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We're All Connected / ProjectM10 Sat 30.07.16 19:00 URBAN NATION Add to your list Added to your list URBAN NATION presents PROJECT/M10 "We're All Connected" Curated by Instagrafite A group exhibition with 9 world­famous artists: 2501 (Italy)

AXEL VOID (USA) Faith47 (South Africa) Franco Fasoli ­ JAZ (Argentina) NUNCA (Brazil) Olek (Poland) Panmela Castro (Brazil) robosexi (Poland) Speto Art (Brazil) Opening July 30th at 7PM­10PM Free Entry Urban Nation ­ Bülowstraße 97, 10783 Berlin ­­­­­­­­­­ “We are all connected; To each other, biologically. To the earth, chemically. To the rest of the universe atomically.” ― Neil deGrasse Tyson Instagrafite is proud to announce their inaugural curatorial debut at Project/M10 ­ part of the Project M/ series from URBAN NATION Museum for Urban Contemporary Art with a group exhibition entitled ‘We're All Connected’.

They used to say that any two people can be connected to each other via approximately six others. Thanks to social media, this distance has been halved in 2016: every person is now connected to every other person by 3.57 links. But, in fact, we’re even more closely connected with one another – not only digitally, but also biologically and spiritually. In our ‘We’re All Connected’ exhibition, nine world­famous urban contemporary artists have interpreted many of the dimensions of this interrelatedness.

We can expect a wide range of artistic techniques from the high­calibre line­up of artists: from video installations, to sculptures, to interactive machines, to urban crochet. Each work of art will interpret the idea that ‘We’re All Connected’ in a unique way ­ emotionally attach to specific communities, causes or human issues.

The show wants to highlight that we live in a global village, that we are part of the same bond ­ that a person exists through other people: ‘I am, because we are’ and the duality of interpersonal ties.

Beyond the plural scenarios shown, the exhibition proposes a reassessment of our current situation in the world, inviting visitors to observe more closely and view their equals with compassion. ‘We’re All Connected’ challenges us to live the present­future moment and to be open to connect. https://www.urban­nation.com/2016/07/urban­nation­presents­project­m10/ • ABOUT THE ARTISTS 2501 (Milan, Italy, 1981) is one of the most active street artists of all time. He uses lines and creates large works that give viewers the sense of depth and action with monochromatic colour schemes and the incorporation of an additional solid colour found in the majority of his works. For the show, 2501 will present an acid­etched circle canvas and two amazing machines that the audience will be able to interact with, producing music and art.

Axel Void (Miami, USA, 1986) was raised in Spain from the age of three, where he was strongly influenced by classical painting and drawing, becoming one of the best new generation artists of today. Axel is merging mural art, graffiti, oil and acrylic paint, creating sometimes­uncomfortable, psychological and social issues in his pieces, broken by ironic statements and the beauty he finds in even the most mundane aspects of daily life. For the show, he will present a large canvas and a huge mural painted for the occasion.

Faith47 (Capetown, South Africa, 1979) is an internationally­acclaimed street and studio­based artist with an active street art career of more than 15 years, with murals in major cities around the world. Faith47's work is both an internal and spiritual release that speaks to the complexities of the human condition, its deviant histories and existential search. For the show, Faith47 will present a video installation from her series 7.83HZ Frequency.

Franco Fasoli (Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1981), aka Jaz, is recognised as one of the first major graffiti writers to begin painting in the streets of Buenos Aires and he is considered highly influential in the global street art community with his several large­scale walls around the globe. Jaz explores identity, on both a personal and cultural level, in pieces that feature hybrid creatures, which are part­man, part­beast, characterised by conflict and duality. For the show, he will present a special collage and a human­sized sculpture.

Francisco Rodrigues da Silva (São Paulo, Brazil, 1983), aka Nunca, has been recognized internationally — in exhibitions at London's Tate Modern, São Paulo's Museum of Modern Art and mural at Wynwood Walls. His work centres around the changing, mixing and invasion of one kind of culture by another, and especially the interaction of old and tribal ways of living and the modern way of life. He will be painting a wall near the exhibition connected to the show theme.

Agata Oleksiak (Ruda Śląska, Poland, 1978), aka Olek, is famous for her crochet work, covering public spaces and objects in her guerilla activities. Olek’s art explores sexuality, feminist ideals and the evolution of communication through colours, conceptual exploration and meticulous detail. She has taken the ephemeral medium of yarn to express everyday occurrences, inspirations and hopes to create a metaphor for the complexity and interconnectedness of our body and psychological processes. For the show, she will be collaborating with Polish duo robosexi.

Panmela Castro (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1981), aka Anarkia, was nominated one of the 150 women that are shaking the world by Newsweek magazine (2012). Panmela is an activist artist whose social policy work, primarily focused on gender equality, provides the core inspiration for the content of her provocative paintings. Her work challenges patriarchal notions of public space in relation to sexism, sexuality, subjectivity and power. For the show, she will present two exclusive canvas and she will be painting the wood tunnel in front of the URBAN NATION up­coming Museum of Urban Contemporary Art. robosexi (Lodz, Poland) comes from the shortened forms of the first names Ro­xi and Se­bo. In their artistic works the duo use a wide range of artistic forms including performance, installation, video and site­specific work. For the show, they will present a series of pieces in collaboration with Olek, freezing in resin a collection of crocheted objects from refugees.

Speto (São Paulo, Brazil, 1971) is part of the first generation of graffiti artists in Brazil and he is today one of the famous artists in the Brazilian scene. Speto’s art draws on hip hop culture and his research into deep Brazilian popular culture, specifically ‘Cordel literature’. His work, which is characterized by the unique free­spirit style and inspired in folk art, is a tribute to all of the simple things that surround us. For the show, Speto will present two large wood­carved canvases.

• ABOUT THE CURATORS Instagrafite is the biggest online street art network in the world, with an audience of more than 1.2 million people from all over the globe on Instagram alone. The project started on social media and today takes every platform as a chance to connect and innovate through urban art. Instagrafite is a hybrid of media­hub, curation, consultantancy and production in the urban contemporary market. The two founders, Marina Bortoluzzi (Florianópolis, Brazil, 1983) and Marcelo Pimentel (São Leopoldo, Brazil, 1982) have a background in advertising, trend research and art. They are part of the board of curators of Urban Nation Museum for Urban Contemporary Art. • ABOUT URBAN NATION Since 2013, the initiative URBAN NATION, under the direction of Yasha Young, has been inviting international luminaries and aspiring talents of Urban Contemporary Art to Berlin to design facades, house walls and shop windows. Under the motto, “Connect. Create. Care”, an international network was created by URBAN NATION, which connects artists through exhibitions, panels and social projects, acting as a creative force in Berlin and promoting public critical engagement with one of the most prominent art forms of the 21st century. A unique international institution which has never existed before within its field of activity and architecture is now being established for the above purposes: URBAN NATION Museum for Urban Contemporary Art. The inauguration is expected for mid­2017. https://youtu.be/7BocWhiYfRs

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