Posterama

For the first time the artists worked together they organized a poster demonstration in which everyone created their own posters using texts and images concerning posters Through their demonstration they situated themselves in the context of existing active subcultures They used elements from an underground graffiti culture broadsheets and unofficial posters that were usually distributed over more neglected parts of the city These by nature ensured a mysterious everchanging picture of the city As a reaction within this subculture the group built a large wooden partition 300 x 500 cm on the central square of Maastricht The Vrijhof for the elevenday festival Public artworks in September 1980 On this Posterama fence the otherwise marginal activities of graffiti and posters were taken from the periphery to the center and made visible for the public None of the activities were prearranged or commissioned by external parties