Art & design

Street art zone - legal graffiti walls

14. June 2024

Ten years ago, the city of Chur made its first wall surfaces available for legal graffiti and has since developed into a street art city. To mark the anniversary, and just in time for the third edition of the Street Art Festival, new attractive areas were also made available.

In summer 2014, the city of Chur opened up the first wall surfaces for legal graffiti art, allowing young people to express themselves creatively and artistically. Further large-scale, professional murals, which enhance the public space with their cheerful, colorful and urban style, are created at the Street Art Festival. This will take place for the third time from June 21-23. The Mühleturm, probably the city's most famous mural, was created in 2018.

If you would like to spray on one of the approved walls, you can find the approved walls on the city of Chur's website under the keyword "Streetart Zone". These can be freely designed without further agreement, subject to the following basic rules. You may only spray in the marked zones. Anyone who starts a work should also complete it. The works are not for eternity, as each completed painting can be painted over again by another artist. A painting can therefore last for a year or just one day. All forms of discriminatory messages (sexism, racism, homophobia, etc.) are prohibited. The general quiet times must be observed and consideration must be shown for the neighborhood. Empty cans must be disposed of at the multi-collection point. It is desired that the pictures are published on social media with the hashtag #streetartchur or #churkultur and thus also documented.

The following walls are currently approved: -       Both sides of the A13 highway underpass on Rheinstrasse -       Both sides of the A13 pedestrian underpass at Grossbruggerweg (Obere Au) -       An area of the retaining wall on Untere Plessurstrasse. -       Both sides of the Giacomettistrasse railroad underpass -       New: rear wall of the Obere Au bus shelter -       New: Both sides of the Ringstrasse railroad underpass See also GIS city map of the city of Chur

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