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the relevance of such expressions was not judged on their artistic value. it was a politics of action, not aesthet-ics and one of the most potent weapons that remained in the hands of the people.

throughout the summer and fall of 2009, the WallBreak-ers festival will showcase powerful artists who have con-tinued this line of subversive creative action and create dialogue over what the writing on the wall says today.

for the full WallBreakers line up and detailed informa-tion on participants, visit:

www.artwallbreakers.com

www.modart.com

WALLBREAKERS 2009A PEACEFUL REvOLUTION

Admir JAhic & comenius roethlisBerger

www.withoutyoubaby.com

www.invisibleheroes.net

www.comenius.ch

noBody in germAny needs reminding thAt this yeAr mArks the tWo-decAde Anniver-sAry of the fAll of the Berlin WAll or hinting At the numBer of discussions this monumentAl event generAtes todAy.

surely david hasselhoff never imagined that little Broth-er would take over for Big Brother as he sung »looking for freedom,« to a jovial crowd while he stood on top of the suddenly redundant mass of concrete. the wall came tumbling down and freedom needed redefining.

hoff, and almost as famously, keith haring weren’t the only artists to mark the wall and speak of freedom. While the eastern side remained the color of rotting grey, the western face of the wall had long been an urban canvas for artists, activists and citizens to speak their mind.

every protest needs music. While in the 60’s it WAs folk And rock thAt Brought the coming community together, By the time We entered the 21st century, visuAl Arts Were mAking A clAim As the neW po-liticAl voice of A generAtion.

WAllBreAkers: rock am ring vip lounges (suzuki, Warsteiner & mtv)rock am ring Backstage Aftershow party

rock am ring

An der grand-prix-strecke

53520 nürburg

PROTEST SONGS: ART, ACTIvISM ANd MUSIC

feAturing lichtfAktor: photography exhibition, light Writing performances and demonstrations + drawings, spray paint and installation from JiAr.

www.lichtfaktor.eu

www.littlescratch.com

mArcel pAnne And dAvid luepschen (AkA JiAr) Are the tWo memBers of lichtfAktor. mArcel is A photogrApher And the first vJ to proJect visuAl BomBs in cologne (1997). dAvid is A skillful designer And grAffiti Art-ist. together they form one of the most suc-cessful light Writing creWs in europe.

»Foruslightwritingisanevolutionandachancetoanimategraffiticharactersinurbanlandscapes.«

We don’t hAve dAvid hAsselhoff, But there is going to Be A seQuel to lAst yeAr’s modArt pArty Around the orgy of Art BAsel And the only thing sexier Would Be if kit rolled out of A truck And dropped of BJork to BeAt doWn some pApArAzzi.

if we’re talking about art or politics or the image of any history, it’s important to be deadly serious about the silly and from time to time just as silly about the serious. if we can’t imagine a good time… there are still some ba-sic walls to hammer through.

feAturing smAsh137 And ruedionewww.smashtrash.net

www.smash137.net

www.ruedione.com

WAllBreAkers: Art Bazzel party at Art BaselJune 12th / kaserne Basel / rossstall 1 + rossstall 2klybeckstr. 1bch- 4057 Baselwww.kaserne-basel.ch

CELEBRATE GOOd TIMES (and bad ones)

WALLBREAKERS FEATUREd ARTIST: Ruedione

WALLBREAKERS FEATUREd ARTIST: SmaSh137

for yeArs ruedione WAs A grAffiti Writer himself. the documentAtion of his Work led him to photogrAphy. he sAys thAt pAs-sion, oBsession, even Addiction connects him to the medium. By noW he exclusively uses the cAmerA for his Works. for more thAn A decAde, he hAs Been documenting the Writers’ scene And hAs thus remAined pArt of it As its visuAl chronicler.

driven By his oBsession for Western cAl-ligrAphy, he is one of the most Active Writers WorldWide, And so his signAture grAces mAny oBJects And WAlls in puBlic spAces from neW york city to tokyo.

the style of smAsh137, A street Art Art-ist And grAffiti Writer from BAsel, hAs strongly influenced the internAtionAl Writers’ scene for yeArs. smAsh137 is oB-sessed With letters.

At WAllBreAkers, smAsh137 Will reflect on WhAt grAffiti sAys ABout A city. »i can understand older generations when they get upset about graffiti and just notice that the streets are all tagged up. At the same time, what sort of city do you live in if there is no graffiti and all the walls are as dead grey as they were once intended to be?«

feAturing: Boxi, Will Barras, peter fuss, stefan strumbel, frerk and marc Woehr and Admir Jahic, with photos courtesy of ruedione.

www.primaryflight.com

WALLBREAKERS:

MURAL ART, A PRIMARY FLIGHT

murAls hAve long plAyed A role in Bring- ing Art into puBlic spAces, putting imAgi-nAtion into the city in plAces Where people Work, live And Will Be confronted With these interruptions. they provide A plAce for Art And imAginAtion thAt isn’t limited By mArket lAWs or elitist lAnguAge.

in preparation for WallBreakers 2009, modart send a team of european talents over to take part in primary flight, the first large scale street installation, which hit miami during Art Basel miami in 2007 and 2008.

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BOXI FRERK ANd MARC WOEHR.

PETER FUSSSTEFAN STRUMBEL

WILL BARRAS

Modart Issue 20 / the Best of Modart / CoMIng out suMMer 2009