![\"\"](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Stoerer-Verlaengerung_Kreis_EN-1.svg\")
<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
CanTwo and Jase, 1988 | Photo \u00a9 Fedor Wildhardt<\/span> At the beginning of the 1980s, Hamburg\u2019s urban landscape gradually began to change. The instigators of this transformation were not urban planners, however, but graffiti artists: inspired by films like Wild Style<\/em> and Beat Street<\/em>, they moved around the city at night with spray cans and left behind colourful pictures, symbols and writing on walls, bridges and train carriages. Over the course of time, Hamburg \u2013 which had been a grey city dominated by postwar architecture \u2013 was transformed into a colourful and diverse metropolis which soon became one of the European epicentres of the graffiti and hip-hop scene, alongside Paris, Amsterdam and Munich.<\/p>\n The exhibition \u201cA CITY BECOMES COLOURFUL. Hamburg Graffiti History 1980-1999\u201d, which will run from November 2nd, 2022 until January 7th, 2024 at the Hamburg Museum, tells the story of the origins of this youth subculture in Hamburg. The curators Oliver Nebel, Frank Petering, Mirko Reisser and Andreas Timm have assembled almost 500 exhibits, including photographs, texts, sketchbooks, spray cans, newspapers, magazines, vinyl records and accessories. In their research, they were able to build on their previous collaborative work: they are the editors of the lavishly illustrated book EINE STADT WIRD BUNT<\/em> (A City Becomes Colourful), <\/em>published in 2021, from which the exhibition gets its name.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Like the book, the exhibition explores the historical period from the creation of a new city topography after the Second World War to the punk and protest culture of the 1980s and the emergence of a growing graffiti scene. The exhibition looks in detail at how North American hip-hop culture became established in Hamburg. Numerous photographs, including some large-format ones, show how Hamburg\u2019s graffiti pioneers conquered the walls of the city. Film posters, concert tickets, articles from magazines like Stern<\/em> and Bravo<\/em> and various other documents illustrate the key role of the media, the importance of the music and breakdancing scene, and the relevance of youth clubs and the cultural sector to the development of the entire subculture.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Flyers, audio tapes and vinyl records: at first glance, some exhibits may look like mundane everyday objects from a bygone era. In the context of the story told by the exhibition, however, it soon becomes clear that almost every little snippet that had anything to do with hip-hop and graffiti was fiercely treasured at the time. In this pre-internet era, information about the subculture was in short supply, and belonging to the scene was like being a member of a secret society. The exhibition features equipment used by graffiti writers, such as spray cans, marker pens, square spanners and bolt cutters, but also accessories typical of the scene, like name belts, sneakers, baseball jackets with \u201cbackpieces\u201d, and legendary records, to give visitors a profound insight into the beginnings of hip-hop culture in Hamburg. Alongside graffiti writing, it also looks at MCing, DJing and breakdancing.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n The highlights of the exhibition include the historic S-Bahn seats which museum visitors are allowed to sit on \u2013 just like a graffiti writer in the 1980s. Above the entrance to the exhibition\u2019s music section there is a large sign saying \u201cPowerhouse\u201d. This installation is the original sign that once hung above the entrance to a legendary hip-hop club in St. Pauli. Another highlight is the faithfully reconstructed room of a fictional Hamburg teenager who became a graffitist in the 1980s. The biographical transition from childhood to adolescence is expressed by numerous details in the room: beside the collection of empty cola cans which decorated many young people\u2019s bedrooms at the time, there are also colourful Sparvar spray cans.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Exhibition duration: November 2nd, 2022 Monday 10 am – 5 pm. Free curator tours<\/strong> every Thursday, 6 – 7 pm.<\/p>\n Free museum tours<\/strong> every Sunday, 3.30 – 4.30 pm.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n View in Google Maps<\/strong> ansehen<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Adults 5 \u20ac.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n 5 \u20ac for individual visitors. Free admission for children and young people under 18, Hamburg City Pass, representatives of the press, necessary accompanying person for severely disabled persons.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n The multimedia smartphone app \u201cOUR CITY BECOMES COLOURFUL\u201d has been developed to accompany the exhibition. It enables visitors to follow in the footsteps of the subculture as they explore the city. The interactive tool will guide visitors to locations in Hamburg that were important to the scene \u2013 like the Jungfernstieg corner, the graffitists\u2019 meeting point on K\u00f6nigsstra\u00dfe, and Altona high school, where the wall of the gym was once a famous graffiti gallery. With the help of an augmented reality app, at each of these historical sites, users can take a look into the past, and extend their museum visit into the space where graffiti is truly at home: the city.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \n App<\/a>\n<\/p>\n The exhibition will have its own accompanying catalogue featuring numerous illustrations as well as photos, objects and texts from the exhibition. It will be published when the exhibition opens and will be available to buy in the museum shop and at bookshops.<\/p>\n Paperback, 144 pages, 20 x 26 cm, 19,80 Euro \n Shop<\/a>\n<\/p>\n All Infos at Stiftung Historische Museen Hamburg:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \n shmh.de<\/a>\n<\/p>\n Museum tours<\/strong> Curator tours<\/strong> \n Dates<\/a>\n<\/p>\n
Bottom photos \u00a9 Christian Brodack & <\/span>Absolute Software<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n\nA CITY BECOMES COLOURFUL<\/strong>. Hamburg Graffiti History 1980 – 1999<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
\nAn exhibition at the Hamburg Museum
from November 2nd, 2022 to 31 July 2023<\/del> extended until January 7th, 2024<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\nto 31 July 2023<\/del> extended until January 7th, 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\nOpening hours<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n
\n
Closed on Tuesdays.
Wednesday 10 am – 5 pm.
Thursday 10 am – 9 pm.
Friday 10am – 5pm.
Saturday to Sunday 10am – 6pm.<\/p>\n\nAddress<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n
\n\n\n\n\nMuseum f\u00fcr Hamburgische Geschichte
(Hamburg Museum)<\/div>\n<\/div>\nHolstenwall 24
20355 Hamburg<\/p>\n\nAdmission prices<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n
\n\n\n\n\n\nAll info on admission prices<\/h3>\n
\n\n\n
4 \u20ac for group visitors from 10 persons.
3 \u20ac for schoolchildren and vocational school students aged 18 and over, students up to 30, trainees, the unemployed, welfare recipients, FSJ, severely disabled persons and Hamburg Card holders.<\/p>\nFree admission<\/h5>\n
\nThe exhibition app<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
\n\nExhibition catalogue<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
\n
Language: Deutsch und Englisch
Foreword: Prof. Bettina Probst
Editor: Oliver Nebel, Frank Petering, Mirko Reisser, Andreas Timm
Co-Editor: Stiftung Historische Museen Hamburg
Publisher: Double-H Publishing
ISBN 978-3-9824951-0-1<\/p>\n<\/div>\n![\"\"](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/9783982495101_view_quad_kl.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nGUIDED TOURS AND CLASSES<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
\n
Every Sun, 2:30 and 3:30 pm,
Museum admission.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
The curators, deeply rooted in the scene, provide a particularly authentic approach to the exhibition and guide you through an exciting phase of Hamburg’s urban development from their specific point of view.
Every Thursday from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. (free of charge).
In german language.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\nNEWSLETTER<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
\n \n <\/div>\n