Festival di Arte Urbana Bastardo - Bologna (17-18 june)

[MORE$$$]

shit rocks!
and now stop bitching about the word 'urban', most Italians just don't speak English that well, and to them this word sounds really cool....
and Influenza: didn't you also take part in a show there called Urban Edge?? so don't be hypocrite......

[eko]

As i've already said before, i'm very surprised people are very not confortable with the word "urban", especially when nobody notice the word "Bastardo"

[concepterrorism]

The term "urban" refers to the streets, all things done outdoors in a city are supposed to be urban.

The problem is that these labels (street art, urban art, etc.) want to talk about an "evolution" after graffiti because graffiti is too much seen and more persecuted, is like a strategy for works to be accepted. This strategy is not needed because evolution doesn't exist in the way most people think and exhibitions show us.

[dav]

... sounds to me like people that come up with that label dont have the guts to really choose, or represent something more concrete (sic). [...] why not call it 'urban intervention art'..

usually i understand & appreciate a lot your comments... but this time i'm not sure to understand what you mean...

hum, ça sent un peu l'"enculage de mouches" c'est ça que tu veut dire?

[dav]

urban art just is a fucked up term

if i have to choose a generic name to speak about all the range things that usually the medias put in the same bags personally i prefer "urban design"(en français: graphisme urbain)* than "street art" or "post graffiti"...

I really don't understand all this blabla just for the few words "arte urbana" added to give a brief description of the event... for me it's exactly the same when you put 2 or 3 words** on the flyer of a hardcore-punk to give an idea of the sound of the bands.
It's like using "urban culture" to describe a festival with breakdance, skate, rollers, bmx ...
So on this point of view, i don't see why be surprised about this qualifier...

NB: just notice one thing: the name of this festival was only "arte bastardo"... not "urban" machin-bidule...

* because it's less presomptious/ambitious ...
les termes graphisme, illustration, dessin, peinture, graffiti, installations... semblent aujourd'hui presque péjoratifs, comme si on ne devait plus faire de nuances, seulement se gargariser avec l' "Art"... surement un avaTAR du "dandysme de masse" comme dirait Camille de Toledo!
(au passage, je vous conseille vivement son "archimondain jolipunk" !)



deutsch: ich empfehle dieses gut buch Buch: http://www.tropen-verlag.de/mp_goodbye.htm

** ...and sometimes the styles of music could mean very different things... or very different words can be used by diffrents promoters to describe the style of a same band! for exemple i have already seen the words "emorock", "mathrock"or "indy pop" for the same band!)