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Torino street art festival?

Posted on October 3, 2008 by Julius


Bob Marley - Soul Rebel.


NINE cover.


Laid Back logo.

I recently received a flickr mail inviting me to check the following group. Apparently there is some kind of street art festival that will take place in a few weeks in Torino (IT) and they are asking artists to send some of their artworks for a poster exhibition.

Before even checking further in order to find more explanations, i gave wHo? a call wondering if he would be interested in participating to such a project. wHo? is Laid Back’s specialist when it comes to Street Art. A low profile character with crazy skills. Going to his place is like chilling in a museum’s storeroom. The place is packed with projects finished or not, records, pictures, posters, … I always feel like a kid in a toy store when i’m there. And once in a while, I try to convince him to share his art with the world and to use the Laid back platform to help him do so. We will see, he said. And then i forgot about it.

But tomorrow night, wHo? dropped by my place with a crazy package. I don’t even know what’s inside except for three posters that he asked me to add. Apparently, he worked together with Matthew Crasner and they made a few posters together.

I’m gonna send this package to Torino and, who knows, we might organize a quick trip in couple of weeks to see what Italian street art has to offer… and eventually discover what is inside this package.

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7 Responses to “Torino street art festival?”

  1. Noisette, on October 6th, 2008 at 4:53 pm Said:

    He ! Good job. I like your gift wrapping ;o)
    I hope see the pictures in the street soon.

  2. Julius, on October 8th, 2008 at 4:03 pm Said:

    thanks! package sent today now let’s see how it goes.

  3. Halim, on October 20th, 2008 at 12:34 pm Said:

    So.. what are u waiting 4 ?

    I wanna go to Turin.

    PS: when’s it starting ?

  4. Julius, on October 20th, 2008 at 2:47 pm Said:

    I sent the package but didn’t get much infos for the organization …
    Best resource seems to be: http://www.flickr.com/groups/turin_poster_art_festival/

  5. Halim, on November 3rd, 2008 at 3:47 pm Said:

    Tx. Just saw that it’s on the 15th of November. It’s a pity, I’ll be in Torino from 9 till 12 November. Would loved to take some pics.

    On that note: anyone tips for things to do/visit/eat/.. in Milaan or Turin ?

    Grazie mille. h.

  6. Fab-E, on November 3rd, 2008 at 6:43 pm Said:

    If you’re looking for records, you should go to the Psycho store in Milan (I think this is the address - Via Zamenhof, 2 - Milano): really cool if you’re looking for 70’s rock, psychedelic…

    In Torino, there’s a good record store behind the university, very closed to the river (Po): sorry I can’t remember neither the name of the shop, nor the exact address: but if you walk from the university in the direction of the Po, you should find it quite easily. In Torino, you can also visit the Movie-museum, especially to have the view of the city from the tower’s museum.

  7. Halim, on November 6th, 2008 at 7:44 pm Said:

    Thanks a lot Fab-E. Otherwise, would you know any nice jazz/nu-jazz bars in Turin or Milan ?
    h.

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