The Crystal Ship - Oostende

The Crystal Ship - Oostende This is what happens when walls can talk. The Crystal Ship is the largest festival in Europe for art in public space. Opening on 11.04.26.

World-famous artists, both national and international, have created 80+ works across the city.

04/09/2026

Draw (Projeto Ruído) x Alma (Projeto Ruído) (PT)

Conflict. But also hope.

Their work reflects a world under pressure.
Violence. Uncertainty. Questions without easy answers.

And then, a symbol appears.
A poppy.

Growing where it shouldn’t.
After everything is gone.

What does it mean to build something new…
from what’s broken?pt

01/09/2026

Patricia Ghijsens x Yorgos Maraziotis (BE/GR)

Two practices. One wall.

They move between sculpture, painting, print and design.
Working with contrast. With tension.

Their figures feel close. Almost comforting.
And at the same time… stuck.

A question without a clear answer.

What happens when two worlds meet…
and don’t fully let go?

29/08/2026

Didier 'Jaba' Mathieu (BE)

Comics. Manga. Abstraction.

Jaba pulls from different worlds.
And lets them collide on one wall.

Somewhere between painting and intervention.
Where a surface stops being just a surface.

What makes a wall…
come alive?

27/08/2026

Curious about what happens on our city walls? Who decides what belongs there, what stays, and how public art can keep its edge?

'The City as a Canvas', the opening panel of The Crystal Ship Expert Conference, brings together Gary McKay (Yardworks Glasgow), Ted Fenton and Daniël Claessens (ALL CAPS Rotterdam) to explore artistic freedom, policy and the role of street art in public space.

🎥 Watch the full panel now on www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOx6eW2MCfY

25/08/2026

Larsen Bervoets (BE)

Contrast as a language.

Larsen builds his murals from geometry and tension.
Sharp edges. Bold colour clashes.

Nothing sits still.

But what happens when those elements meet the city?
And the people passing by?

23/08/2026

Yann L’Outsider (FR)

Between reading and seeing.

Yann works on that edge.
Letters that almost dissolve into movement.

Graffiti becomes rhythm.
Almost calligraphy.

A flow across the wall.

Can you still read it…
or do you just feel it?

21/08/2026

Zenk One (NL)

It started at sixteen.

Graffiti that stayed.
And kept evolving.

Clean lines. Fresh colours.
Patterns that echo nature.

Each wall, a new beginning.

Where do you start…
when the wall is still empty?

17/08/2026

DEFO 8.4 (BE)

From trains to walls.

DEFO started in Brussels.
On metros. On moving surfaces. Fast, direct, unforgiving.

His style became unmistakable.
Broken letters. Sharp colours. Rhythm.

Now placed in a different context.

What happens when graffiti leaves the train…
and stays?

15/08/2026

Queen Andrea (US)

New York energy.

Queen Andrea came up in the 90s.
Learning how to take space. And keep it.

Her work is bold. Colourful. Direct.
Typography as a voice.

Not just letters. Statements.

What can words say…
that images sometimes can’t?

13/08/2026

Rutger Termohlen (NL)

Softness, on a hard surface.

Rutger works around identity. Humanity.
Figures that feel close, almost fragile.

There’s something quiet in his murals.
But it lingers.

What kind of encounter happens…
between a wall and a passer-by?

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