{"author":"Jan Brennenstuhl","categories":["Art Shows"],"cover":{"alt":"Concrete Playground - Street Art Event","height":840,"src":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/concrete-playground/ConcretePlayground.jpg","width":1880},"credit":"","date":"2010-05-05T20:09:02Z","description":"It seems like “Concrete Playground” will be one of this year’s most interesting street art events in Germany. The list of participating artists sounds like urban art’s who-is-who...","html":"\u003cp\u003eThis Friday, May 7th, the fantastic “Concrete Playground” street art festival will start in Essen! \u003cem\u003eConcrete Playground\u003c/em\u003e, that are different workshops, lectures and of course fabulous temporary exhibitions with a lot of the world’s greatest modern and classical street artists.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSome of the participating artists, of whom you should have heard as an Urban Artcore reader, are for example \u003ca href=\"/buffdiss-tape-art-in-berlin/\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBUFFdiss\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/a\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eAbove\u003c/strong\u003e, \u003ca href=\"/dface/\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eD*Face\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"/just-taking-pictures-photos/\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJust\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"/focus-on-martha-cooper/\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMartha Cooper\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/a\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eBase23\u003c/strong\u003e, \u003ca href=\"/niels-shoe-meulman-calligraffiti-isnt-new/\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNiels Shoe Meulman\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"/44flavours/\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e44flavours\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRegardless of being legal or illegal, Streetart meanwhile is part of the townscape of even smaller cities. Linked-up with other subcultures such as skateboarding, BMX and Hip Hop, Streetart has a large impact and a huge economic power that makes it ubiquitous for all kinds of media that deal with youth or culture.\nThis means that Streetart becomes less and less ’street’, its term is reduced to absurdity because much Streetart is produced by graphic designers on a computer with an apple attached on it.\u003c/em\u003e (\u003ca href=\"http://www.concreteplayground.de/category/editorial/\"\u003eWords from the Playgroud\u003c/a\u003e)\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI hope \u003cem\u003eConcrete Playground\u003c/em\u003e will be a fat urban art event! Send me some pics, if you’ll have some\u0026hellip;\nFor more info, visit \u003ca href=\"http://www.concreteplayground.de\"\u003econcreteplayground.de\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n","markdown":"\n\n\n\nThis Friday, May 7th, the fantastic “Concrete Playground” street art festival will start in Essen! *Concrete Playground*, that are different workshops, lectures and of course fabulous temporary exhibitions with a lot of the world’s greatest modern and classical street artists.\n\nSome of the participating artists, of whom you should have heard as an Urban Artcore reader, are for example [**BUFFdiss**](/buffdiss-tape-art-in-berlin/), **Above**, [**D*Face**](/dface/), [**Just**](/just-taking-pictures-photos/), [**Martha Cooper**](/focus-on-martha-cooper/), **Base23**, [**Niels Shoe Meulman**](/niels-shoe-meulman-calligraffiti-isnt-new/) and [**44flavours**](/44flavours/).\n\n*Regardless of being legal or illegal, Streetart meanwhile is part of the townscape of even smaller cities. Linked-up with other subcultures such as skateboarding, BMX and Hip Hop, Streetart has a large impact and a huge economic power that makes it ubiquitous for all kinds of media that deal with youth or culture.\nThis means that Streetart becomes less and less ’street’, its term is reduced to absurdity because much Streetart is produced by graphic designers on a computer with an apple attached on it.* ([Words from the Playgroud](http://www.concreteplayground.de/category/editorial/))\n\nI hope *Concrete Playground* will be a fat urban art event! Send me some pics, if you’ll have some...\nFor more info, visit [concreteplayground.de](http://www.concreteplayground.de).\n","tags":["Art Festival","Concrete Art","Street Art Germany"],"title":"Concrete Playground - Street Art Event","url":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/concrete-playground/"}