Urban Lives supports “A Flowing Chaos” (between graffiti and disorder), a photography exhibition by Kiyose, Italian graffiti writer based in Athens who has been documenting the local graffiti, underground culture and street life since 2017 “A flowing chaos” is the first photography exhibition in Athens by Kiyose, an…
Four years after the first issue, The cat did it vol. 2 is now out and includes 77 pictures of cats and graffiti in Athens; more pages, more contents, more graffiti! I am glad to announce that the photo zine TCDI2 has been published, supported by Urban Lives…
Interview with the writer, artist and performer Eirik Falckner, from Bergen (Norway), on the occasion of the release of his new experimental graffiti film Graa
Interview with the “old school” writer Cano from Milan (Italy), active since the beginning of ’90’s with his crew 16K, famous for their “organic” style of lettering When I was living in Greece I retraced the history of the so-called “organic” style of lettering, very common and popular…
Interview with the “old school” graffiti writer DASTY 314 from Marche (Italy), active since 1993 More than a year ago, thanks to social network, I’ve had the chance to start a nice chat with Dasty, a writer from Senigallia (AN, Italy). We’ve never had the chance to meet…
In a couple of months I will officially celebrate my second anniversary as an Athenian resident; two amazing years, so many experiences (good and bad), emotions, challenges, adventures, socializing and, despite the ups and downs and the more or less serious difficulties, I have to say that I…
Six months has passed from my previous trip in Thessaloniki but it seems like yesterday, despite has been such a full period full of work, travels, articles, important event like my book published. I can say that this time, apart from the different weather and more hours of…
One of the most complicated but at the same time exciting and satisfying aspects of Urban Lives is the organization of trips and projects with artists. I’ve been travelling around Italy, exploring the underground street art local scenes, or supporting and organizing local events such as graffiti jams,…
Since I’ve started travelling as a “street art reporter”, more than two years ago, I’ve figured out how unpredictable is the impression of different cities on me; some of them just impressed me more than others, with some others I feel a strong and deep connection. For sure…
When Skirl and I first met in August, we were constantly walking around with bottles of water and spray cans in half-empty Rome, between abandoned factories, train stations and working-class areas, and I had this feeling that it might be just the first of many other meeting and,…
