This is the first time this type of street art festival is held in Perth, and it included talks, music shows and food tents.
Building walls up to 10 storey high and some laneways in the CBD and in suburb of Northbridge were enlivened with "graffiti art" done by more than 40 national and international street artists like the renowned ROA (Belgium), Phlegm (UK), Stormie Mills (Australia), Gaia (USA), Pixel Pancho (Italy), Jaz (Argentina), Kyle Hughes-Odgers (Australia), Vans the Omega (Australia), Anya Brock (Australia), etc.
These murals will hopefully last for a while making our city more vibrant and energetic!
As I came up the escalators from the Perth Underground Station onto Murray Street I was greeted by a male chorus - Vocal Evolution. I stayed for a while listening to their melodic songs. Wonderful stuff, makes you feel good!
Around the corner in Forrest Chase Square a Butcher's competition was being held, with free meat tasting (cooked, not raw).
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| Meat tastings to vote for Best Butcher and donations to "Lifeline" |
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| Superman made an appearance at this stall, not very visible but behind him there was a "green lady" |
It was time to walk around and see the Street Art!
Around the corner from the Underground train Station in William Street, I spotted some artworks in Globe Lane, that links to Forrest Chase behind the station (these two weren't part of the FORM project though, they have been here a few months already).
Around the corner from the Underground train Station in William Street, I spotted some artworks in Globe Lane, that links to Forrest Chase behind the station (these two weren't part of the FORM project though, they have been here a few months already).
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| Globe Lane - 10 x 10mt work by Kyle Hughes-Odgers in 140 William st building |
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| Globe Lane - Phibbs - painted in Oct 2013 in 140 William St building. |
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| By Argentinian artist Hyuro in Wolf Lane |
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| By Perth's Anya Brock - in Wolf Lane |
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| In Wolf Lane |
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| Dolphin Fish, by Amok Island, a Dutch born artist living in Perth in Wolf Lane |
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| Shrink, a Perth artist painting his mural on the walls of the Secret garden Cafe |
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| On the left, Telepathy, by Hurben from Perth |
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| Artist - ELK, from Melbourne |
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| By Perth's Anya Brock in Wolf Lane |
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| Mural by Martin E Wills, from Perth, in a garage off Wolf Lane |
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| By Lucas Grogan from Melbourne, in Wolf Lane |
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| High above - vintage sign for Eucalyptus oil soap in Wolf Lane |
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| By Maya Hayuk (USA) in Wolf Lane |
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| Dragon by Alexis Diaz (Puerto Rico) in Wolf Lane |
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| The artist finishing her mural - Argentinian Artist Hyuru in Wolf Lane |
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| Some of the artworks at the end of Wolf Lane |
In the next post there will be more photos from this street art exhibition.
I have read that street art, although a form of "graffiti" actually protects the walls from vandalism from "ugly graffiti".
Hope you had a wonderful Sunday! Once again we had a beautiful day with a high of 33C, a wonderful Autumn day! The forecast for the rest of the week is in the high 20's, reaching 31C again next Friday.
This "Wolf" on the corner of Wolf Lane Bar, was actually painted by Perth artist Hurben in July 2012.
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| Wolf by Hurben in Wolf Lane |
Wow, great pieces of art, can´t wait to see it for real, thanks for sharing! Was it initialized by the City? Did the artists get payed by the City? The "form" site is rather... complicated to me...
ReplyDeleteHi Iris, although it's the first time in Perth, these artists paint in all big cities - New York, London, Miami, Barcelona...
ReplyDeleteThey were commissioned to paint by "Form" a not for profit organization, lots of sponsors came on board, so I presume the artists would get paid something. Some of them travel the world with their "street art", others exhibit in galleries. Form had to get authorization from government agencies, owners of buildings, etc for the artists to paint on those surfaces.
Oh, Sami, well.... guess Braunschweig will not get on their list then ;-)
ReplyDeleteSad, we could need some art here!
I'm actually surprised they came to paint in Perth, usually these type of events go to bigger cities like Sydney or Melbourne... We were lucky this time!
DeleteBrilliant art work Sami, looks so good. Will have to get into the city and check it out.
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