Virolat Festival Blends Graffiti, Rap and Freestyle Snow in Andorra
The second edition of Virolat in Peretol united urban arts like graffiti and rap with snow sports under the 'fora pista' theme, challenging.
Key Points
- Nine graffiti artists created works on slope walls amid rap beats, including feminist artist Tropidelia.
- Friday: graffiti contest winners, photography exhibition, open rap battle.
- Saturday: live radio, sketching workshop, snow skate competition, rap concert.
- Organised by Andrea Camp to fuse graffiti with snow sports and music, defying vandalism stereotypes.
**Andorra la Vella** – The second edition of the Virolat festival wrapped up on 19 and 20 December at Sunset Park in Peretol, blending urban art forms like graffiti, rap, freestyle snowboarding, photography and live radio in a mountain setting.
Organised by Andrea Camp, the event aimed to challenge stereotypes surrounding graffiti and unite it with snow sports and music. This year's theme, "fora pista" – or off-piste – encouraged participants to push beyond everyday limits, addressing societal flaws through creative expression. Camp, who discovered graffiti while studying in Paris, emphasised that the medium is a legitimate art form with established techniques, often dismissed as vandalism. She noted the festival's goal of linking freestyle snow and skiing scenes with graffiti and rap as complementary disciplines.
Nine artists created continuous graffiti works on walls at the base of the slope, each adding their unique style amid rap beats. Among them was Barcelona-based Tropidelia, known for her vibrant, fluorescent designs infused with feminist, political and rebellious themes after a decade in the field.
Friday's programme featured a collective graffiti session with winners from the Lycée Comte de Foix's second graffiti contest, followed by the opening of a photography exhibition on graffiti's influence in rural spaces. The day ended at 7pm with an open rap battle inviting public participation.
Saturday kicked off at noon with a live radio broadcast by the Fvck i lloc project, featuring music, humour and interviews with attendees. The afternoon included a 3pm sketching workshop and a 5pm snow skate competition open to all. The festival closed with a rap concert that evening.
An on-site shop sold artists' products, while Jean-Guy Ubiergo's "Paisatges subtitulats" exhibition from Toulouse documented urban interventions like graffiti in rural landscapes, echoing the event's core idea.
Virolat has now established itself as a platform fostering encounters between urban arts, sports and nature in Peretol.
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