{"id":515,"date":"2013-01-01T10:30:13","date_gmt":"2013-01-01T10:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kersavond.augustfirst.de\/?p=515"},"modified":"2019-03-19T14:59:22","modified_gmt":"2019-03-19T14:59:22","slug":"street-art-shanghai-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/en\/2013\/01\/street-art-shanghai-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"streetart shanghai 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

in early 2012 I flew to shanghai for 5 days, my only goal being to take street art photos there. ok, 5 days aren\u2019t very long and january in shanghai is also pretty cold, but I simply had to do it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I brought along a couple tips with me, e.g. that there is a legal sprayer\u2019s wall in moganshan road. however, I had heard that the wall was to be demolished a couple of weeks before my arrival. I also tried to reach dezio (an active sprayer in shanghai) via flickr, but unfortunately did not receive an answer. so I simply flew there, hoping for the best.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

my hostel was located in huangpu, one of the eight \u201cinner\u201d city districts, and thankfully it was right in the middle of an old neighborhood. it had everything that I love about china: colorful life in the streets and delicious food stalls, all far away from the official shopping boulevards. as a trade-off, I was willing to accept the fact that my hostel had no heating. I only removed my jacket when I went to bed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

the day after my arrival, I took the metro toward the \u201cwall\u201d and after a few detours, explored the neighboring districts. between the many skyscrapers you can always find older residential districts; some of them are completely vacant and run-down, others area still partially inhabited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

these \u201cdistricts of upheaval\u201d offer the perfect conditions to find street art: a high wall enclosing the demolition work. and lo and behold, I found some large stencils, a bunch of graffiti by storm, ether, utah and dezio, and even a banksy. incidentally, I would find further work by storm, utah and dezio more often over the next few days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n