FANZARA (Castellón – High flat)
The Fanzara open-air museum continues to grow unstoppably year after year because it has no roof, nor physical, symbol. The fifth edition of this urban art festival M.I.A.U. will continue with the transformation process that for five years has turned a small town in the interior of Castelló into a living museum that extends its tentacles along the walls of the houses. The goal is to promote art, culture and critical thinking, and bring the street art to rural areas. So much so that the invited artists live with the town's residents during the four days of the event and sleep in their homes..
It is 2018 there will be photography, danza (Zukdance) and music (Fanzara rondalla, MIB Organ Trio and A Quatre Cordes) accompanying cache urban interventions that bring the signature, For example, of Axel Void, artist born and resident in Miami, but linked to Spain. Highly influenced by classical painting, He is known internationally for his uncomfortable and often dark murals in which he fuses graffiti, oil and acrylic paint. Everyday violence, The working class and social problems are recurring themes that he shares with the Italian Bifido (name that comes from a bacteria that strengthens the immune system of the human body), that uses paper, photography and glue to talk about war, capitalism and childhood in the streets of half the world, far from galleries and museums. The Argentinian Vanesa Galdeano (Musivaria) y He is Chanquia (Artist Searches Wall) son Wall party walls and claim the party walls (those shared between neighbors) in front of the walls, responsible for separating. For them, public art, in addition to beautifying cities, must vindicate the idea of a place shared by all individuals. From Madrid it arrives Good Mix, a multidisciplinary team that has its roots in graffiti and understands its work in public spaces as a tool to transform the street and create links between people. In the local section, it stands out Pink Intruder, formed by the architect Miguel Arraiz and the sculptor David Moreno, the duo that placed in 2017, for the first time, Las Fallas in the most important ephemeral art festival in the world, el Burning Man. S.M.
