An early morning walk through the Medina revealed a very different but strangely familiar city. The hawkers had not yet opened their doors or arrived to set up for the day. Some litter lay around but surprisingly little. What I did not expect was that familiar sight of graffiti on walls. I wonder if I […]
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Ephemeral Art
Well the Adelaide Fringe has come to the end and what an amazing time we all had. Hundreds of performers shared their art with us and now all that remain are images and memories. Watching this graffiti artist at work was like being at one of those Fringe shows. His art offered from nowhere, performed […]
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You could easily miss out on this beautiful mural adorning the grain silo’s of Kimba if you were just passing through. The main highway from east to west passes a view of nondescript plain white. Melbourne artist Cam Scale used 200 litres of paint to cover this unusual canvas with a vision representing the region. […]
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The event we call ‘Halloween’ is becoming bigger and bigger in Australia every year. For us this is a relatively new thing. As kids growing up in a small South Australian country town, Halloween was some strange ritual played out in American movies involving kids dressing up in scary costumes soliciting treats from well prepared […]
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During the Kelby PhotoWalk we spent a little time under the Morphett Street Bridge where there was plenty of action. There were actors, photographers, models and other artists all doing their own thing in this very public space. This man is hard at work pursuing his own special craft. Photo: Robert Rath, ‘Man at Work’, […]
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