Tbilisi’s Fabrikaffiti festival set to celebrate urban paint art
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A former Soviet sewing factory in central Tbilisi is inviting street art enthusiasts for this year’s Fabrikaffiti Urban Paint Festival, with local and foreign creators set to transform urban concrete into vivid decoration.
Organisers said the event, launching on Saturday, would host audiences "ready to stretch their minds with new exhilarating experiences”.
The hosts will invite over 60 local and foreign artists to accomplish the goal. The creators will paint on "legally sanctioned” walls and buildings during the festival.
Georgian urban artist WISE working on a mural in an underpass. Photo: WISE.
Georgian showcases within Fabrikaffiti will include "oldschool” graffiti artist WISE, illustration project Masholand and stencil artist Gagosh.
In the two-day weekend program, the event will also host Austrian stencil artist Olivier Hoelzl and group exhibition involving urban painters ChilOne, Lamb, Mir and Dr.Love.
Widely recognised in Georgia for his works adorning walls in various cities of the country, Dr.Love will also be at the centre of his birthday celebrations within the festival.
The festival will also see musical backdrop entertaining the crowds taking in the visual creations.
DJ Duck will play tracks in genres ranging from Drum’n’Bass to Raggastep to complement the event’s urban subculture theme.
A mural for African Renaissance by Austrian artist Olivier Hoelzl, who will be featured in the festival. Photo: Olivier Hoelzl.
Fabrikaffiti Urban Paint Festival will take place at Fabrika, a former Soviet factory building transformed into creative venue for artists and artisans in Tbilisi.
Located on on Ninoshvili Street near the capital city’s Aghmashenebeli Avenue, the venue was opened last year after new owners refurbished the place.
The founders described Fabrika as a "multi-functional space for Georgian artists to share ideas".
Since its opening Fabrika has hosted exhibitions, awards ceremonies and festivals including the inaugural Fabrikaffiti festival in 2016.
A Fabrikaffiti Graffiti School student working on wall painting. Photo: Fabrikaffiti.
The location also includes Fabrika Hostel, a venue set up to provide accommodation for travellers visiting Georgia’s capital.
The Fabrikaffiti team also run Graffiti School in Tbilisi, offering courses led by artists ChilOne and Lamb.
The two creators teach participants techniques for spray paint usage and oversee students in their first urban paint creations.
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