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“NOBODY OWNS CULTURE”

A FILM. AN EXHIBITION. A STATEMENT.

“NOBODY OWNS CULTURE” is a project bringing together a short documentary, photography series and limited edition garments reflecting on the quiet violence of cultural control. The work draws directly from the resistance of the art collectives in southern Luxembourg but their experiences echo wider questions about who gets to shape, fund, define, and participate in cultural life. (More...)

Short Documentary “Nobody owns Culture”
Length: 30 mins
Directed & Filmed by Reyhan Mutlu
Featuring Lars Schmitz, Soushyanes
Shoukoufeh, Emi Trabut, Cassy A., Michelle
Liesch, Phillippe Turping, Zeny, Naïm Piff,
Brandy and more
Special thanks to Danielle Oliveira Carneiro and Gabrielle Antar for the support

Please email to receive the link to the full documentary > moien.bunker@gmail.com

“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.

© 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 limited screen-printed garments, the project carries the story further. Each piece directly quotes statements the community left on the walls just before the expulsions. By preserving and reproducing these messages, the collection amplifies each 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.

Model: Brandy

NOBODY OWNS CULTURE - UPCYCLED ONE-OFF PIECE - SOLD OUT

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CULTURE DOESN’T GROW ON MONEY TREES

© Erik Mathias

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IMAGINE SAYING ART IS VANDALISM

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2RICH2LIVE - LIMITED

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WHY? - LIMITED

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I HAVE JUST TWO THINGS TO SAY - LIMITED

© Reyhan Mutlu

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UNKRAUT VERGEHT NICHT - LIMITED

Model: Naïm Piff

SIEF NET KLENG CARREIERT - UPCYCLED ONE-OFF PIECE - SOLD OUT

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SIEF NET KLENG CARREIERT (DON’T BE NARROW-MINDED) - LIMITED

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“Why do 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 nor 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 - LIMITED

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WAT IS COLTURE HU IS COLTURE - LIMITED

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WHY GREED? - LIMITED

© 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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