As a child, I was the epitome of neglect, a neglect so all encompassing, so insidious and 24/7 total, that it felt absolutely normal, it was the water I swam in, the air I breathed, it was a violently toxic place, but nevertheless -it was my place. Each morning I…

Tired of reading tracts in defence of the status quo at Oslo Art Academy on issues of diversity. Privileged Liberals quoting Orwell, abstract expressionists romantising other peoples struggles for equality, making pronouncements from imagined neutral lofty perches. Anyway, Inspired, I wrote a little something. It’s still a little clunky in…

Editorial: Space is the place Martyn Reed, Editor-in-Chief, Nuart Journal Edited by Susan Hansen As many are already aware, after a sustained local campaign by various cultural gatekeepers to reduce the popularity and impact of street art in the city, the Norwegian Arts Council subsequently announced that they would be…

I seem to have been involved with “walls” all of my life — both literal and metaphorical. How I ended up curating them instead of behind them I’m not quite sure — they always seemed to represent a challenge, and I like a challenge. …

On “Duality” BLACKWHITE for Aurodidact Magazine. Arts and culture journalists often ask how and why I started Nuart, what was it that gave me the impetus to create and curate a “Street Art” festival. Nuart was established in 2001 as the sister festival to Numusic, an electronic music festival that…

I was recently working on a project with an artist when he said to me , “please don’t mention that I’m a street artist in the press release, I’m a neo-muralist”. I felt the hairs on my arms raise. …

The Real Power of Street Art aka Join the Revolution. This series of articles, like Street Art itself, sets out to explore those grand historical narratives, that until recently, contemporary art has been in retreat from, themes exploring issues of politics, justice, power, history & capitalism, a word that we hear less and less of in art as it is…

My personal relationship to art, and in particular street art, is a typical story of “from rags to polyester”. An artless childhood steeped in poverty, deprivation, bad schooling, domestic violence and urban blight. For most, the light at the end of the tunnel, being nothing more than a Miners lamp…

Nuart Festival, Stavanger, Norway. Nuart produces both temporary and long-term public artworks as well as facilitates dialogue and action between a global network of artists, academics, journalists and policy makers surrounding street art practice. …