{"author":"Jan Brennenstuhl","categories":["Art Shows"],"cover":{"alt":"Concrete Playground: First Impressions!","height":840,"src":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/concrete-playground-art-show-photos/buffdiss-tape-art-essen.jpg","width":1880},"credit":"","date":"2010-05-09T14:02:39Z","description":"For already three days, the street art festival Concrete Playground is running in Essen. Now there are the first impressions of the great art show online...","html":"\u003cp\u003eLast Friday, \u003ca href=\"/concrete-playground/\"\u003ethe urban art festival “Concrete Playground”\u003c/a\u003e started in Essen. With about 20 internationally well-known street artists, contemporary artists and urban art photographers the art show with its unique installations and paintings is the most important part of the festival, which also offers different workshops and lectures.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTo put the phenomenon Streetart under the microscope, a series of events called Concrete Playground is taking place in 2010’s subcultural capitals Essen, Bochum and Dortmund. In the Fördermaschinenhalle 1/2/8 of Essen’s Zeche Zollverein you can find different workshops and temporary exhibitions of modern and classical street artists.\u003c/em\u003e (\u003ca href=\"http://www.concreteplayground.de/category/editorial/\"\u003eWords from the Playgroud\u003c/a\u003e)\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMy friend \u003cstrong\u003eParsproto\u003c/strong\u003e, who made the eighth place at \u003ca href=\"/the-winners-urban-photo-contest/\"\u003emy Urban Photo Contest\u003c/a\u003e last year, took some nice shots of the “Concrete Playground” exhibition and also \u003ca href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/buffdiss/\"\u003etape artist \u003cstrong\u003eBUFFDiss\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/a\u003e captured his amazing artwork\u0026hellip;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor more nice photos, visit their photo-streams on Flickr!\n\u003cfigure class=\"archive-figure historical-figure\"\u003e\u003cpicture style=\"--image-width: 2432px; --image-ratio: 2432 / 1620\" data-source-width=\"2432\" data-source-height=\"1620\" data-width-cap=\"1440\" data-height-cap=\"1620\"\u003e\n  \u003csource type=\"image/avif\" srcset=\"/concrete-playground-art-show-photos/concrete-playground-3_hu_ad92017e0573ef3b.avif 480w, /concrete-playground-art-show-photos/concrete-playground-3_hu_961b5c43e0bf049f.avif 960w, /concrete-playground-art-show-photos/concrete-playground-3_hu_21cd6ca9f18c6fee.avif 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n  \u003csource type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"/concrete-playground-art-show-photos/concrete-playground-3_hu_8efcbefe4b88faf1.webp 480w, /concrete-playground-art-show-photos/concrete-playground-3_hu_f8cf090122417c88.webp 960w, /concrete-playground-art-show-photos/concrete-playground-3_hu_dcabf75389de32b5.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg src=\"/concrete-playground-art-show-photos/concrete-playground-3_hu_2ea65273262bdc60.jpg\" srcset=\"/concrete-playground-art-show-photos/concrete-playground-3_hu_da538f122a92fcc4.jpg 480w, /concrete-playground-art-show-photos/concrete-playground-3_hu_55d55019a5883cf4.jpg 960w, /concrete-playground-art-show-photos/concrete-playground-3_hu_2ea65273262bdc60.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\" width=\"1440\" height=\"959\" alt=\"concrete playground festival\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\u003e\n\u003c/picture\u003e\u003cfigcaption\u003econcrete playground festival\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n \u003cfigure class=\"archive-figure historical-figure\"\u003e\u003cpicture style=\"--image-width: 2432px; 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--image-ratio: 2432 / 1620\" data-source-width=\"2432\" data-source-height=\"1620\" data-width-cap=\"1440\" data-height-cap=\"1620\"\u003e\n   \u003csource type=\"image/avif\" srcset=\"/concrete-playground-art-show-photos/concrete-playground_hu_feefd5e3b2f8eca7.avif 480w, /concrete-playground-art-show-photos/concrete-playground_hu_5bdc1e13b663fdb.avif 960w, /concrete-playground-art-show-photos/concrete-playground_hu_c6daf6f3b8883d36.avif 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n   \u003csource type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"/concrete-playground-art-show-photos/concrete-playground_hu_69a337820d7896a4.webp 480w, /concrete-playground-art-show-photos/concrete-playground_hu_3609683676a33cb1.webp 960w, /concrete-playground-art-show-photos/concrete-playground_hu_426664c3b7168e24.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n   \u003cimg src=\"/concrete-playground-art-show-photos/concrete-playground_hu_296d0ff2a557aa8.jpg\" srcset=\"/concrete-playground-art-show-photos/concrete-playground_hu_1a21aa07bba653ac.jpg 480w, /concrete-playground-art-show-photos/concrete-playground_hu_5344e5b6454197a4.jpg 960w, /concrete-playground-art-show-photos/concrete-playground_hu_296d0ff2a557aa8.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\" width=\"1440\" height=\"959\" alt=\"concrete playground 2010\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\u003e\n \u003c/picture\u003e\u003cfigcaption\u003econcrete playground 2010\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n \u003c/figure\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e\n","markdown":"\n\n\n\nLast Friday, [the urban art festival “Concrete Playground”](/concrete-playground/) started in Essen. With about 20 internationally well-known street artists, contemporary artists and urban art photographers the art show with its unique installations and paintings is the most important part of the festival, which also offers different workshops and lectures.\n\n*To put the phenomenon Streetart under the microscope, a series of events called Concrete Playground is taking place in 2010’s subcultural capitals Essen, Bochum and Dortmund. In the Fördermaschinenhalle 1/2/8 of Essen’s Zeche Zollverein you can find different workshops and temporary exhibitions of modern and classical street artists.* ([Words from the Playgroud](http://www.concreteplayground.de/category/editorial/))\n\nMy friend **Parsproto**, who made the eighth place at [my Urban Photo Contest](/the-winners-urban-photo-contest/) last year, took some nice shots of the “Concrete Playground” exhibition and also [tape artist **BUFFDiss**](http://www.flickr.com/photos/buffdiss/) captured his amazing artwork...\n\nFor more nice photos, visit their photo-streams on Flickr!\n![concrete playground festival](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/concrete-playground-art-show-photos/concrete-playground-3.jpg\u003e)\n\nconcrete playground festival ![concrete playground - urban art](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/concrete-playground-art-show-photos/concrete-playground-2.jpg\u003e)\n\nconcrete playground - urban art ![concrete playground 2010](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/concrete-playground-art-show-photos/concrete-playground.jpg\u003e)\n\nconcrete playground 2010 ","tags":["Art Festival","Concrete Art","Street Art Germany"],"title":"Concrete Playground: First Impressions!","url":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/concrete-playground-art-show-photos/"}