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ABOUT US
ABSORB THE CULTURAL PRACTICE OF WRITING ON WALLS
We are a Lisbon-based street art collective turned cultural platform, setting up sustainable street art experiences as the first ones in town. We work at the intersection of public space, community, and creativity - bringing together local artists, neighbourhood initiatives, and curious people passing through to make the city's walls mean something. As cultural mediators, as a research collective and as artists we engage within cultural development through curated mural production and placemaking.
Our work is hands-on and grounded: from unique guided walking street art tours, graffiti and creative workshops, cultural interventions in public space, an in-between agent and an evolving online streetshop (coming soon).
No grants. No investors. 100% self-sustained through what we do.
The approach is artivistic, intercultural, impact-driven, inclusive and research-based - which is a long way of saying we care deeply about why something goes on a wall, not just what it looks like. We believe public space belongs to the people in it. We believe a neighbourhood's identity can be reclaimed, re-read, and rewritten. We believe culture isn't just exhibited - it's lived, sprayed, walked, and felt.
Our ideal street art formula goes around and about, above and beyond:
"Culture is written on the walls." - J. Armstrong
- We're just the ones holding the cans ánd the brushes.-
ABSORB THE CULTURAL PRACTICE OF WRITING ON WALLS
We are a Lisbon-based street art collective turned cultural platform, setting up sustainable street art experiences as the first ones in town. We work at the intersection of public space, community, and creativity - bringing together local artists, neighbourhood initiatives, and curious people passing through to make the city's walls mean something. As cultural mediators, as a research collective and as artists we engage within cultural development through curated mural production and placemaking.
Our work is hands-on and grounded: from unique guided walking street art tours, graffiti and creative workshops, cultural interventions in public space, an in-between agent and an evolving online streetshop (coming soon).
No grants. No investors. 100% self-sustained through what we do.
The approach is artivistic, intercultural, impact-driven, inclusive and research-based - which is a long way of saying we care deeply about why something goes on a wall, not just what it looks like. We believe public space belongs to the people in it. We believe a neighbourhood's identity can be reclaimed, re-read, and rewritten. We believe culture isn't just exhibited - it's lived, sprayed, walked, and felt.
Our ideal street art formula goes around and about, above and beyond:
"Culture is written on the walls." - J. Armstrong
- We're just the ones holding the cans ánd the brushes.-
OWe are an enthusiastic and passionate team from different parts of the world. Our project started in Lisbon more than 10 years ago as the first ones to share our knowledge about the Lisbon's street art and graffiti scenery. We organize paintjams - creative gettogethers - with artists from, based in, and passing through Lisbon. We expand from the roots of graffiti to the multitude of the urban art scene, wrapped up with historical and local storytelling. Every day on request; for every occasion; for every budget; ánd in different languages.
ABSORB THE CULTURAL PRACTICE OF WRITING ON WALLS
We are a Lisbon-based street art collective turned cultural platform, setting up sustainable street art experiences as the first ones in town. We work at the intersection of public space, community, and creativity - bringing together local artists, neighbourhood initiatives, and curious people passing through to make the city's walls mean something. As cultural mediators, as a research collective and as artists we engage within cultural development through curated mural production and placemaking.
Our work is hands-on and grounded: from unique guided walking street art tours, graffiti and creative workshops, cultural interventions in public space, an in-between agent and an evolving online streetshop (coming soon).
No grants. No investors. 100% self-sustained through what we do.
The approach is artivistic, intercultural, impact-driven, inclusive and research-based - which is a long way of saying we care deeply about why something goes on a wall, not just what it looks like. We believe public space belongs to the people in it. We believe a neighbourhood's identity can be reclaimed, re-read, and rewritten. We believe culture isn't just exhibited - it's lived, sprayed, walked, and felt.
Our ideal street art formula goes around and about, above and beyond:
"Culture is written on the walls." - J. Armstrong
- We're just the ones holding the cans ánd the brushes.-
OWe are an enthusiastic and passionate team from different parts of the world. Our project started in Lisbon more than 10 years ago as the first ones to share our knowledge about the Lisbon's street art and graffiti scenery. We organize paintjams - creative gettogethers - with artists from, based in, and passing through Lisbon. We expand from the roots of graffiti to the multitude of the urban art scene, wrapped up with historical and local storytelling. Every day on request; for every occasion; for every budget; ánd in different languages.
With the first street art tour in town and also with the set-up of our street art collective, we became a fixed value referred to in the academic, artistic as well as touristic atmospheres. We connect ourselves with different initiatives, agencies as well as travelers. With the curated production of our own murals and the direct contact with the street art scenery, we continue working on extending our tours, workshops, ánd customized art productions for families and friends, teambuildings, community-collaborations, conference sidekicks, schooltrips, immersive educational experiences, holidayescapes, and much more... to discover the city through a whole different perspective. From the roots of graffiti to the multitude of the urban art scene, wrapped within historical and local storytelling. Every day on request; for every occasion; for every budget; ánd in different languages.
We are building toward opening up our own ARTlab and cruising with our yesyouVAN to even more remote areas in spreading art around.
What marks us:
* our constant updated knowledge of being part of the scene, our academic research ánd the many conversations over the years;
* the high standards of our engaged and passionate team;
* the promotion of global and local street art activities and street artists;
* the various languages [French, English, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Italian] in which we host experiences;
* the great variety in audience we have been reaching (ánd continue to reach)
* the direct involvement of our own murals adding up to the creative flow of Lisbon
With the first street art tour in town and also with the set-up of our street art collective, we became a fixed value referred to in the academic, artistic as well as touristic atmospheres. We connect ourselves with different initiatives, agencies as well as travelers. With the curated production of our own murals and the direct contact with the street art scenery, we continue working on extending our tours, workshops, ánd customized art productions for families and friends, teambuildings, community-collaborations, conference sidekicks, schooltrips, immersive educational experiences, holidayescapes, and much more... to discover the city through a whole different perspective. From the roots of graffiti to the multitude of the urban art scene, wrapped within historical and local storytelling. Every day on request; for every occasion; for every budget; ánd in different languages.
We are building toward opening up our own ARTlab and cruising with our yesyouVAN to even more remote areas in spreading art around.
What marks us:
* our constant updated knowledge of being part of the scene, our academic research ánd the many conversations over the years;
* the high standards of our engaged and passionate team;
* the promotion of global and local street art activities and street artists;
* the various languages [French, English, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Italian] in which we host experiences;
* the great variety in audience we have been reaching (ánd continue to reach)
* the direct involvement of our own murals adding up to the creative flow of Lisbon
With the first street art tour in town and also with the set-up of our street art collective, we became a fixed value referred to in the academic, artistic as well as touristic atmospheres. We connect ourselves with different initiatives, agencies as well as travelers. With the curated production of our own murals and the direct contact with the street art scenery, we continue working on extending our tours, workshops, ánd customized art productions for families and friends, teambuildings, community-collaborations, conference sidekicks, schooltrips, immersive educational experiences, holidayescapes, and much more... to discover the city through a whole different perspective. From the roots of graffiti to the multitude of the urban art scene, wrapped within historical and local storytelling. Every day on request; for every occasion; for every budget; ánd in different languages.
We are building toward opening up our own ARTlab and cruising with our yesyouVAN to even more remote areas in spreading art around.
What marks us:
* our constant updated knowledge of being part of the scene, our academic research ánd the many conversations over the years;
* the high standards of our engaged and passionate team;
* the promotion of global and local street art activities and street artists;
* the various languages [French, English, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Italian] in which we host experiences;
* the great variety in audience we have been reaching (ánd continue to reach)
* the direct involvement of our own murals adding up to the creative flow of Lisbon
