After meeting with success in Auch for its first edition, the urban art festival will take place at the Pavie multipurpose hall on June 27 and 28. This event, accessible to all, will give pride of place to graffiti lovers and creative people.
For its 2nd edition, the Rural Colors urban art festival, organized by the MurMure association with the agreement of the municipality of Pavie, aims to be even more festive and friendly.
Last year, for its first edition which took place in September, the event was held in the Garros district of Auch, and had travel as its theme. Fifteen graffiti artists transformed a building before its demolition into a monumental collective work.
Following a very large turnout from the public, Mathieu Castang, president of the MurMure collective, decided this time to organize this festival on June 27 and 28 at the Pavie multipurpose room, a smaller space to “promote access to culture and creation in a framework rural”. Another argument put forward by the president is to bring people together and thus encourage diversity: “We want to promote urban art even more as a vector of social ties.”
Skateboarding activities, exhibitions, exchanges…
The theme of this edition will be the cosmos and futurism to take the present public on a journey even further. Between 300 and 500 visitors are expected over these two days.
From 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., visitors will be able to enjoy several demonstrations and skateboarding activities with the O’Riders association. Artistic exhibitions will be produced in real time by around twenty regional, national and international graffiti artists, including some on the walls of the multipurpose room and the fire station.
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Subsequently, exchanges will be organized between the artists and the public with the aim of “involving residents, young people and local associations and thus creating a free and recurring cultural event on an intercommunal scale”, concludes Mathieu Castang.
