Future is Now!

Young people shape the future: Street art in public space

Future is Now! brings urban flair to the Salzkammergut and conveys the culture of street art and graffiti through workshops and artist residencies.

Subject to change
Future is Now!
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Programline
Contributors

Leonhard Gruber, Mario Friedwagner (project managers)
Mural Harbor Linz GmbH (project organiser)
With the support of: Upper Austrian Chamber of Labour

Christian Haselmayr (Head of Programme Music, Youth, Community Building)

When
2024

About the project

Future is Now! is a project that aims to address questions and challenges of the future with the help of a participatory process and the means of graffiti and street art in public space. The project was submitted two years ago by Bad Ischl media, culture and education manager Mario Friedwagner and is now being further developed by him in cooperation with Leonhard Gruber of Linz’s Mural Harbor.

Future is Now! brings urban flair to the Salzkammergut and conveys the culture of street art and graffiti through workshops and artist residencies. Large-scale facade paintings, also known as murals, are created as a lasting reminder. Since the emergence of this art form, the painted walls not only tell stories from the past and present, but also design utopias for a better future.