UWE Festival

On the Whitsun weekend, 07.06. & 08.06.25, the time had finally come! UWE opened its doors to flood the Striegistal with art, culture, music and living creativity. Two days full of international urban art, workshops, regional arts and crafts and a musical programme that left nothing to be desired. For two days, the former Etzdorf substation, known as UWE, was transformed into a large gallery whose walls were decorated live by international artists and the public. Built in the 1920s, remodelled several times and used until the 2000s, it has been a place of creativity in the Striegistal valley for five years. Graffiti, stencils and murals were created between old switch cabinets. Anyone who wanted to could build digital sculptures or screen print posters. A place of technological history became a walk-in work of art and a centre of attraction for makers from near and far. Striegistal was fuelled by RebelArt, and the UWE Festival 2025 once again became a melting pot of urban art and creative energy. In two very lively creative weeks, around 35 artists from 6 countries once again transformed the Etzdorf substation into a vibrant creative laboratory. The rooms in the UWE literally glowed with urban art, street art, sculpture, installation and performance. Among the participants were: Björn Holzweg (Hamburg), Daria Dordina (Leipzig), Disturbanity Graphics (Berlin), Chiara Dahlem (Luxembourg), Element Art (Erzgebirge), GOSP (Leipzig), GOGI (Georgia), Guido "Rebelism7" Günther (Chemnitz), Guido Zimmermann (Frankfurt), Gregorio Alvarez (Leipzig-Chile), HNRX (Austria), Janosch Müller (Stuttgart), Karolina Kempe (Döbeln), Lapiz (Hamburg), formatting.srt (Leipzig), Masholand (Georgia), MOW (Oelsnitz), Musya (Georgia), Nense Gomez (Berlin-Chile), Onebran (Athens/Greece), Ordinario (Cologne), Pablo (Georgia), petonka (Berlin), Phillip Eichhorn (Halle), Slex Nenskat (Plauen), TAMOONZ (Georgia), Toymaster Flash (Jena), TIEV (Leipzig) and Vidam (Berlin).

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