the street is our gallery

JUNE 6-9TH 2024 / ‘Est. in 2011, Nuart Plus is an umbrella term for Nuart’s activities outside of physical art production. It consists of an international research program, a peer reviewed journal and other publications, artist presentations, panel debates, workshops, education programs, film screenings and more. The Plus-series aims to explore and present issues surrounding contemporary street art practice in all its guises, through both entertaining and educational projects and programs. It features contributions from some of the world’s leading street artists alongside academics, authors, researchers, curators, producers, writers and other cultural-sector professionals who are dedicated to exploring issues surrounding new forms of art and activity in public space. That’s the formal blurb. The reality is that Nuart Plus consists of a loose international collective of feral academics, authors, industry “professionals” and passionate independent researchers who come together at various conferences and symposia throughout the year to support the activities of those creating work illegally on the streets, a vandal’s cultural and academic alibi if you like.’
– Martyn Reed, Nuart Founder and Curator.

Nuart Plus
International Street Art Conference 2024
All events are free unless otherwise stated. The Plus-series aims to explore and present issues surrounding contemporary street art practice in all its guises, through entertaining and educational projects and programs. It features contributions from some of the world’s leading street artists alongside academics, authors, researchers, curators, producers, writers and other cultural-sector professionals who are dedicated to exploring issues surrounding new forms of art and activity in public space. Below you’ll find an overview of some of this year’s festival programme highlights.

The events are in chronological order and include direct links to all the promo material for each event that you can download. Also below is an updated list of Instagram contacts for all artists, speakers and guests. For the full programme please visit the official website. All links for festival events are custom social media tiles to use for promotion and further info.

NUART PLUS KICK-OFF Street Art Double Bill: Hera x Banksy
Festival artist Hera in conversation with critic Carlo McCormick & UK Premiere of “Banksy, The Stolen Girl/La Ragazza Triste” Our festival launch commences with world renowned festival artist Hera in conversation with cultural critic Carlo McCormick. Aberdeen locals will remember Herakut’s iconic, but now demolished mural on the façade of Aberdeen Market, and have glimpsed her new addition to the city this year. The evening will close with an exclusive UK Premiere of “Banksy, The Stolen Girl” with an introduction by Dr Enrico Bonadio.

NUART PLUS STREET ART CONFERENCE
DAY 1: LIVING HERITAGE
On Day 1 of Nuart Aberdeen’s Street Art Conference, we address the theme of living heritage.Topics include the preservation of street art under heritage law, the concept of
‘fame’ in graffiti as a form of intangible cultural heritage, ‘bad street art’ as an everyday form of heritage, and the safeguarding of street art.
Full Programme here
Speakers Bios here & Speakers Promo Info here

FIGHT CLUB aka the Pub Debate
The pub debate is always a highlight, where two teams debate a hot topic in street art culture. There will be drinks, there will be arguments, and there will be a winner. This year’s topic “THE STREET IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE MUSEUM ”. You the audience get to decide.

NUART PLUS STREET ART CONFERENCE
DAY 2: INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE
On Day 2 of the Street Art Conference, audiences will have the opportunity to meet some of the festival artists. The day will commence with a discussion of the history of flyposting and how this intersects with street art’s own history of the paste up.
Full Programme here
Speakers Bios here

KEYNOTE SPEECH : Fireside Chat with Carlo McCormick
Opening for our closing party, cultural critic Carlo McCormick will give a fireside chat on the festival theme of living heritage, exploring this notion as involving a kind of haunting.

Closing party : F*CK ART, LET’S DANCE : FALD X HEP TIME (UK)
Our official kick-out party is a tradition that marks the end of this year’s Nuart Aberdeen. Tonight, we depart from FALD’s usual house/techno profile, to present a night of dancehall, reggae, ska, rocksteady and Jamaican R&B from London based night Hep Time.

STREET ART WALKING TOURS : With Special Guest Guide Stuart of Inspiring City / Come join us on the first guided tours to include a selection of the new 2024 pieces with special guest guide Stuart Holdsworth, editor of the award-winning street art website ‘Inspiring City’.

CHALK DON’T CHALK
The 2024 edition of Chalk Don’t Chalk could produce the world’s largest single chalk drawingwhen potentially thousands of children descend on Marischal Square to rewild the quad under the watchful and encouraging eye of artist Molly Hankinson.

INSPIRED NIGHTS at Shiprow
Inspired Nights x Nuart Aberdeen returns to a new location on Shiprow. This open-air food and drink event will be the hub for our festival this year – you’ll find our information point along with a wide array of street food and drinks, fantastic live entertainment and other exciting family friendly activities.

NUART 2024 ARTISTS
Addam Yekutieli aka Know Hope (IL / PS) @thisislimbo
Bahia Shehab (LB / EG) @bahiashehab
Case Maclaim (DE) @case_maclaim
CBloxx (UK) @cbloxx_nomad
Hera (DE / PK) @hera_herakut
KMG (SC – UK) @kmgyeah
Mahn Kloix (FR) @mahnkloix
Millo (IT) @_millo_
Molly Hankinson (UK) @mollyhankinson.studio
Niels Shoe Meulman (NL) @nielsshoemeulman
Wasted Rita (PT) @wastedrita

NUART 2024 SPEAKERS
Addam Yekutieli aka Know Hope (IL / PS) @thisislimbo
Adrian Burnham (UK) @flyingleaps2016
Arne Vilhelm Tellefsen (NO) @vlekart
Prof. Bahia Shehab (LB / EG) @bahiashehab
Carlo McCormick (US)
David Roos (NL) @droos86
Dr. Enrico Bonadio (IT / UK) @enricobonadio
Dr. Erik Hannerz (SE) @erikhannerz | @research.and.destroy
Evan Pricco (US) @epricco
Prof. Ilaria Hoppe (DE / AT) @ilaria_2211
Sami Wakim (US) @streetartunitedstates
Stuart Holdsworth (UK) @inspiringcity
Susan Hansen (AU / UK) @suse.hansen
Tim Horrox (UK) @buildhollywood
Tim Marschang (BE) @streetartcities

Relevant Socials and Hashtags
Nuart Festival: @nuartfestival @nuartaberdeen | 2024.nuartaberdeen.co.uk
Festival Partners: Aberdeen Inspired | @abdninspired
#nuartaberdeen #nuartfestival2024

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