Chalk writing self-attributed by French theorist Guy Debord, Rue de Seine, Paris, ca. 1952.
This postcard (15×10,5 cm) was printed by a local commercial publisher as an amusing anonymous message, first in 1953 and again in this hand-coloured version ca. 1963.
Image courtesy of Mehdi El Hajoui.
Chalk writing self-attributed by French theorist Guy Debord, Rue de Seine, Paris, ca. 1952. This postcard (15×10,5 cm) was printed by a local commercial publisher as an amusing anonymous message, first in 1953 and again in this hand-coloured version ca. 1963. Image courtesy of Mehdi El Hajoui.
Welcome to Art & Place
An intensive four-day programme featuring talks, films, books, museum tours and more. All events are free of charge.
The conference is produced by Unlock Bureau and Stiftung wissensART with the support of Historical Museum Saar, HBKsaar State Academy of Arts, Kino Achteinhalb, Filmhaus Saarbrücken, Saarland University, Völklinger Hütte UNESCO World Heritage Site, Unlock Book Fair, Le Grand Jeu and Automat.
The Art & Place Conference Saarbrücken 2025 brings together leading international experts from the fields of street art, graffiti and public art to examine the history of art in public space and its impact on contemporary culture.
The program features 20 speakers from Europe, America and Australia including Joey Skaggs, one of the pioneers of culture jamming, as well as Barrett Zinn Gross aka Vandal, legendary 1970s New York subway sprayer, and nine presenters from our well-received Call for Papers.
Lectures are held at Historical Museum Saar, where visitors can also view the landmark exhibition “ILLEGAL: Street Art Graffiti 1960–1995”. The evenings feature a series of film screenings including German and international premieres.
Extra features include a book showcase at HBKsaar State Academy of Arts in collaboration with the Unlock Book Fair, an exhibition and public art project by French artist OX, and curator-led tours of tours of “ILLEGAL” by Ulrich Blanché.
The Art & Place Conference Saarbrücken 2025 brings together leading international experts from the fields of street art, graffiti and public art to examine the history of art in public space and its impact on contemporary culture.
The program features 20 speakers from Europe, America and Australia including Joey Skaggs, one of the pioneers of culture jamming, as well as Barrett Zinn Gross aka Vandal, legendary 1970s New York subway sprayer, and nine presenters from our well-received Call for Papers.
Lectures are held at Historical Museum Saar, where visitors can also view the landmark exhibition “ILLEGAL: Street Art Graffiti 1960–1995”. The evenings feature a series of film screenings including German and international premieres.
Extra features include a book showcase at HBKsaar State Academy of Arts in collaboration with the Unlock Book Fair, an exhibition and public art project by French artist OX, and curator-led tours of tours of “ILLEGAL” by Ulrich Blanché.
The conference is produced by Unlock Bureau and Stiftung wissensART with the support of Historical Museum Saar, HBKsaar State Academy of Arts, Kino Achteinhalb, Filmhaus Saarbrücken, Saarland University, Völklinger Hütte UNESCO World Heritage Site, Unlock Book Fair, Le Grand Jeu and Automat.
Film screening program
Local arthouse theater Kino Achteinhalb hosts a program of rare films with a focus on the early and lesser-known history of art in the streets.
The film program highlights artists from different eras and backgrounds working with or without permission in public space. Its scope includes contemporary artists, activists, street artists and graffiti writers, as well as outsider artists.
The conference features the German premiere of “Art of the Prank”, a film on the six-decade-long career of New York artivist Joey Skaggs, a pioneer of media hoaxes and famed for his street pranks.
Opening the screenings on Thursday is “Stations of the Elevated”, the milestone experimental documentary from 1981 about New York subway graffiti. The film was directed by the recently deceased Manfred Kirchheimer, born in Saarbrücken and Honorary Citizen of the city.
The program closes on Sunday with “Boom for Real”, the biopic about Jean-Michel Basquiat’s street-influenced formative years.
Film screening program
Local arthouse theater Kino Achteinhalb hosts a program of rare films with a focus on the early and lesser-known history of art in the streets.
The film program highlights artists from different eras and backgrounds working with or without permission in public space. Its scope includes contemporary artists, activists, street artists and graffiti writers, as well as outsider artists.
The conference features the German premiere of “Art of the Prank”, a film on the six-decade-long career of New York artivist Joey Skaggs, a pioneer of media hoaxes and famed for his street pranks.
Opening the screenings on Thursday is “Stations of the Elevated”, the milestone experimental documentary from 1981 about New York subway graffiti. The film was directed by the recently deceased Manfred Kirchheimer, born in Saarbrücken and Honorary Citizen of the city.
The program closes on Sunday with “Boom for Real”, the biopic about Jean-Michel Basquiat’s street-influenced formative years.
One of the many hand-finished screenprints of this motif wild-posted by French artist Ernest Pignon-Ernest in the industrial city of Grenoble in 1976, as part of a workshop with local workers commissioned by the Grenoble Maison de la Culture. The images reflected on the idea of the body damaged by toil.
The screenprints were installed around the city and on the walls of local factories.
Image courtesy of the artist.
One of the many hand-finished screenprints of this motif wild-posted by French artist Ernest Pignon-Ernest in the industrial city of Grenoble in 1976, as part of a workshop with local workers commissioned by the Grenoble Maison de la Culture. The images reflected on the idea of the body damaged by toil. The screenprints were installed around the city and on the walls of local factories. Image courtesy of the artist.
Unlock Book Showcase
The lobby of the HBKsaar State Academy of Arts hosts a showcase of books about graffiti and street art.
Friday May 2nd, 4—6pm
Saturday May 3rd, 4—6pm
Keplerstraße 3–5
Similar to a small book fair, the Unlock Book Showcase offers a wide display of books and fanzines for visitors to browse through and purchase.
Our Book Showcase allows time to decompress from the lectures and films, socialise with other visitors and speakers, and discover rare and conversation-sparking publications.
The Unlock Book Showcase is an ambassador for the Unlock Book Fair, the long-established international gathering of independent graffiti publishers and book lovers.
Produced in collaboration with Paris-based bookstore Le Grand Jeu.
Unlock Book Showcase
The lobby of the HBKsaar State Academy of Arts hosts a showcase of books about graffiti and street art.
Friday May 2nd, 4—6pm
Saturday May 3rd, 4—6pm
Keplerstraße 3–5
Similar to a small book fair, the Unlock Book Showcase offers a wide display of books and fanzines for visitors to browse through and purchase.
Our Book Showcase allows time to decompress from the lectures and films, socialise with other visitors and speakers, and discover rare and conversation-sparking publications.
The Unlock Book Showcase is an ambassador for the Unlock Book Fair, the long-established international gathering of independent graffiti publishers and book lovers.
Produced in collaboration with Paris-based bookstore Le Grand Jeu.
Museum tours
Curator Ulrich Blanché shows his milestone exhibition at Historical Museum Saar.
Thursday May 1st, 2:30pm
Sunday May 4th, 12pm
45 minutes
Schlossplatz 15
The museum exhibition “ILLEGAL: Street Art Graffiti 1960–1995” has made a major contribution to the historical study of street art.
In an innovative and wide-ranging curatorial approach, the show seamlessly links forms of uncommissioned public art from both the worlds of contemporary art and street art, offering new perspectives and highlighting lesser-known artists.
The Art & Place Conference offers the perfect opportunity to travel to Saarbrücken and discover the show in these special tours led by Ulrich Blanché, curator of the exhibition and head of the Scientific Committee of the conference.
Museum tours
Curator Ulrich Blanché shows his milestone exhibition at Historical Museum Saar.
Thursday May 1st, 2:30pm
Sunday May 4th, 12pm
45 minutes
Schlossplatz 15
The museum exhibition “ILLEGAL: Street Art Graffiti 1960–1995” has made a major contribution to the historical study of street art.
In an innovative and wide-ranging curatorial approach, the show seamlessly links forms of uncommissioned public art from both the worlds of contemporary art and street art, offering new perspectives and highlighting lesser-known artists.
The Art & Place Conference offers the perfect opportunity to travel to Saarbrücken and discover the show in these special tours led by Ulrich Blanché, curator of the exhibition and head of the Scientific Committee of the conference.
Resident artist: OX
French artist OX, active since the 1980s, presents a new project at Automat and in the streets of Saarbrücken.
Exhibition opening:
Friday May 2nd, 7pm till late
Martin-Luther-Straße 7–9
Talk by OX:
Saturday May 3rd, 1pm
History Museum Saar
Schlossplatz 15
Art & Place partners with Saarbrücken’s own independent powerhouse Automat to present a special artist residency by OX, a living legend from the founding years of European street art.
OX has been hijacking billboards for more than four decades. He started his career as part of the seminal collective Les Frères Ripoulin, best remembered for their freestyle work on the street billboards of Paris in the mid-eighties.
For this residency, OX will install a series of commissioned works on column-shaped billboards across Saarbrücken. In addition, Timo Poeppel curates a solo show by the artist at Automat that remains on view until May 25th.
Resident artist: OX
French artist OX, active since the 1980s, presents a new project at Automat and in the streets of Saarbrücken.
Exhibition opening:
Friday May 2nd, 7pm till late
Martin-Luther-Straße 7–9
Talk by OX:
Saturday May 3rd, 1pm
History Museum Saar
Schlossplatz 15
Art & Place partners with Saarbrücken’s own independent powerhouse Automat to present a special artist residency by OX, a living legend from the founding years of European street art.
OX has been hijacking billboards for more than four decades. He started his career as part of the seminal collective Les Frères Ripoulin, best remembered for their freestyle work on the street billboards of Paris in the mid-eighties.
For this residency, OX will install a series of commissioned works on column-shaped billboards across Saarbrücken. In addition, Timo Poeppel curates a solo show by the artist at Automat that remains on view until May 25th.
A different picture of his ca. 1980 piece by Barret Gross aka Vandal was featured on the cover of the milestone book Subway Art, and became legendary for New York subway graffiti enthusiasts worldwide.
Image courtesy of the artist.
A different picture of his ca. 1980 piece by Barret Gross aka Vandal was featured on the cover of the milestone book Subway Art, and became legendary for New York subway graffiti enthusiasts worldwide. Image courtesy of the artist.
Art & Place Magazine
The conference introduces a new series of small-format publications showcasing artists and places.
Launch of Issues No. 1 and 2:
Friday May 2nd, 1pm
Historical Museum Saar
Schlossplatz 15
The opening issues feature special collaborations with two seasoned actors from the European street art scene.
Issue No. 1 is authored by Dutch pioneer Jeroen Erosie, who opened for us his treasure trove of photographs from the forgotten years of the Eindhoven sticker mania of the late 1990s and early 2000s.
Issue No. 2 features a selection from the street interventions in “Die Gesellschaft der Stadtwanderer”, a project curated by Mathieu Tremblin with nine international artists for the Urban Art Biennale 2024 in Völklingen.
Series edited by Javier Abarca and published by Urbanario. Produced with the support of Paris-based bookstore Le Grand Jeu and Völklinger Hütte. Pre-press production and printing in Berlin.
Art & Place Magazine
The conference introduces a new series of small-format publications showcasing artists and places.
Launch of Issues No. 1 and 2:
Friday May 2nd, 1pm
Historical Museum Saar
Schlossplatz 15
The opening issues feature special collaborations with two seasoned actors from the European street art scene.
Issue No. 1 is authored by Dutch pioneer Jeroen Erosie, who opened for us his treasure trove of photographs from the forgotten years of the Eindhoven sticker mania of the late 1990s and early 2000s.
Issue No. 2 features a selection from the street interventions in “Die Gesellschaft der Stadtwanderer”, a project curated by Mathieu Tremblin with nine international artists for the Urban Art Biennale 2024.
Series edited by Javier Abarca and published by Urbanario. Produced with the support of Paris-based bookstore Le Grand Jeu and Völklinger Hütte. Pre-press production and printing in Berlin.
Guest curator
French artist Mathieu Tremblin curates a flash residency by street art pioneer Antonio Gallego.
Outside wall of History Museum Saar, plus undisclosed locations around Saarbrücken
Antonio Gallego was a member of French collective Banlieue-Banlieue, founded in 1982 and one of the earliest forces in European street art. Between 1989 and 1993 the artist produced a little-known series of site-specific text-based posters.
Working with the documentation from that series, Gallego and Tremblin will produce a project in Saarbrücken that merges archival work and site-specific public intervention.
On a first stage, large reproductions of archival photographs from the installed posters will be pasted on the outside wall of History Museum Saar. In a more experimental approach, the text-based posters used for the original work will be reprinted and pasted around the streets of Saarbrücken, reenacting Gallego’s 35-year-old site-specific interventions.
Guest curator
French artist Mathieu Tremblin curates a flash residency by street art pioneer Antonio Gallego.
Outside wall of History Museum Saar, plus undisclosed locations around Saarbrücken
Antonio Gallego was a member of French collective Banlieue-Banlieue, founded in 1982 and one of the earliest forces in European street art. Between 1989 and 1993 the artist produced a little-known series of site-specific text-based posters.
Working with the documentation from that series, Gallego and Tremblin will produce a project in Saarbrücken that merges archival work and site-specific public intervention.
On a first stage, large reproductions of archival photographs from the installed posters will be pasted on the outside wall of History Museum Saar. In a more experimental approach, the text-based posters used for the original work will be reprinted and pasted around the streets of Saarbrücken, reenacting Gallego’s 35-year-old site-specific interventions.
Visit the Völklinger Hütte
Discover the site of the Urban Art Biennale, a vast industrial complex and a unique UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Tours hosted by Biennale curator Frank Krämer and Mathieu Tremblin
Thursday May 1st, 4pm
Sunday May 4th, 3:30pm
90 minutes
First launched in 2011, the Urban Art Biennale at Weltkulturerbe Völklinger Hütte has showcased an endless list of figures from the world of street art. The show consistently succeeds in adapting the art to the awe-inspiring environment of the 19th century site.
Some works from past Biennales are permanent and can be visited. The most recent Biennale closed last November, and included a very special project that will be the focus of our visits.
For the project “Die Gesellschaft der Stadtwanderer”, French artist Mathieu Tremblin curated residencies for nine international artists who produced small-scale, informal interventions scattered around the corners of the city of Völklingen.
Völklingen is easily reachable from Saarbrücken in a 15-minute train ride.
Visit the Völklinger Hütte
Discover the site of the Urban Art Biennale, a vast industrial complex and a unique UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Tours hosted by Biennale curator Frank Krämer and Mathieu Tremblin
Thursday May 1st, 4pm
Sunday May 4th, 3:30pm
90 minutes
First launched in 2011, the Urban Art Biennale at Weltkulturerbe Völklinger Hütte has showcased an endless list of figures from the world of street art. The show consistently succeeds in adapting the art to the awe-inspiring environment of the 19th century site.
Some works from past Biennales are permanent and can be visited. The most recent Biennale closed last November, and included a very special project that will be the focus of our visits.
For the project “Die Gesellschaft der Stadtwanderer”, French artist Mathieu Tremblin curated residencies for nine international artists who produced small-scale, informal interventions scattered around the corners of the city of Völklingen.
Völklingen is easily reachable from Saarbrücken in a 15-minute train ride.
Work in Zurich by Swiss artist Harald Naegeli, known as “The Sprayer from Zurich”. Picture number 40 of many cases filed against the artist in a trial.
Photographed between 1978 and 1979 by the Zurich City Police.
Work in Zurich by Swiss artist Harald Naegeli, known as “The Sprayer from Zurich”. Picture number 40 of many cases filed against the artist in a trial. Photographed between 1978 and 1979 by the Zurich City Police.
What is
Art & Place?
Art & Place is a revealing approach to street art that links the practice to more established forms of art.
Art & Place explores the art that works with places, from graffiti to site-specific intervention, public art and land art.
Although these practices may seem distant from each other, they share a key aspect: the relation between an artist and a particular place.
A place can be a rural setting, a back alley, a neighbourhood or a whole city. In any of the diverse forms of Art & Place, the sensibility of the artist towards the surroundings determines the quality of the resulting artwork.
Art & Place identifies links between newer and more established practices and opens novel doors in both directions.
What is
Art & Place?
Art & Place is a revealing approach to street art that links the practice to more established forms of art.
Art & Place explores the art that works with places, from graffiti to site-specific intervention, public art and land art.
Although these practices may seem distant from each other, they share a key aspect: the relation between an artist and a particular place.
A place can be a rural setting, a back alley, a neighbourhood or a whole city. In any of the diverse forms of Art & Place, the sensibility of the artist towards the surroundings determines the quality of the resulting artwork.
Art & Place identifies links between newer and more established practices and opens novel doors in both directions.
Art that works with places
Is graffiti insensitive towards the place it appears on? The same has been said about the public artworks of well-respected artists.
From the large-scale sculpture in the middle of a square to the smallest furtive intervention, the quality of the art depends on the ability of the artist to understand the setting and make it work.
Society perceives great differences between these practices. However, approaching them from the prism of art reveals how they actually overlap in their essence, and creates a shared field of dialogue with untapped potential.
Art & Place provides a new and necessary framework for the charting of this transversal field encompassing furtive art, public art, urban and rural settings.
Art that works with places
Is graffiti insensitive towards the place it appears on? The same has been said about the public artworks of well-respected artists.
From the large-scale sculpture in the middle of a square to the smallest furtive intervention, the quality of the art depends on the ability of the artist to understand the setting and make it work.
Society perceives great differences between these practices. However, approaching them from the prism of art reveals how they actually overlap in their essence, and creates a shared field of dialogue with untapped potential.
Art & Place provides a new and necessary framework for the charting of this transversal field encompassing furtive art, public art, urban and rural settings.
The lost decades of street art
For its opening instalment in Saarbrücken the Art & Place Conference delves into the largely forgotten prehistory of today’s street art.
The program is developed in cooperation with the milestone exhibition “ILLEGAL: Street Art Graffiti 1960–1995”, currently on view at the Historical Museum Saar in Saarbrücken.
Based on an extensive use of rare documentation, the exhibition proves that the history of unofficial art in the street is much longer and richer than most would suspect.
In keeping with the goals of the exhibition, this instalment of the Art & Place Conference lays a special focus on the oldest and lesser-known decades of street art and graffiti, before their international hype.
The lost decades of street art
For its opening instalment in Saarbrücken the Art & Place Conference delves into the largely forgotten prehistory of today’s street art.
The program is developed in cooperation with the milestone exhibition “ILLEGAL: Street Art Graffiti 1960–1995”, currently on view at the Historical Museum Saar in Saarbrücken.
Based on an extensive use of rare documentation, the exhibition proves that the history of unofficial art in the street is much longer and richer than most would suspect.
In keeping with the goals of the exhibition, this instalment of the Art & Place Conference lays a special focus on the oldest and lesser-known decades of street art and graffiti, before their international hype.
Report from 1984 on local magazine Zitty about the mysterious “Shadowmen” left in Berlin by North American artist Richard Hambleton.
Report from 1984 on local magazine Zitty about the mysterious “Shadowmen” left in Berlin by North American artist Richard Hambleton.
A substan-
tiated approach
to street art
Art & Place explores street art through a new prism that brings to light the actual values of the practice.
Art & Place emphasises the quality of good street art: working sensitively with its context. This argument is effective in two different ways:
On the one hand, it allows for a new approach to the legacy of street art, a sieve to filter and highlight the quality art that deserves recognition.
On the other hand, it also accommodates practices such as land art or site-specific intervention, thus opening a novel space for the dialogue between public art and street art.
A subs-
tantiated
approach
to street art
Art & Place explores street art through a new prism that brings to light the actual values of the practice.
Art & Place emphasises the quality of good street art: working sensitively with its context. This argument is effective in two different ways:
On the one hand, it allows for a new approach to the legacy of street art, a sieve to filter and highlight the quality art that deserves recognition.
On the other hand, it also accommodates practices such as land art or site-specific intervention, thus opening a novel space for the dialogue between public art and street art.
Bridging the gap between street and contemporary
A solid space for dialogue between two artistic spheres detached from each other until now.
The concept of street art is today more slippery than ever, and its expiration date seems close. A steadfast change of conceptual course is needed, one that would provide enough perspective to review and understand what has happened over the past 30 years.
Art & Place gives access to street art through a new, substantiated framework that highlights its actual values and links them to those of other, more established art practices.
Art & Place thus creates a working bridge between graffiti, street art and contemporary art. It highlights the values of good graffiti and good street art, while inducing cross-pollination between different art audiences.
Bridging
the gap
between
street and
contem-
porary
A solid space for dialogue between two artistic spheres detached from each other until now.
The concept of street art is today more slippery than ever, and its expiration date seems close. A steadfast change of conceptual course is needed, one that would provide enough perspective to review and understand what has happened over the past 30 years.
Art & Place gives access to street art through a new, substantiated framework that highlights its actual values and links them to those of other, more established art practices.
Art & Place thus creates a working bridge between graffiti, street art and contemporary art. It highlights the values of good graffiti and good street art, while inducing cross-pollination between different art audiences.
Amsterdam, 1985: local graffiti pioneer Vampirella (Valesca M.) in front of her piece, with two unsuspecting policemen on a motorcycle. The wall was burnt during the street riots of Queen’s Day.
Picture courtesy of Valesca M.
Amsterdam, 1985: local graffiti pioneer Vampirella (Valesca M.) in front of her piece, with two unsuspecting policemen on a motorcycle. The wall was burnt during the street riots of Queen’s Day. Picture courtesy of Valesca M.
The conference
in pictures
Conference talks at the Historical Museum Saar, directly above the exhibition ILLEGAL: Street Art Graffiti 1960–1995.
Speakers in order of appearance: KP Flügel, Nicolas Ciarlone, Sven Niemann, OX, Mariia Korneeva, Barrett Zinn Gross aka Vandal, Richard Attieh, Mathieu Tremblin, Lutz Henke, Luca Giacosa, Joey Skaggs.
More moments from the conference talks.
Speakers, panel chairs, and organizers in order of appearance: Konstantinos Avramidis, Anna Mirjam Liley, Voica Pușcașiu, Ulrich Blanché with KP Flügel and Marita Brinkmann, Barrett Zinn Gross aka Vandal, Thomas Röske, Isabel Carrasco, Hanna Büdenbender, Ilaria Hoppe, Susan Hansen with Mathieu Tremblin.
The confe-
rence in pictures
Conference talks at the Historical Museum Saar. Speakers in order of appearance: KP Flügel, Nicolas Ciarlone, Sven Niemann, OX, Mariia Korneeva, Barrett Zinn Gross aka Vandal, Richard Attieh, Mathieu Tremblin, Lutz Henke, Luca Giacosa, Joey Skaggs.
More moments from the conference talks. Speakers, panel chairs, and organizers in order of appearance: Konstantinos Avramidis, Anna Mirjam Liley, Voica Pușcașiu, Ulrich Blanché with KP Flügel and Marita Brinkmann, Barrett Zinn Gross aka Vandal, Thomas Röske, Isabel Carrasco, Hanna Büdenbender, Ilaria Hoppe, Susan Hansen with Mathieu Tremblin.
About the conference
The Art & Place Conference Saarbrücken 2025 is produced by Unlock Bureau and wissensART Foundation.
Unlock Bureau is the cultural agency behind Tag Conference and Unlock Book Fair, the long-established events spearheading the field of graffiti and street art studies.
wissensART is a German foundation engaged in urban art and contemporary culture through content creation and working partnerships.
Director
PhD Javier Abarca, ES
Production
Ulrich Blanché, DE
KP Flügel, DE
Marita Brinkmann, DE
Head of the Scientific Committee
PhD Ulrich Blanché, DE
Scientific Committee
PhD Orestis Pangalos, GR
Prof. Susan Hansen, UK
PhD Javier Abarca, ES
Panel Chair
Prof. Susan Hansen, UK
Book manager
Orestis Pangalos, GR
Guest curators
Timo Poeppel (Automat), DE
Mathieu Tremblin, FR
Advisory board
Prof. Rafael Schacter, UK
Prof. Lachlan MacDowall, AU
PhD Edward Birzin, US
PhD Pedro Soares, PT
Prof. Ilaria Hoppe, AT
Prof. Richard Brook, UK
Prof. Thomas Huot-Marchand, FR
David Demougeot, FR
Tobias Barenthin Lindblad, SE
Support
Historical Museum Saar
HBKsaar State Academy of Arts
Kino Achteinhalb
Additional support
Filmhaus Saarbrücken
Saarland University
Völklinger Hütte
Automat
Le Grand Jeu
Le Lieu Documentaire
About
the con-
ference
The Art & Place Conference Saarbrücken 2025 is produced by Unlock Bureau and wissensART Foundation.
Unlock Bureau is the cultural agency behind Tag Conference and Unlock Book Fair, the long-established events spearheading the field of graffiti and street art studies.
wissensART is a German foundation engaged in urban art and contemporary culture through content creation and working partnerships.
Director
PhD Javier Abarca, ES
Production
Ulrich Blanché, DE
KP Flügel, DE
Marita Brinkmann, DE
Head of the Scientific Committee
PhD Ulrich Blanché, DE
Scientific Committee
PhD Orestis Pangalos, GR
Prof. Susan Hansen, UK
PhD Javier Abarca, ES
Panel Chair
Prof. Susan Hansen, UK
Book manager
Orestis Pangalos, GR
Guest curators
Timo Poeppel (Automat), DE
Mathieu Tremblin, FR
Advisory board
Prof. Rafael Schacter, UK
Prof. Lachlan MacDowall, AU
PhD Edward Birzin, US
PhD Pedro Soares, PT
Prof. Ilaria Hoppe, AT
Prof. Richard Brook, UK
Prof. Thomas Huot-Marchand, FR
David Demougeot, FR
Tobias Barenthin Lindblad, SE
Support
Historical Museum Saar
HBKsaar State Academy of Arts
Kino Achteinhalb
Additional support
Filmhaus Saarbrücken
Saarland University
Völklinger Hütte
Automat
Le Grand Jeu
Le Lieu Documentaire
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WITH SUPPORT FROM
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French graffiti pioneers Bando and Blitz posing in 1984 in front of their work at Stalingrad, the massive empty lot in the centre of Paris that would become the first iconic graffiti hall of fame in Europe.
Photograph by Claude Abron.
French graffiti pioneers Bando and Blitz posing in 1984 in front of their work at Stalingrad, the massive empty lot in the centre of Paris that would become the first iconic graffiti hall of fame in Europe. Photograph by Claude Abron.
© Unlock Bureau 2025
Art & Place Conference 2025 is produced by Unlock Bureau and wissensART Foundation
Support: Historical Museum Saar, HBKsaar State Academy of Arts, Kino Achteinhalb, Filmhaus Saarbrücken, Saarland University, Völklinger Hütte UNESCO World Heritage Site, Unlock Book Fair, Automat, Le Grand Jeu, Le Lieu Documentaire
What is Art & Place?
Lecture program
Film program
Unlock Book Showcase
Museum tours
Völklinger Hütte tours
Resident artist
Guest curator
Art & Place Magazine
Call for Papers (closed)
© Unlock Bureau 2025
Art & Place Conference 2025 is produced by Unlock Bureau and wissensART Foundation
Support: Historical Museum Saar, HBKsaar State Academy of Arts, Kino Achteinhalb, Filmhaus Saarbrücken, Saarland University, Völklinger Hütte UNESCO World Heritage Site, Unlock Book Fair, Automat, Le Grand Jeu, Le Lieu Documentaire
