Graffiti has always been more than just graffiti, colorful trains or painted walls. Like any subculture that emerges in social hotspots, it offers a place of retreat for those who need it. A safe space, a kind of parallel society that functions away from the imposed norms. It doesn’t matter what demographic group you come from, how rich or poor you were or what religion you belong to. What sometimes looks like pure selfish self-fulfilment on the outside begins with the formation of a sense of self-awareness, a sense of belonging to something, a sense of attachment – often in difficult family or social situations.

Lukas Zeilinger addressed this in a workshop at the beginning of July 2024 with young visitors to Outreach’s B18 youth club. The young people’s ideas, thoughts and names for a community wall were developed and sprayed together. The aim of the workshop was to leave something positive behind for the young people, both on the wall and in their minds.

In July, Zeilinger developed the motifs further and artistically designed the parking garage at Blasewitzer Ring 12. On August 10, the completion of the project was celebrated with a hip-hop performance and a hip-hop battle in the parking garage itself. In the chapter LOVE LETTERS IN THE CITY, the exhibition leaves the museum space and expands with this project into the city of Berlin.