Nuart 2014 • Part II

When first seeing this year’s visual identity of Nuart Festival with SpY’s installation of 150 fake security cameras on a building facade in Madrid from 2013 (more info), we knew that exciting things were about to happen in Norway. As you know from our previous posts, the Nuart 2014 edition focused on street art activism and safe murals, and their impact on the evolution of the movement. After Part I, we continue with new outdoor pieces and also the indoor installations of the participating artists.

 

SpY 

SpY’s mural for the 2014 Nuart Festival is the word “ERROR” painted in red on the facade of a building in a neighbourhood in Stavanger, Norway. The choice to leave the “OR” on a different part of the building and also the level of transparency in the intense red color, which almost comes as a warning pointing towards the decay of the building, is very interesting. It kind of shows that errors exist, and that we should take action instead of hiding them. And it also gives the impression that adding the word “human” in front of the existing one would not be an error.

SpY - ERROR

SpY - ERROR

SpY - ERROR

SpY - ERROR

Images © SpY / Visit his Facebook page and Instagram for updates.

The word “ERROR” was also part of the Nuart’s exhibition, but juxtaposed with the letter “T”, thus becoming “TERROR”.

SpY - Nuart 2014 / Photo © Henrik Haven

SpY – Installation at Tou Scene / Photo © Henrik Haven via Brooklyn Street Art

 

Biancoshock

Probably one of the most talked about works of this year’s edition was the ‘SOCIAL REICH’ of Biancoshock, who turned four Facebook logos into the Nazi symbol to express the idea of control in a social media dependent society, which can become really dangerous in case of misuse. He offered BSA more info about this work, so learn more here.

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Biancoshock – ‘SOCIAL REICH’ / Photo © Ian Cox. Follow the artist on FacebookInstagramYoutube.

The outdoor installation of Biancoshock, entitled ‘Egocentric’, stole a good section of the city square for several hours on a busy shopping day, according to the organizers. The no-exit red carpet is perhaps one of the best metaphors we’ve seen to express this concept.

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Biancoshock – ‘Egocentric’ / Photo via Nuart

 

Borondo

If you happened to be in Stavanger in the past week, you could not only admire the beautiful mural of Borondo, but also explore his indoor installation at Tou Scene. The image of ruins on the floor and the shadows of the body parts on the wall offered visitors a powerful visual experience.

Borondo Nuart 2014

Borondo / Photo via Nuart. Check his Facebook page as well.

Borondo

Borondo Nuart 2014

Borondo/ Photos © Ian Cox

 

Icy and Sot

The stenciled mural of artist duo Icy and Sot is a highly detailed representation of homeless people. The piece is so striking, especially when knowing that it is painted near an outdoor encampment of homeless travelers, according to BSA.

Icy and Sot Nuart 2014

Icy and Sot – ‘Homelessness’ / Photo © Ian Cox. Follow them on Facebook, Vimeo and Instagram.

If some of you recall the Welling Court mural, here, the work ‘Let her be free is turned into an installation. The birds, like shadows of a freedom that the little girl cannot yet access, as well as her gaze, looking directly into the eyes of the viewer, make the work even more powerful.

Icy and Sot

Icy and Sot

Icy and Sot – indoor installation / Photos via the artists

Their iconic piece of the year, first seen in an abandoned building in NYC (read story on SAN and find out more here), replaced outdoor advertisements in Stavanger.

Icy and Sot

Icy and Sot / Photo via Nuart

 

±MAISMENOS± 

We introduced you to ±MAISMENOS± in our Part I coverage of Nuart Festival. Now, we are back with his new works for Nuart 2014. The first is a mural, based on the word play “Norway”/ “No way”, on the EU flag background, and the second – an indoor installation called “Eurosion”.

MAISMENOS / Photo: Ian Cox

MAISMENOS / Photo: Ian Cox

±MAISMENOS± / Photos © Ian Cox. Follow him on Facebook and Vimeo.

Marshall McLuhan’s “The medium is the message”, based on the idea that the medium influences how the message is perceived (from Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man), becomes, in the vision of ±MAISMENOS±, “The Medium is the Mess Age”.

MAISMENOS / Photo: Ian Cox

±MAISMENOS± / Photo © Ian Cox

According to the artist: “This statue in the city of Stavanger, called ‘ten cents a day’, is dedicated to the people who worked in the fishing economy of Norway. It now has an oil rig over the fish tray, made of plastic waste found in the surroundings. The now called ‘ten billion a day’ statue represents the new economy over the old economy in the Europe’s country leading oil producer”.

MAISMENOS / Photo: Ian Cox

±MAISMENOS± / Photo © Ian Cox

And, finally, we have this enormous outdoor signature of the artist, placed near the mural of STRØK.

MAISMENOS / Photo: Ian Cox

±MAISMENOS± / Photo © Ian Cox

 

TILT

Besides the grenade mural, his ‘Panic Restrooms’ installation was something many were anxious to see after his 2012 success with the ‘Panic Room‘ project. Again, the contrast between the pure white and traditional graffiti is a hit, this time at Nuart.

TILT in Norway

TILT / Photo ©Ian Cox. Follow the artist on Facebook for more.

TILT Nuart

TILT / Photo © Ian Cox

 

Levalet

After spotting him this summer at Memorie Urbane, in Italy, Levalet was also a guest of Nuart Festival 2014, with two projects concerning war and peace (outdoor) and a reference to the oil industry (the indoor installation).

Levalet - Guerre et Paix

Levalet – ‘Guerre et Paix’ / Photo © Ian Cox.

Levalet - Guerre et Paix

Levalet

Levalet

Levalet Nuart

Levalet – ‘Guerre et Paix’ / Photos via the artist

Levalet - Oil

Levalet - Oil

Levalet - Oil

Levalet - Oil

Levalet - Oil

Levalet – ‘Oil’ / Photos via the artist

 

Nuart’s murals and installations – More to see

John Fekner

John Fekner / Photo © Ian Cox.

According to the Nuart team, the installation “includes the original archive ‘Decay’ stencil from 1973. The tower of TVs have been hot wired to run John’s archive of protest images, many of which include early activist graffiti.”

View his ‘Broken Promises’ mural in our Nuart 2014 – Part I.

DOT DOT DOT

DOT DOT DOT / Photo © Henrik Haven. Also check the artist’s works on Instagram.

DOT DOT DOT

DOT DOT DOT / Photo © Ian Cox

STROK and MAISMENOS / Photo: Anders Gjennestad

STRØK and ±MAISMENOS± / Photo © Anders Gjennestad

STROK

STRØK/ Photo found on the artist’s Facebook page.

Check BSAs roundup to find out more about the mural and also view his pieces for Memorie Urbane 2014 here.

Andreco

Andreco

Andreco / Photos © Ian Cox. Follow the artist on Instagram, Vimeo and Flickr.

Martin Whatson

Martin Whatson

Martin Whatson / Photos © Ian Cox. Keep in touch with the artist on Facebook and Instagram.

View his previous piece in our Nuart 2014 – Part I.

M-City

M-City / Photo © Ian Cox. Find out more about the artist on Facebook and Instagram.

Check his ‘Ocean Art’ project for Nuart 2014 in our Part I coverage.

Mathieu Trembling

Mathieu Tremblin / Photo © Henrik Haven via Brooklyn Street Art

According to BSA, this was an interactive piece and guests could participate in by photographing themselves before a bluescreen wall and sending the image to the artist to get one in return.

Mathieu Tremblin

Mathieu Tremblins hypertext replacing a tag in the city with a hyperlink / Photo via Nuart

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View Part I featuring Etam Cru, M-City, Martin Whatson, John Fekner, ±MAISMENOS±, DOT DOT DOT.

Find out more about Nuart 2014 on their website, on FacebookInstagram and Vimeo.