenpost
Read more“After a decade of cycling the streets of OFFM (Offenbach and Frankfurt/Main), taking thousands of photos and releasing five thematic issues of Gossenpost-magazine, time has come for this catalog.”
- 5. May 2022
Depicting Recent Memories
Read moreIn the late 1990s and early 2000s the Berlin based DRM crew have been one of the most famous trainwriting crews the capital had to offer. Their legendary status which lasts until today was established by the group’s ultimate mix of immense quantity and the highest quality pieces. AREA, RUZD79 (†), RAGE, TOK and FREAK are only a few names…
- 10. April 2022
BITTE LEBN – Urbane Kunst & Subkultur in Berlin 2003-2021
Read moreIn the last two decades the cityscape of Berlin has changed a lot. Many wastelands have been built on and subcultural institutions have been displaced or have disappeared altogether. The impressive book BITTE LEBN (“Please Live”) describes in detail what has happened in and around these open spaces over the past 20 years.
