The Influencers | |
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Genre | Guerrilla communication, Graffiti, Visual arts, Film. |
Dates | beginning of February |
Location(s) | Barcelona, Spain |
Years active | 2004 - present |
Website | http://theinfluencers.org/ |
The Influencers is a festival that mixes art, guerrilla communication and radical entertainment. [1] It is curated by Bani Brusadin, [2] Eva & Franco Mattes. In 2012, one of the guests was the Russian art collective Voina. [3]
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