KOSMOPOLITE ART TOUR
‘SIGNS OF MOKUM’ AMSTERDAM 2013
40 INTERNATIONAL TOP ARTISTS Exhibition // Mural paintings // ART MARKET Kosmopolis Art Academy Workshops Paint Club Battle DUTCH FINALS podium discussion // URBAN ART Tours
23-29 jun 2013
AMSTERDAM ROEST KATAMSTERDAM.com
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Image: Kosmopolite Art Tour Bruxelles 2012
_CONTENTS
01. THE EVENT
• Kosmopolite Art Tour // Amsterdam 2013
02. PARTICIPATING ARTISTS 03. PROGRAMME & ACTIVITIES
Exhibition opening & workshops, live mural paintings & city art tours, club night, light painting & photo expo
04. CONTACT
• Get in touch with us!
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Image: special guest vans the omega (adelaide•AU)
tour _kosmopolite art tour 40 prominent international urban artists explore the ‘Signs of Mokum’ and showcase their work at the Kosmopolite Art Tour Festival
KOSMOPOLITE art tour previous editions
amsterdam BAGNOLET Bruxelles casablanca Jakarta Johannesburg Paris Rio de Janeiro Sao Paulo
An exciting and creative week programme will take place. We will open a large group exhibition of thirty prominent international artists, large scale mural paintings, a public participatory audio-visual installation and a varied set of side events like the Kosmopolis Art Academy, art & history city tours, a podium discussion and an art market, to name a few. This exhibition will host an eclectic selection of the most renowned urban artists from port cities in Europe and Australia. This includes our good friends and partners from the Parisian collective MAC Crew, Vans the Omega from Australia and Amsterdam’s Hugo “DHM” Mulder among many, many others. “This KAT will leave behind landmarks in the form of art such as the Golden Age reminiscent and largest pictorial mural in Amsterdam.”
_participating artists we’ve hand-picked some of the finest urban artists from around the globe each one with a distinct style and now they’re heading this way!!
ARTISTS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER Amer Besok BustArt Casroc Chaometric ChuckOne Danzel DHM Fake Farm Prod Heng Juice KRM Mac Crew Martin Travers Matt Adnate Max Zorn Morten Andersen Ottograph PantOne ParizOne Revolt77 RichArt Sket185 Skount Soten Swet Tiws TV Killz Vans The Omega Vasco Vicente
NL Graffiti NL Illustration danieldoebner.de NL Street-Art art-of-bust.com BE Abstract casroc.com NL Other chaometric.com NL Graffiti CH Abstract danielzeltner.ch NL Street-Art hugomulder.com NL Street-Art fakestencils.com BE Illustration farmprod.com FR Abstract heng.drops.fr NL Illustration juiciegraphics.nl NL Illustration pec.see.me FR Illustration mac-graffiti.net NL Realism martintravers.com AU Realism demandattention.com.au NL Other maxzorn.com DK Abstract m-andersen.com NL Abstract ottograph.com ES Abstract felipepantone.com PT Graffiti pariz-one.com NL Other NL Illustration NL Illustration sket185.com NL Illustration skount-works.blogspot.com DK Graffiti graffland.dk SE Graffiti DK Graffiti graffland.dk NL Street-Art AU Abstract vanstheomega.com NL Illustration vascovicente.com
_ABSTRACT
DANZEL (BASEL, CH)
CASROC (ANTWERP, BE)
PANTONE (VALENCIA, ES)
HENG (MARSEILLE, FR)
OTTOGRAPH (AMSTERDAM, NL)
MORTEN ANDERSEN (ÅRHUS, DK)
VANS THE OMEGA (ADELAIDE, AU)
_GRAFFITI
SWET (MALMÖ, SE)
PARIZ ONE (LISBON, PT)
chuck one (amsterdam, nl)
TIWS (COPENHAGEN, DK)
SOTEN (COPENhagen, dk)
_street art
bust art (amsterdam, nl)
fake (amsterdam, nl)
DHM (amsterdam, nl)
tv killz (amsterdam, nl)
_realism
matt adnate (melbourne, au)
martin travers (amsterdam, nl)
_Various
max zorn (amsterdam, nl)
chaometric (amsterdam, nl)
revolt 77 (amsterdam, nl)
_ILLUSTRATION
MAC CREW (PARIS, FR)
FARM PROD (BRUXELLES, BE)
VASCO VICENTE (AMSTERDAM, NL)
BESOK (AMSTERDAM, NL)
SKOUNT (AMSTERDAM, NL)
_ILLUSTRATION
VASCO VICENTE (AMSTERDAM, NL)
juice (amsterdam, nl)
krm (AMSTERDAM, NL)
sket 185 (amsterdam, nl)
_programme & activities 23.6.2013 EXHIBITION OPENING Official opening of the international exhibition of 40 international street art and graffiti artists
This program theme showcases artworks, introduces local and international artists and makes young contemporary and urban art accessible and tangible through a big and comprehensive exhibition within the common concept of “Signs of Mokum”.
In addition, a one-day event art market will be set-up to present artwork, crafts, prints, fashion and publications of young and up-coming local artists, designers and cultural entrepreneurs. This space will serve as a platform to the creative industry of Amsterdam and showcases it to a broad public.
24.6.2013 BIG MURAL PAINTING (untill 15.7.2013) All artists will collaborate to create a common project: a comprehensive pictorial mural painting The theme will stay within the realms of “Amsterdam’s history of shipping and trade”. In cooperation with the Amsterdam Scheepvaart Museum, the mural will be part of their educational program and used as a tool to attract a diverse type of audiences. This large mural will be a live demonstration of a variety of skills, technics and styles to be viewed by the public throughout the painting process.
25.6.2013 Special focus: Light-painting • Workshop, exhibition, Meet & Greet
Kosmopolite Art Tour will put a special focus on an up-and-coming art form: Light-painting This is an art discipline that allowed the artist to create stunning visual artwork using light as a tools and a simple photo camera. The event will encompass an exhibition at the Roest Café, workshops, artist meeting and the main studio: the darkroom where visitors will create their own artwork with light-painting tools.
26.6.2013 Kosmopolis art Academy • urban art workshop Kosmopolis Art Academy teaches youngsters the skills needed to create their own urban artwork During one day participants can attend a diverse set of courses covering theory (historical facts, analysis of artwork and artists, dialog about art in public space), technique (stencil, screen printing, spray-can art, illustration, painting) and practice (artist management, marketing and social media for creative workers, planning a successful exhibition). The Academy offers tailored courses to interested participants of all ages (beginners and intermediate). Some of these courses will have a participation fee and others will be offered for free in cooperation with local high schools in multicultural neighbourhoods.
27.6.2013 art & culture expert presentation & podium discussion
expert talk and podium discussion on a subject related to young contemporary and urban art In addition to the presentation, the experts and facilitator will invite the audience to participate in a Q&A session and will promote further discussion and interaction with speakers at the borrel after the presentation.
28.6.2013 Paint Club Battle • Dutch finals Two teams battle for a ticket to Kosmopolite Paris 2013. Their weapons: markers, ink and a canvas The “Paint Club Battle Tourâ€? is a unique artistic live-painting competition involving several teams of designers, illustrators, street-artists and painters. Each team will create a large canvas within the 90 minutes time-line towards a given topic. The audience will determine through an interactive voting noise system the winner (and losers) and can participate afterwards in a drawing and sketching session together with the artists.
29.6.2013 Art Markt, art & history city tours Art & history city tours will be led by some of the most renowned Amsterdam’s Street-Artists These tours will include some of the most important historical sites relevant to this year’s celebration: “Amsterdam 2013”. During the tour participants will discover and learn about the history of many iconic hidden street art spots, learn about local artists and pay a visit to some small but original galleries in the city. Some of the tours will take place before and during the event itself.
29.6.2013 Club night Yes. We’ll throw a ‘thank you and goodbye’ party for all our friends, fans, and artists in a true Amsterdam leftfield hot spot and host of the Kosmopolite Art Tour 2013: Amsterdam Roest
A COMPREHENSIVE EVENT + More than 2500 visitors in 7 days + 40 international artists at the main exhibition + 20 local and national artists at side-events
+ Numerous high-class art pieces on display + over 400 m2 of mural paintings + Exciting side-events for all audiences
_contact are you interested in participating in our unique urban art experience? just contact us! We are happy to make you a custom brand activation proposal, based on your goals and well within budget.
Peter Ernst Coolen peter@urbanstylistix.com +31 (0)6 20 01 00 10 Sandor Sweet + 31 (0)6 30 51 61 81 Markus Hinger markus@urbanstylistix.org +31 (0)6 39 41 04 99
Organisation Kosmopolite Art Tour Amsterdam 2013 is organised by Stichting Urban Stylistix. Contact Markus Hinger E markus@urbanstylistix.org M +31 (0)6 39 41 04 99 Stichting Urban Stylisitx Blankenstraat 137 - 3 1018 RW Amsterdam
Press and PR Witty Lucid is handling all PR and press inquiries. Contact Amal Alhaag E kosmopolite@wittylucid.com M +31 (0)6 34 04 90 51
Image: Kosmopolite Art Tour Bruxelles 2012
art by morten andersen