Augarten brennt – NetRagua
March 8, 2010
“Augarten brennt” is a contest for street artists supported by the Porzellanmanufaktur Augarten (Augarten porcelain manufactory). Dating back to a privilege given by the emperor to Claudius Innocentius du Paquier in 1718, the Augarten porcelain manufactory is Europe’s second oldest producer of hard-paste porcelain. For the project “Augarten brennt” – Street Artists could participate via Facebook and Twitter through a group called Paint the City. Messages were posted by a mysterious activist called Net Ragua (backwards=Augarten) announcing that he would spray a historical monument as a protest. A protest for more space to express urban arts. Soon afterwards a video was posted on Youtube showing a group breaking into the Augarten porcelain manufactory spraying all it’s interior. This video was banned 3 times from Youtube and generated a huge buzz. A couple of days later another video showing various Graffiti pieces from Austrian Artists ended with a link to the www.augartenbrennt.at website, where all the information for the artist contest was presented. By public voting people could participate and choose their favorite piece. The top 3 works will be produced by the Augarten porcelain manufactory. At the end of the project the top 3 pieces will be auctioned at the Dorotheum Vienna.
Big up to Augarten porcelain manufactory for making such a project possible! Thanks to Ms. Claudia Uth, Ms. Barbara Goess and the whole Augarten porcelain manufactory Crew
Check the Website and have a look at all the great artworks – thanks to all the artists for being part of this culture clash!
www.augartenbrennt.at
Credits:
Mag. Claudia Uth (Augarten porcelain manufactory)
Director Products & Marketing
Alexander Schoenburg (4E7)
Daniel Irsiegler und Alexander Predl (Predl von Pretz)
Bernhard Blum (A-A-A All-Austrian-Arts)
FungWei Pai (FWP)
Stefan Moerth (CrunchTime)
Hutan Vahdani (Butterflies & Bunnyrabbits)
Peter Paltinger & Ergen (Uniquemedia)
NetRague Ansage #1
NetRagua Ansage #2
NetRagua – Augarten Einbruch
AUGARTEN BRENNT from net ragua on Vimeo.
Download the exclusive “Augarten brennt” anthem – Pack die Farben aus and all the remixes – by Stereotyp aka Stefan Moerth (CrunchTime)
Netragua / pack die Farben aus . mp3 version
pack die farben aus / barefoot remix
Netragua / pack die farben aus / Claymore remix
Netragua /pack die farben aus./ Leroy Brown remix
NetRagua – Pack die Farben aus Video
NetRagua – Graffiti Jam @ Porzellanmanufaktur Augarten
Fefe Talavera – Portrait
June 30, 2009
FEFE TALAVERA
Sao Paulo, Madrid, Brazil
Fefe Talavera’s monster paintings are metaphors for strong and subconscious human emotions like anger, fear, dreams or desire. The colourful fantastic beasts which she connects with the “dark side” of her inner self stand for the artist’s cultural roots as well as the primary and powerful energy of her work in the streets all over the world. Born in 1979 Fefe was brought up as a native half Mexican, half Brazilian in São Paulo where she lives until today besides her second home in Madrid, Spain. Interested in all kind of “underground” movements, the typical and unique stylistic freedom of the internationally renowned Street Art and Graffiti scene of her hometown made an important impression on the artist. Her raw creative energy thus found much more correspondence in the angled, tribal-like style she developed while working in the streets, than in her studies in fine arts which she finished with a Bachelor at the FAAP in São Paulo. Showing at galleries and accepting certain rules, limits and intolerances of the art market system represent a contradiction for Fefe who is mainly interested in finding public ways to express herself and a common way of communication.
www.fefetalavera.blogspot.com
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