The street art decade: 2000-2010
Video-lecture + Q&A session + extras
Teacher: Javier Abarca
By the start of the 21st century, the internet resurrected street art, now as a closely connected global scene. This lecture examines the keys to understanding street art in its blossoming years.
Its techniques, its ethics, its shifting tastes and audiences, and its conflictive relation with graffiti. Also its strategies, from quasi-advertising campaigns to site-specific interventions, from inconspicuous pieces to large works painted with pole and roller.
With this purchase you get permanent streaming access to the video-lecture, plus extras.
Teacher
Our video-lectures are designed and taught by Javier Abarca, one of the leading thinkers in the field, with over 15 years of experience teaching about street art internationally at university level.
Extras
Q&A session
By purchasing permanent access to this video-lecture you get access to one group Q&A session with the teacher, live on Zoom.
Bring your questions and comments from watching the video-lecture, or about street art in general.
Recorded talk with guest artist
You can choose access to one of our two recorded talks with guest artists, MOMO (US) and Eltono (FR). The talks took place in the summer of 2021.
The teacher has worked thoroughly with both artists and knows their work in detail. The talks are therefore unique and touch upon many underexplored aspects of the work of these two unmissable artists.
Annotated bibliography and videography
Listings of the most relevant texts and films about the topics covered in this lecture.
Our lists are meant to be actually useful – they are concise, and every item is commented by the teacher in order to put it in context and explain its relevance.
Telegram chat
A space for sharing information about graffiti and street art. You can also post questions and comments about the video-lecture.
Permanent access
You get permanent access to the video-lecture, the talk with guest artist, the bibliography and the videography. The recording of the Q&A session is available for download.
Certificate
You can request a certificate of attendance for CV purposes.
By purchasing access to this video-lecture you get the following:
- 1 Streamable lecture (1h)
- 1 Group Q&A session, live on Zoom (1h)
- 1 Recorded talk with guest artist (2h)
- Annotated bibliography
- Annotated videography
- Telegram chat
- Permanent access
- Certificate
Fee: 40€
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Get a 25% discount from the standard fee by purchasing access to our full program of five lectures
Video-lectures:
Altogether 10 hours of streamable video content
Extra content:
- 5 group Q&A sessions, live on Zoom (5h)
- Video-archive of guest artists MOMO and Eltono (4h)
- Annotated bibliography for each lecture
- Annotated videography for each lecture
- Telegram chat
- Permanent access
- Certificate
How the school works
Video-lecture
Streamable anytime
Permanent access
Watch the lecture at your own pace, and explore the accompanying bibliography and videography.
Note down your questions and comments for discussion with the teacher during your Q&A session.
You can also post questions and comments about the lecture on our Telegram chat.
Group Q&A session with the teacher
Live on Zoom
Downloadable recording
You can book one of our weekly group Q&A sessions with the teacher.
The teacher is available for Q&A every Saturday 11:30am–12:30pm and 6:30–7:30pm (Madrid time).
You can choose the slot you prefer for your Q&A session within a month after you purchase access to the lecture.
Recorded talk with guest artist
Streamable anytime
Permanent access
You can choose access to one of our two recorded talks with guest artists, MOMO (US) and Eltono (FR).
Bibliography and videography
This lecture’s accompanying bibliography and videography are available in web format.
Permanent access
You get permanent streaming access to the video-lecture and the talk with guest artist.
Access to the bibliography and the videography is permanent as well.
The recording of the Q&A session is available for download for at least a week.
Language
All content is taught in English.
Certificate
You can request a certificate of attendance for CV purposes.
ABOUT THE TEACHER
Javier Abarca (Madrid 1973) is one of the leading thinkers in the field of graffiti and street art. A key artist in the first generation of Spanish graffiti, he taught a pioneering 4-month course on these topics at the Complutense University of Madrid between 2006 and 2015. He works internationally as an educator, researcher and author.
After teaching widely for 15 years, Abarca founded the Urbanario School, an online academy for advanced education about graffiti, street art and related topics. Since 2008 he has run the website Urbanario, the essential source for graffiti and street art research in Spanish language. He is also the founder and director of the groundbreaking events Unlock Book Fair and Tag Conference.
Why study at the Urbanario School
A unique opportunity
The Urbanario School offers an unprecedented opportunity to access advanced education in the fields of graffiti and street art. It provides students, academics, and professionals with suitable intellectual foundations for working in projects related to these fields.
Both in-depth and accessible
Our video-lectures are immersive and entertaining and lay out complex issues in simple terms, providing an accessible window to this often obscure field. They allow both specialists and newcomers to delve into an in-depth study of the intricacies of graffiti, street art and overlapping practices as they interrelate with society.
Javier Abarca’s lectures are the product of a whole life of research, networking and reflection, and have been worked on and improved for over 15 years. He has shared them with hundreds of students of every background, both in academic and independent settings.
Learn with a leading thinker
The school is also a showcase for the influential ideas developed by Javier Abarca in his texts and lectures. Abarca is known for his uniquely revealing critical approaches, as well as for his privileged access to obscure topics. The live Q&A sessions present opportunity for questions, reflection and debate with one of the leading thinkers in the field.
Access our video-archive of guest artists
Our talks with guests provide students with unique views inside the processes and motivations of some of the most forward-thinking and reflective actors in the graffiti and street art scene.
Enjoy our flexible methodology
Video-lectures are freely streamable, and you get permanent access to them. The teacher is available for Q&A sessions every Saturday at two different hours.
Talk with fellow street art enthusiasts
Students at the Urbanario School come from different countries and backgrounds, and our group Q&A sessions bring about interesting conversations. Our Telegram chat lends additional space for sharing news and opinions about graffiti and street art.