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“NOBODY OWNS CULTURE”

by BUNKER

“NOBODY OWNS CULTURE” is a project bringing together a short documentary, photography exhibition and a series of screen-printed garments contemplating on the quiet violence of cultural control. The work draws directly from - and quotes - the resistance of young art collectives in southern Luxembourg, whose voices challenge who gets to shape, fund, and define culture. (More...)

Short Documentary “Nobody owns Culture”
Length: 25 mins
Directed & Filmed by Reyhan Mutlu
Featuring Lars Schmitz, Soushyanes Shoukoufeh, Emi Trabut, Cassy A., Michelle Liesch, Christof Weber, Phillippe Turping, Zeny, Naïm P
Special thanks to Danielle Oliveira Carneiro and Gabrielle Antar for the support

“The reality is tough and the opposite of what we need to create a creative environment.”

Lars Schmitz, Actor, Richtung22

© Erik Mathias

The story reveal deeper struggles of culture not only in Luxembourg but anywhere that is between top-down gentrification and grassroots subculture, between bureaucratic control and creative autonomy. What was once a promising experiment in collective and progressive culture now stands as a cautionary tale of how institutional power can undermine the very communities it was meant to support.

© Reyhan Mutlu

© Erik Mathias

By documenting and sharing the story, “NOBODY OWNS CULTURE” seeks to examine the broader cultural dynamics at play and bring them into public view.

Through a series of screen-printed garments, the project carries the story further. Each piece directly quotes statements the community left on BUNKER’s studio walls just before their expulsion. By preserving and reproducing these messages, especially from an environment where speaking up is often discouraged, the collection amplifies every voice and brings attention to its value.

It transforms fleeting reactions into lasting testimony, moving them beyond their origin to reach others who may recognize the same patterns of exclusion and control.

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CULTURE DOESN’T GROW ON MONEY TREES

© Erik Mathias

© Reyhan Mutlu

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UNKRAUT VERGEHT NICHT

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WHAT IS CULTURE WORTH TO YOU?

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I HAVE JUST TWO THINGS TO SAY

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WHY GREED?

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IMAGINE SAYING ART IS VANDALISM

2RICH2LIVE

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SIEF NET KLENG CARREIERT

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WHY PEOPLE WITHOUT CULTURE MANAGE CULTURE?

“Why we always have the same people deciding on what we need? Why are they all looking alike, talking the same way? None of them has a different background, none of them has a different story. It is a shame because there is so much diversity just in our locality.”

Soushyanes Shoukoufeh, noc.turn co-founder

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NOBODY OWNS CULTURE

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WAT IS COLTURE HU IS COLTURE

© Reyhan Mutlu

© Reyhan Mutlu

¹ Culture – a right for all citizens, Deianer Media, https://deianermedia.wixsite.com/webzine/post/culture-a-right-for-all-citizens;
Le Choc des cultures: divergences entre occupants et gestionnaires du bâtiment 4, Tageblatt, https://www.tageblatt.lu/headlines/le-choc-des-cultures-divergences-entre-occupants-et-gestionnaires-du-batiment-4/;
Escher Kulturpolitik: gutt fresch, woxx, https://www.woxx.lu/escher-kulturpolitik-gutt-fresch/;
Bâtiment 4, oder Kulturkrimi in Esch, woxx, https://www.woxx.lu/batiment-4-oder-kulturkrimi-in-esch/;
Esch (Lussemburgo) abbandona i giovani creativi della cultura, Rat Park Magazine, https://www.ratparkmagazine.com/esch-lussemburgo-abbandona-giovani-creativi-cultura/.
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