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About #StillStand project<\/h4>\n\n

In the middle of the crisis \u2013 in the standstill \u2013 we (artists) are still standing!<\/p>\n\n

A project by Urban Spree Gallery and Se\u00f1or Schnu in Berlin.<\/em><\/h4><\/h4>\n\n

The Urban Spree Gallery in Berlin is one of the most internationally renowned addresses for urban art in Germany since 2012. The artists’ residency, the exhibition space, the bookshop & shop as well as the concert hall and beer garden were now completely closed by Corona.<\/p>\n\n

Over the years, the 120m2 wall of one of the buildings facing the Warschauer Br\u00fccke has been painted by artists for each exhibition. Among them were internationally renowned artists such as 1UP, ABOVE, Broken Finger Crew, DAZE, HONET, Jim Avignon, M-City, Mode2, Rylsee, Twoone, Victor Ash, ZEVS, Marina Zumi and many more.<\/p>\n\n

In times of Corona \u2013 in which artists have hardly any possibilities to exhibit and produce for projects \u2013 this wall, which is well known in Berlin, is now, through a past Open Call, giving Berlin artists the chance to express themselves outdoors, on a large format, on the subject of Corona and art, and to collectively move forward productively and creatively in order to avoid an absolute standstill. However, no event will take place.<\/p>\n\n

In mid-May 2020, a five-member jury consisting of the director of Urban Spree, Pascal Feucher, the initiator and artist Se\u00f1or Schnu, as well as the artists Johannes Mundinger and Julia Benz and the art historian Katia Hermann, selected four artists. In the selection process, attention was paid to the thematic reference, originality, quality, feasibility, style and parity.<\/p>\n\n

Every 10 days from May to July 2020 a new work will be created on the 120m2 wall. The murals will be presented through photography, drone shots and video documentation in an online exhibition on the internet and social media by the Urban Spree Gallery. Passers-by can only see the works from a distance from the bridge.<\/p>\n\n

The project is supported by Molotow, Pandemic Healing Arts, Neis Design BLN, We did nothing wrong e.V., D\u00e4mmisol, Cosmopola, Urbanpresents, Urban Spree Galerie, Lauritz Kurth, Katia Hermann<\/strong> und Anette Mischler<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n

The chosen artists are (in order of production): HowtokillaGraffiti, Ida Lawrence, Coco Bergholm<\/strong> and the duo Arbeitstitel<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n

The artist HowtokillaGraffiti<\/a> started the first production, which he completed within four days. His mural was on display until the 5.06.2020. Then the Australian artist\u00a0 da Lawrence<\/a> started and produced her wall painting in five days. Her mural could be seen until the 18.06.2020. The third work was delivered by the painter Coco Bergholm<\/u> within six days and could now be seen until the 2.06.2020. The duo Arbeitstitel painted in six days and their work can be viewed until 24.07.<\/p>\n\n

The Berlin Duo Arbeitstitel is a young visual artist duo founded in 2017 and consisting of Robert Westphal and Laurent Wians. Together they create abstract paintings and works with different media. They understand their work as a continuous process and deal with structures, orders, hierarchies and systems in abstraction.<\/p>\n\n

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