STREET ARTISTS IN EUROPE - Fondazione Fitzcarraldo

Street Artists in Europe
Permissions that are only obtainable from state level authorities exist in France and in one other
case in the United Kingdom. The same statement is available for the regional level.
In some cases special permits are needed to be purchased from further public authorities.
Representative of Sziget festival in Budapest mentioned the obligatory compliance with the
Budapest Public Transport Company, the National Railway Company or the National Bus
Company. In case of large cities, as Paris or cities with decentralised administrative system as
Budapest permits may be purchased on the two tier administrative level: the city and the district.
This has been underlined by 2r2c company organising events in the southern 13 th district of
Paris as well as by the Sziget festival of Budapest.
Although street art events are organised specifically in public spaces it may happen that part of
the space is in co-ownership. In that case special agreements and permissions have to be
purchased from the other – mainly private – owners of places. Between the interviewed artists
only 2r2c mentioned this type of permit. 2r2c is a cooperative of companies, of independent
artists and of other cultural structures in order to help organising and promoting contemporary
street arts and circus. Their activities are based on a permanent relationship with local
communities and inhabitants of neighbourhoods recently getting through deep urban
transformations and gentrification 309 .
309 Interview with 2r2c
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