01 Add Fuel, Formia - Memorie Urbane 2016 ©FlaviaFiengo

Next Friday May 20th, Memorie Urbane Festival will be introducing “Memorie Urbane Weeks”, a two-week long intense programme of events that previously has witnessed the creation of over 150 artworks scattered throughout central Italy.
This year’s festival will include works by renowned international street artists such as Alias, David Oliveira, Frederico Draw, Lonac, Louis Masai, Sepe & Chazme, among others, as well as urban interventions across several Italian municipalities like Cassino, Fondi, Formia, Gaeta, Santi Cosma e Damiano, Terracina, Valmontone, and Ventotene.

During “Memorie Urbane Weeks”, from 20 May to 5 June, the Festival will also host numerous activities such as a concert of May 20th with Italian guitar player and composer Paolo Spaccamonti, and a conference titled “Street art at the museum: does institutionalisation help or kill the subversive attitude?” with the curator Christian Domodeo on May 22nd. Bike, walking, and bus tours will also be arranged in order to explore the many artworks spread throughout the different venues. Read the full program here.

Press release
The artists

Here a few images of the art created so far for this year’s festival:

03 Add Fuel, Formia - Memorie Urbane 2016 ©FlaviaFiengo

Add Fuel, Formia – Photo ©Flavia Fiengo

03 Isaac Cordal, Gaeta - Memorie Urbane 2016 ©Isaac Cordal

Isaac Cordal, Gaeta – Photo © Isaac Cordal

06 Isaac Cordal, Gaeta - Memorie Urbane 2016 ©Isaac Cordal

Isaac Cordal, Gaeta – Photo © Isaac Cordal

07 Isaac Cordal, Gaeta - Memorie Urbane 2016 ©Isaac Cordal

Isaac Cordal, Gaeta – Photo © Isaac Cordal

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Lonac, Cassino – Photo ©Flavia Fiengo

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Lonac, Cassino – Photo ©Flavia Fiengo

01 Eime, Formia - Memorie Urbane 2016 ©FlaviaFiengo

Eime. Formia – Photo © Flavia Fiengo

01 Alias © Wolfram Steinberg

Alias © Wolfram Steinberg

01 David Oliveira - Memorie Urbane 2016 ©Arianna Barone

David Oliveira –  Photo © Arianna Barone

01 Frederico Draw, Gaeta Photo © Arianna Barone

Frederico Draw, Gaeta Photo © Arianna Barone

04 Frederico Draw, Gaeta - Memorie Urbane 2016 ©Arianna Barone

Frederico Draw, Gaeta Photo © Arianna Barone

Author: Fran

Founder and editor of Urbanite. Street Art lover who after the finishing her MA thesis on the Mexican and Norwegian muralist movement in the 1920-50s, developed a fascination for street art and graffiti that eventually led to collaborations with different art blogs, including the creation of this one.