The City as an Incubator – Street Art and the Urban Landscape

The City as an Incubator:
Street Art and the Urban Landscape, with Reuben Woods

Date: Tuesday, July 2, 2024
Time: 4:30pm – 7pm
Where: Toi Auaha, Worcester Boulevard
This is a FREE event - please register as venue capacity is limited

This workshop will invite attendees to consider street art’s potential within the urban landscape – contextualised within the global histories of urban art practice and the specifics of Ōtautahi’s physical and social networks.

The concept of a street art incubator is unique – street art has not traditionally been placed within an industry framework and instead has celebrated the unlimited possibilities of expression – risk the primary limitation. Today, the embrace of street art makes it possible to dream of increasingly diverse approaches to urban creativity.

This workshop will consider the definitions of the varied threads of urban art practice, while also encouraging and supporting the development of ideas – taking a collaborative approach to consider how concepts might be brought to life in the urban landscape.

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Reuben Woods is an art historian, writer and curator. His PhD thesis explored graffiti and street art within post-earthquake Christchurch. He also serves as creative director and lead tour guide for Watch This Space.