UA & ST: Day 3

Today in our international training course “Urban Art & Social Transformation” we talked about key concepts of integration and social intervention in the urban art field, and we analyzed the key competences of a successful youth leader or street educator.

In the afternoon we had a pleasure to meet some urban artists. First of them was Antoni Gabarre, a very experienced graffiti writer and muralist who worked as social transformer in Bosnia during war, as well as in Northern Ireland. Next one was Eskarnia, a rapper from Malaga who explained us her long way in the music, from a young amateur to a professional rapper who lives (or, in her words, “survives”) by her passion. She also shared with us her experience as rap teacher in the small rural villages of the province of Málaga. The aim of the project was to bring rap and other elements of hip hop to children and young people of those municipalities.

Culmination of the afternoon was the presentation of DJ Wave, a Dutch who have spent half of his life in Malaga. After he explained his path as a DJ, he showed us how he makes his unique music with keyboards, mixer and percussion. Spontaneous as they are, participants of the project started clapping and dancing, and soon everything turned into a great and energetic show! After emotions calmed down a little bit, El Circulo Breaking went on the scene with their story of a young group with zero funds, but a huge will. During the years they developed their passion up to the point where they have to decide whether to take another step forward and make it a profession. 

In the evening we had an Open Space, where all of the artists exchanged their knowledge and skills and they transformed La Noria in a space full of music and colours, where everyone could breathe a lot of energy and art.