Urban Heartbeat - Street Art event 26 - 29 March! Live painting and after-party!
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The German Embassy Port of Spain together with Abovegroup Ogilvy is introducing a great Street Art Project to Trinidad and Tobago. “Urban Heartbeat – An artistic Encounter in Public Spaces” has been initiated by Goethe Institute in Mexico-City and is touring Mexico, Latin America and the Caribbean in February and March 2012. The tour dates for Port of Spain are 26 to 29 March 2012. We proudly announce the east wall of the Grand Stands in the Savannah as the venue for Urban Heartbeat.
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(© Jim Avignon)
The winners of our street art contest - where urban artists, designers, muralists, illustrators and cartoonists from Trinidad and Tobago submitted their designs on the project’s Facebook wall - have finally been selected. Thanks to everyone who participated! The winners are:
Jennifer Perez Rojas, Richard Williams, Brianna McCarthy, Dean Arlen, Kriston Banfield, Danielle Boodoo-Fortune, Maria Elena Joseph, Luis Vasquez La Roche, Raquel Vasquez and Alicia Milne.
Richard Taylor, a participant as well, will fill in for Richard Williams, who currently lives and works in Germany.
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Winning desings of the Urban Heartbeat Contest Port of Spain
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German artist Jim Avignon together with the local winners will create a mural using these different styles. Our venue, the east wall of the Grand Stands in the Savannah is the perfect location for this project – thanks to the National Carnival Commission for allowing us to use this space. And, of course, we will celebrate our finished mural with a big party – Show and Tell Urban Heartbeat - on 29 March 2012. More details about Jim .
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(© Jim Avignon)
The whole project will be documented by Holger Beier, who is also our DJ for the Party. More details about Holger .
Before coming to Port of Spain, Urban Heartbeat will visit Jamaica, Costa Rica, Panama, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala and Nicaragua. After touring the region, the project will end up in Mexico City and subsequently in the German capital Berlin, where a catalogue of all the artwork and designs of all the artists will be presented in “Galerie Neurotitan”, a unique space for urban and alternative art.
More information on Galerie Neurotitan
Read our blog on www.urban-heartbeat.com or find us directly on Facebook: www.facebook.com/demibarrioatubarrio (De mi barrio a tu barrio is the Spanish name of Urban Heartbeat).
Meet our artists and enjoy a great party – Show and Tell Urban Heartbeat - on 29 March 2012 in the Savannah!
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(© East Wall - Grand Stands)
