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Checking into France’s “Hotel 128”

Checking into France’s “Hotel 128”

August 29, 2019

Right in the heart of the 13 buildings of Street Art City, (click HERE to read our article from yesterday), you’ll find Hotel 128.

The 4-story building, 14 meters high, 53 meters long, 11 meters wide, is home to 128 rooms  – thus the name. A derelict structure reserved for fulsome installations all individually painted by an international roster of artists invited in residency to paint by the co-founders Gilles and Sylvie.

ASU. Hotel 128 at Street Art City. (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)

Paid tours are available, artists are invited, and some programming happens on the grounds just to keep the conditions of the property cared for. Unlike many “artist takeover” buildings, none of these are slotted for destruction any time soon, so the artists are going to continue to explore their ideas for the foreseeable future and you are welcome to check-in anytime.

Here are some detail shots from a selection of rooms from BSA contributor Lluis Olive Bulbena.

ASU. Hotel 128 at Street Art City. (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)
ASU. Hotel 128 at Street Art City. (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)
OJI . FVP. Hotel 128 at Street Art City. (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)
SPYK. Hotel 128 at Street Art City. (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)
SPYK. Hotel 128 at Street Art City. (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)
Raquel Bergueret. Hotel 128 at Street Art City. (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)
Gomad. Hotel 128 at Street Art City. (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)
Mosko. Hotel 128 at Street Art City. (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)
Mosko. Hotel 128 at Street Art City. (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)
Krystx. Hotel 128 at Street Art City. (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)
Krystx. Hotel 128 at Street Art City. (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)
Krystx. Hotel 128 at Street Art City. (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)
Krystx. Hotel 128 at Street Art City. (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)
Wesl. Hotel 128 at Street Art City. (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)
Draw. Hotel 128 at Street Art City. (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)
Kelkin. Hotel 128 at Street Art City. (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)
Emar. Hotel 128 at Street Art City. (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)
Emar. Hotel 128 at Street Art City. (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)
Treze. Hotel 128 at Street Art City. (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)
Art Is Not A Crime. Hotel 128 at Street Art City. (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)
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Selections from Farm Country: GarGar2 Festival in Penelles, Spain.

Selections from Farm Country: GarGar2 Festival in Penelles, Spain.

June 13, 2017

A well branded cultural initiative brings for the second edition a festival of art, music, craft beer, food trucks, workshops to the village of Penelles in Spain, including 900 square meters of murals in this town with farmer roots and low one story buildings.

It has become almost a formula for cities and municipalities to inject a youthful culture and energy into an area – as you may expect, it is about striking a balance and treating all of your artists well and creating a mixture of events and opportunities for the people to engage with the scene. Even when the population of your Catalonian town is a little less than 500 people.

Fonoll Mas. GarGar Festival. Penelles, Spain. May 2017. (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)

GarGar2 just happened in May with about 30 artists displaying public art in disciplines that touch on almost all of the currently used styles on the street; aerosol, wild style, figurative, illustration, neo-realism, photorealist, commercially slick, folk heroism, calligraphy, text based, pop art, abstract optics, political commentary, brush paint, stencil, craft, crochet, primitive sculpture… Organizers have studied the websites and social postings and surveyed closely what is happening in the mural/Street Art scene and are presenting a cross-section of at least one example of every category.

Sebastien Waknine. GarGar Festival. Penelles, Spain. May 2017. (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)

The somewhat arid agricultural community is spread out over many small roads and fields of wheat, rye, and corn. Old buildings are used for small art exhibitions and music venues – with many of the performing solo artists and ensembles playing a familiar mix of folk, jazz, afrocarribean, and electronic genres that merge local with international tastes.

It is a polished presentation meant to draw attention to the town, and we are thankful to photographer Lluis Olive Bulbena for capturing some of the images from this year’s festival. Following it is a video from last years’ GarGar.

Sebastien Waknine. Detail. GarGar Festival. Penelles, Spain. May 2017. (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)

Sebastien Waknine. GarGar Festival. Penelles, Spain. May 2017. (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)

BYG. GarGar Festival. Penelles, Spain. May 2017. (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)

Draw . Contra. Detail. GarGar Festival. Penelles, Spain. May 2017. (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)

Draw . Contra. Detail. GarGar Festival. Penelles, Spain. May 2017. (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)

Draw . Contra. Detail. GarGar Festival. Penelles, Spain. May 2017. (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)

Asu Calligraphy. GarGar Festival. Penelles, Spain. May 2017. (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)

Miquel Wert. Detail. GarGar Festival. Penelles, Spain. May 2017. (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)

Miquel Wert. GarGar Festival. Penelles, Spain. May 2017. (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)

Draw . Contra. GarGar Festival. Penelles, Spain. May 2017. (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)

Ryan Smeeton. Detail. GarGar Festival. Penelles, Spain. May 2017. (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)

Ryan Smeeton. GarGar Festival. Penelles, Spain. May 2017. (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)

Paella. GarGar Festival. Penelles, Spain. May 2017. (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)

Paella. GarGar Festival. Penelles, Spain. May 2017. (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)

Zeso WS. Detail. GarGar Festival. Penelles, Spain. May 2017. (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)

Zeso WS. GarGar Festival. Penelles, Spain. May 2017. (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)

Jofre Works. GarGar Festival. Penelles, Spain. May 2017. (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)

TV Boy. GarGar Festival. Penelles, Spain. May 2017. (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)

GarGar 2016

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Spanish Museum Exhibition brings Urban Art Inside and Out to the Streets : Murcia

Spanish Museum Exhibition brings Urban Art Inside and Out to the Streets : Murcia

May 23, 2017

Museo de Bellas Artes de Murcia mounts “Arte urbano: De la calle al museo”

“From the Streets to The Museum” features 85 international artists from all corners of the world.

Kobra. Detail. Murcia Street Art Project. Murcia, Spain. May 2017. (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)

In April the Museum of Fine Arts of Murcia (Mubam) in Southeastern Spain mounted an exhibition gathering 85 artists from 23 countries entitled ‘Urban Art: from the street to the museum’. Among the artists include Blek Le Rat, Blade, Cope2, Shepard Fairey, Vinz, Vhils, London Police, Futura, JonOne, Bordalo II, Dran, even Cornbread – who is credited by many as having lit the fire under graffiti in Philadelphia in the late 1960s.

Outside, where this scene originated, the museum also created an exhibition of many current practitioners in the areas of graffiti, Street Art, and mural making in different locations in the city of Murcia – including names like Kobra, L7M, Callizo, Lily Brik, and Dale Grimshaw.

Here are a few examples of new works in the streets for the Murcia Street Art Project as captured by photographer Lluis Olive Bulbena especially for BSA readers.

Kobra. Murcia Street Art Project. Murcia, Spain. May 2017. (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)

Lily Brik. Detail. Murcia Street Art Project. Murcia, Spain. May 2017. (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)

Lily Brik. Murcia Street Art Project. Murcia, Spain. May 2017. (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)

L7Matrix. Murcia Street Art Project. Murcia, Spain. May 2017. (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)

L7Matrix. Murcia Street Art Project. Murcia, Spain. May 2017. (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)

Draw to the left with Dale Grimshaw on the right. Murcia Street Art Project. Murcia, Spain. May 2017. (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)

Draw. Detail. Murcia Street Art Project. Murcia, Spain. May 2017. (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)

Dale Grimshaw. Detail. Murcia Street Art Project. Murcia, Spain. May 2017. (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)

D Juez. Murcia Street Art Project. Murcia, Spain. May 2017. (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)

Zaiman. Murcia Street Art Project. Murcia, Spain. May 2017. (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)

Zaiman. Murcia Street Art Project. Murcia, Spain. May 2017. (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)

SoFreeSo. Murcia Street Art Project. Murcia, Spain. May 2017. (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)

Mr. Chapu. Murcia Street Art Project. Murcia, Spain. May 2017. (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)

Toren. Murcia Street Art Project. Murcia, Spain. May 2017. (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)

Carlos Callizo. Murcia Street Art Project. Murcia, Spain. May 2017. (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)

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