Oscar Murillo. Social Mapping at BLMK Cottbus: Experience Art Together
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Oscar Murillo. Social Mapping at BLMK: Art as Shared Drawing in Cottbus
With Oscar Murillo. Social Mapping, the Brandenburg State Museum for Modern Art at the Diesel Power Plant Cottbus opens a space for collective art production. From May 12 to May 30, 2026, the project invites visitors to participate on a large canvas with pens and colors, experiencing drawing as a social act. The format is part of an international, participatory art project by Colombian-British artist Oscar Murillo, whose work connects painting, installation, and community practice. ([blmk.de](https://www.blmk.de/))
An Art Experience between Gesture, Trace, and Community
The uniqueness of Social Mapping lies in the openness of the process. Here, no closed individual work is created, but a growing image formed from many voices, lines, and markings. The aesthetic experience unfolds in the space itself: from proximity, movement, and the immediate encounter with a canvas that changes day by day. Murillo's practice, which works with text, traces, material fragments, and social connections, finds a particularly vivid form in this format. ([luma.org](https://www.luma.org/en/live/people~Luma~O~OS~OSC~Oscar-Murillo~.html?lang=en))
Oscar Murillo: Internationally Recognized, Conceptually Open
Oscar Murillo, born in 1986 in La Paila, Colombia, and trained at the Royal College of Art in London, is considered one of the defining figures in contemporary art. His works have been shown in important institutions and exhibition spaces; his artistic signature moves between painting, social participation, and installation. LUMA describes him as an artist who questions intercultural ties in a globalized economy and works with text, recycled materials, and condensed surfaces. ([luma.org](https://www.luma.org/en/live/people~Luma~O~OS~OSC~Oscar-Murillo~.html?lang=en))
BLMK as a Venue for Modern Art and Cultural Education
With around 45,000 artworks, BLMK is one of the most significant collections of modern art in Brandenburg. The Cottbus location in the Diesel Power Plant combines industrial architecture with exhibition atmosphere and museum education. The house presents a wide program of painting, photography, graphics, and sculpture and is open from Tuesday to Sunday from 11 am to 7 pm. All exhibition rooms, the event hall, and the mukk. are accessible via elevators. ([blmk.de](https://www.blmk.de/sammlung/))
Why a Visit is Worth It
Social Mapping is not a passive exhibition visit but a vibrant process of experiencing artworks, participation, and contemporary art mediation. Those who visit the exhibition will experience how individual marks coalesce into a visual cartography of shared experiences. It is in this strength of the project that art visibly brings people together and opens spaces for exchange, memory, and presence. A visit to BLMK Cottbus promises a profound art experience that resonates long after. ([cottbus.de](https://cottbus.de/cb-events-test/oscar-murillo-social-mapping/))
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