Living in Queens just above Brooklyn and going by metro I passed several times a massive brick building known as 5 Pointz. 5ptz is an artist building full of artist studios and basically open to all kind of street artists to enrich the colorfull facade and interior of the building. Just blocks from P.S. 1, 5 Pointz is the “Institute of Higher Burnin’”. Not a museum or gallery, 5 Pointz is a living collage of a graffiti art converted warehouse. The art of famous and novice graffiti artists covers the building’s facade, all done with the encouragement of the building’s owner. 5 Pointz is even considered the worlds first graffiti mecca, as it unites artists from all around the globe. Initially the wareouse only ment to unite NYC artists from the 5 boroughs – that’s where the name comes from. However, any given day you pass by now, you’ll be able to find well-known musicians, artists, rappers, DJ’s, break-dancers, filmmakers or photographers from all over the globe.

The curator Jonathan Cohen aka “Meres One” – an artist himself - seeks to convert the factory warehouse building of 200.000 square-foot into a graffiti museum. He has reached it by now already, as you can see in the picture I would say.