Art today. Gone tomorrow.
Photo and text: Niels Christian Vilmann

Some of the best street artists from Denmark and around the world have been invited to do their own ornamentation of the usually bland Frederiks Allé during Aarhus Festival. The artists are decorating five by five meter wooden walls set up on and around the usually busy street in the center of the city.

The modern graffiti and street art has its origin in New York City. The city that never sleeps has given us various forms of art including hip-hop and breakdancing. The illegality of the art form is still very evident. Even though the artists have been commissioned for their work and are working in broad daylight, some of them still go by their aliases and ask to have their faces kept hidden from the camera.

Go for a walk in the park of murals outside the town hall with a soda or beer in hand and experience the talented artists at work using vastly different techniques and expressions.



