As contemporary graffiti completes six decades of history, more specialists across the world move towards recording, cataloging and preserving its legacy. The Tag Conference Groningen 2024 brings together the main international actors in this emerging working field —archivists, scholars, calligraphers and other specialists— and lays the groundwork for the discussion of the present and future of graffiti heritage.
The Tag Conference partners with Groningen-based Kladmuur Foundation in a unique event set to lay the ground for the emerging working field of graffiti heritage. The conference features an all-star line-up of international speakers, plus an extended program of cutting-edge heritage projects that delve into the rich history of Groningen graffiti. Come to Groningen and celebrate the closing of the Dutch National History Month with three days of world-class lectures at outstanding venues, unique city walks, rare books, art interventions and graffiti nerd socialising.
About ‘The Tag Conference’
The Tag Conference is the spearhead event in the growing field of graffiti studies. Since 2017, the conference has partnered with museums, universities and institutions in Europe and America to host over 100 speakers coming from more than 20 countries on all 5 continents.
Bringing together different spheres
The event’s groundbreaking focus on ‘name-writing of all eras’ has brought together academics studying historical wall-writing with the new scholars of contemporary graffiti, often insiders of the culture. The Tag Conference created the first point of contact between these two research spheres, and has succeeded in drawing a thread for them to find common ground and complement each other.
The Tag Conference Groningen 2024
Framing graffiti heritage
25—27 october 2024
DIANA OZON, DUTCH GRAFFITI LIBRARY, MICK LA ROCK, FRANÇOIS CHASTANET, PIETRO RIVASI, TOBIAS BARENTHIN LINDBLAD, CHRISTIAN OMODEO, NICOLAS GZELEY, JAVIER ABARCA & MORE ★ PLUS WALKS, READINGS & MORE.
