SuperSpace – co-creation around public space and empty walls

22 November 2025

13.00–16.00
Co-creative workshop by Färgfabriken’s yoouth council in collaboration with artist Saadia Hussain

Drop in, free of charge

Inspired by street art and urban art, SuperSpace aims to engage young people in issues of public space and collective/interactive art creation through an open workshop. A mural will be created on canvas using spray paint and stencil shapes, simulating a real mural.

“People in the city pass empty, grey, monotonous surfaces daily. All streets, buildings and “spaces” in the city leave traces in people. Even places filled with bare, cold and soulless walls are the product of some kind of planning. The emptiness of the city walls says something about us, it is the symptom of a system where profit and speculation take precedence. Colour, belonging and meaning are often a luxury in the segregated, vulnerable areas. Public space reflects the society we live in, and people have the potential to change it. Planning or building a place is therefore a question of class, quality of life and justice. Where meaning is lacking, meaning should be created. Change does not start in art galleries, it happens on the street.”

Sebastian Kust, member of Färgfabriken’s youth council and initiator of the project

About Saadia Hussain

Saadia Hussain is an artist, art educator and art activist based in Stockholm. Through her artistic work, she aims to engage, raise questions, create and share creative tools.

About the project

SuperSpace is an initiative by Sebastian Kust that has been developed and implemented together with Färgfabriken’s youth council, with support from the City of Stockholm’s funds for young people’s own cultural projects.

Thanks to

Colart