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URBAN.TALKS

Dialogue encounters with urban creatives and professionals from around the globe. Sharing personal stories, revealing different perceptions of art, sparking dialogue and public discourse.

  • Interview with French graffiti writer Lady K: "Rather than shock, I would like to lead people to think that a more direct democracy would be much more beneficial for everyone. We could have a symbiotic type of political philosophy where

  • Interview with the Viennese urban artist Manuel Skirl: "I think I first had to show myself and others that I could put just as good graffiti on the streets as everyone else, and then realize that I actually wanted to

  • Interview with the Berlin artist OKSE 126 / CMYK Dots: "Street art for me is working on the street, in the form of paste-ups, stencils, installations, and other creative ways to transform urban space. When I go to a gallery

  • Interview with the Argentinian artist Caro Pepe: "I present to my viewers my most essential truth, almost like a confession of who I am and how I feel. With that, I intend to be the trigger, to stimulate self-reflection, to

  • Interview with the Tuscan graffiti crew: "The role of urban art is fundamental to convey positive and proactive messages, of change and a sense of belonging to a society that needs the attention of each of us to improve.

  • Interview with the Iranian street artist MAD: "I think art can take the form of protest, addressing political and social issues with direct action. Art can connect you to your senses, body, and mind. It can make people sympathize with

  • Interview with Tuscan urban artist Elfo: "Nature, time, and boredom fascinate me, while the random variation of everyday monotony inspires me

  • Interview with Spanish urban artist Mikel Remak: "I think my works tell of a search. A search that is not always clear or evident. A relationship between the spiritual and the earthly. An invitation to travel through abstract landscapes."

  • Interview with Antonino Perrotta about Diamante Murales 40: "I think that the figure of the urban curator is essential for the synthesis of these projects. It is a professional figure that is still not recognized and not fully formed because

  • Interview with Dutch urban artist GOMAD: "As an artist you always keep developing and renewing your style. The realism and surrealism is always part of my work: realism with the way I paint my eyes, portraits, flowers, and birds, and

  • Interview with Polish street artist NeSpoon: "I’ve never liked laces. Before I started working with them, I thought lace was something old-fashioned, from a grandmother’s dusty apartment. Today it seems to me that in every lace there is a universal

  • Interview with Spanish neon artist SPIDERTAG: "Composition is key for street art and muralism. You work with the space. And then, I use my own language, created from primitive signs and basic geometry from the prehistoric times to create this

  • Interview with Dominique Barlaud about MONEY FOR NOTHING: "The project became conceptual as it was built. Each of the works has been purchased, and some of the banknotes are museum pieces. I wish to ensure, through the legal status, the

  • Interview with Florentine artist MONOGRAFF: "In summary, I look for inspiration in those who are able to create interventions that have a real link with the place, who do not allow their works to be exploited by advertising or institutions,

  • Interview with Berlin artist and muralist KERA: "What drives me are the projects outside. Creating something with my hands and being physically active. The exchange and influences of different cities, countries and also cultures. Getting to know different people and

  • Interview with Turin based street artist MORB: "Street art, I would dare say, has a more collective impact. It brings people together and detaches them from their lives; it alienates them for a few moments; it immerses them in a

  • Interview with Marco Mantovani, artistic director of Stradedarts and organizer of the festival Quattordio Urban Art, as well as a pioneer of the Milanese graffiti writing scene, who has been active on the streets since 1988 under the name KayOne:

  • Interview with Spanish painter and street artist Gerbos Mad City: "Interaction with people has always been the main idea and sense for me to paint and to create, because for me the reason to do and to live is to

  • Interview with Roman painter and street artist Marco Rèa: "Art makes a society more mature and sensitive. I imagine an ordinary person walking along and being totally enraptured by a work on a wall. Maybe they don't fully grasp the

  • Interview with Italian painter and muralist Gola Hundun about his new project HABITAT: "The natural kingdom has always influenced and guided the human imagination and continues and will continue to do so. The generating force of nature is an artistic