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16
Feb

Supermelbourne

Colour play within the Supermelbourne basement installation in Howey Place, with lighting and projection done by @iikit and the mural art by @d.r.e.z! Doesn’t it make your eyes feel good?
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21
Dec

Pink Hill Hotel

The work of @loretta_lizzio never fails to take our breath away
This recent work was finished for the newly opened @pinkhillhotel in Beaconsfield VIC.
Thank you to @tmdesigngroup and the PHH for helping us bring this vision to life and to Loretta for her hard work.
📾 @sandrewmelbs for pic no.2

14
Dec

357 Collins Street

Final shots of “Field Electric” at 357 Collins Street by @rowenamartinich – capturing the vibrancy and eclectic nature of Melbourne’s CBD!
Thank you to @frasersproperty @hames_sharley @essencepm @schiavelloconstruction for your trust and for working with us to bring this fun project together.
Photography by @yeahyeahfilm

07
Dec

Bundoora Square

This mural commission is huge! We’ve been enjoying working with so many fresh and interesting artists and @soleveins is absolutely one of them! His unique style and take on the great Australia landscape invites the viewer on a journey through time and through colour and composition, with characters scattered throughout the work, adding to the emotive sensation felt whilst the viewer is immersed in the surreal colour formations and deconstructed visual landscape.

 

This piece took about 10 days at Bundoora square.
The work draws inspiration from surrounding minerals and plants to the area, all within a sunrise beaming through the King Lake mountain backdrop

Big thanks to @citywhittlesea
Photo credits @itsdeepsleep

16
Nov

Seabrook Hobsons Bay

We can’t stop staring at this amazing mural by @amandanewmanart! Big thanks to @streetartpedia for these lovely photos!

The concept was designed in-house by Juddy Roller and commissioned by Hobsons Bay City Council. This piece imbues the romance of flowers and foliage to deconstruct the building’s architecture while showcasing the essence and beauty of one of Seabrook’s favourite local residents; the Black Swan!

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10
Aug

Gills Alley

In celebration of NAIDOC week, we reflect on this amazing collaboration project with @adnate and artist Tommy Day @jirri_jirri
Located in Gills Alley in the Melbourne CBD, the artists worked together to create an artwork paying homage to the Wurundjeri land and the Yarra river that flows through it.
Thank you to @saladbowlart for your assistance and @brookfieldproperties for making this possible.

24
Jun

Bute Silo Art

It was an honour to have worked alongside artist Scott Nagy @scottnagyartist and Janne Birkner @krimsone and the Barunga West Councill on this Silo art project located in the town of Bute, South Australia. 

The artwork concept was based on representing women in regional areas, through telling the story of a girl pushing a vintage bike alongside the train tracks (like the ones that run alongside the silo). 

The theme requested by the community was bright colours, and local agriculture, flora and fauna. This has been represented through the use of the Rooster as well as Sheep, which is a prominent agricultural aspect of Bute.

The rooster is also the mascot for the Bute football, netball, basketball, cricket and tennis club.

The birds around her are Rainbow Bee-eaters, which are seasonal breeding migrants to South Australia. As well as a Superb Fairy Wren.

The background entails the Hummocks which are a range of hills in the northern Mount Lofty Ranges extending north from the eastern edge of Yorke Peninsula in South Australia.

The old stone shed is accurate to the area / time period.

Special thanks to Barunga West Council Mayor Leonie Kerley & Grants and Investment Coordinator Bridget Johns and the community of Bute for making this happen!

 

 

10
Jun

Horsham Silo Art

It has been an honour to have worked alongside artist @smugone and the Horsham Rural City Council on this project titled The Yangga Dyata which means ‘Walking on Country’. The silo art located on Wawunna Rd and Hazel St in Horsham, pays tribute to Yanggendyinanyuk, a Wotjobaluk warrior, whose strength and resilience inspires generations to come.

Yanggendyinanyuk was famously known for exceptional; tracking skills, helping to locate the Cooper-Duff children from the “Lost in the Bush” story, who had been lost for 9 days in the Wimmera Scrub. He was also known for his role in the first Indigenous cricket tour to England and witnessed a great loss of clan and Country.

A Gamaty, meaning ‘Black Cockatoo’ was his totem and stands proud alongside the completed Silo works.

A large thank you to the Barengi Gadgin Land Council Aboriginal Corporation, Aunty Jenni and the Plazzer Family for their support in this project.

For more information about Yanggendyinanyuk see the link below:

https://ia.anu.edu.au/biography/yanggendyinanyuk-30059

12
Nov

Introducing West Side Place!

Australias first-ever ‘Artcade’ opens its doors:

West Side Place, located at 250 Spencer Street is a brand-new retail precinct in Melbourne’s CBD has been transformed with works from some of Australia’s leading contemporary artists, creating a public art collection that looks to celebrate the vibrancy of art and the city.

Mayonaize & John Aslanidis

We are extremely excited to launch such a significant and exciting project right in the hub of Melbourne which is bursting at the seams as it beings to reopen.

George Rose

As part of their ongoing effort to bring art and culture to the new precinct, developer Far East Consortium Australia have partnered with us, Juddy Roller, and some of your favourite local legends to facilitate the transformation of West Side Place arcade in the CBD – creating an immersive public art gallery that is set to bring a new wave of visitors back to the city centre in a COVID safe, socially distanced way.

The series of installations are currently inhabiting spaces destined for future shops, cafes and restaurants which could not come at a better time as both retail and the arts have both had major setbacks this year as a consequence of the pandemic. Juddy Rollers Director Shaun Hossack, says “By filling these retail spaces with the best of Australian art we hope to breathe new life into Melbourne’s CBD and give people a reason to come back to our vibrant city.”

Dubbed Australia’s first-ever ‘artcade’ West Side Place welcomes intallations by some of the country’s top contemporary artists, with Reko Rennie, Rone, Adnate, Lisa King, George Rose, John Aslanidis, Caleb Walmlsey (aka Mayonaize), and Meggs all contributing to the project with their own signature style, it was all systems go with a 30 day installation deadline.

Rone

West Side Place is a truly unique exhibition showcasing a diverse range of artists and creative practices, the ‘Artcade’ sees Melbourne-based artist Rone creating a room lost in time in an ode to his hit 2019 project Empire.

Reko Rennie

While world-renowned artist Reko Rennie acknowledges the Kamilaroi people with a work sprawling across an immense 225 sqm hoarding wall.

Elsewhere, Indigenous cultures from around the world are rendered in Adnate’s signature portrait style, working with Tibetian Artist, Lobsang Dhoyuo on a special installation of a sand-Mandala.

Lobsang Dhoyou

Nestled between the impressive installations is concept cafĂ© Merriment, which offers speciality coffee from the team behind Common Place. Designed by artist Lisa King and constructed and built to life by the Juddy Roller team, a renaissance inspired ode to female artists takes pride of place above the cafĂ©, alongside a huge ‘Art is Life’ neon installation – voicing a message that resounds through all of the artcade’s works.

Lisa King’s ‘Merriment Cafe’

One of the largest mixed-use developments in Melbourne, West Side Place will also encompass luxury hotel, Ritz-Carlton. With a long history of supporting the arts in Melbourne’s CBD, Far East Consortium is a champion of cultural placemaking, and this site heralds the birth of a significant new contemporary art precinct in the city.

Adnate WIP

“The project was initiated pre-covid with the aim of giving new residents a sense of community, and by far the most rewarding part of bringing it to life has been seeing the precinct start to hum with happy residents,” said Far East Consortium. “It couldn’t have come at a better time – Melbournians need something to look forward to and the introduction of the West Side Place precinct will bring to Melbourne a reminder of all the wonderful reasons to visit the CBD.”

West Side Places’ Public Gallery is open from Friday the 13th of November, 2020. Located at 250 Spencer Street, Melbourne (Opposite Southern Cross Station) See ya there!

All photography by Nicole Reed

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21
Aug

4 things to ask before creating Silo Art in your town!

 

As the founders of the original Silo Art Trail, we are committed to seeing the Silo Art movement in Australia continue to grow and thrive. It’s for this very reason that we’ve put together a list of important questions to ask your community before creating Silo Art in your town!

1) Why do you want Silo Art in your town? 

Sounds like a silly question doesn’t it? But, it’s worth asking the question before you set out on your silo art journey.

Silo Art has become a huge phenomenon in Australia since we created the first-ever and original “Silo Art Trail”, beginning with the now-famous, Brim Silo Art, in Western Wimmera in 2015. Silo Art has since become known as a kind of financial lifeline and tourism drawcard for many communities. But, with so many silos popping up across the country, what is going to stand out of the crowd?

Getting to know the WHY, is even more important than the HOW. When it comes to creating the artwork and theme that you’ve decided to go with, implementing and creating the artwork is what we do.

What can sometimes be more difficult is understating what message you hope to communicate with you Silo Art? Are you doing it to represent your community’s history? Or is it a celebration of your town’s culture today? Are you creating an artwork specifically to attract folks from major cities and towns? If so perhaps a more contemporary artwork would suit your endeavors more than a representation of times gone by?

These are just a few things to consider when coming up with the WHY that’s going to help you stand out!

2) How will you make your Silo Art be stand out from the crowd? 

With over 30 different silos now completed around the country, it’s getting harder and harder to impress people with the uniqueness and quality of the work, because there is such a wide range of talented artists now creating Silo Art across the country.

That said, If you look at a lot of the silos painted so far, and compare one with another, you’ll often find that a lot of themes and artistic styles have been replicated from region to region and from town to town. We have discussed this trend extensively and have come to believe this unintentional replication of themes may have a detrimental effect on the effectiveness of each work but also of the entire movement.

That’s why we strive to do things differently.  We make it our mission to uncover and utilise artists and themes that are not only meaningful to you but are also appealing to tourists, but more importantly, are unique to you and your town!

The silo below can be used as a great example of doing things differently. To begin with, our artist is an incredibly talented Argentinian, who had never even visited Australia, let alone painted a silo here. At first glance, it may seem odd to “import” an artist from another country to create an artwork depicting Australia, but, as you can see, the artist has put his own spin on our culture, and done it in an incredibly fun and original way, as only he could.

The figures on the silo are seemingly falling from the sky towards an abstract pattern on the ground.  What looks to be the ground. That is until after getting to know a little more about the town and the artwork itself, then,  you’ll soon find out that this is actually a depiction of two local boys, diving off the local jetty, and into the pristine waters of the air peninsula, where the silo is located.

Thanks to our national and international network of artists, and deep knowledge of what’s happening” all things silo” in this country, we are able to help you make informed decisions that will ensure you and your town stand out from the crowd, and gather all of the much-needed admiration from tourists and media alike!

3) Will you curate and manage the project yourself, or would it be better to have us work with you to get results? 

Communities across the country are engaging artists to run silo art projects. Whilst we think this is a fantastic opportunity for communities to come together to make a long lasting difference to their town and bond, it can also be a painstaking process and quite stressful to learn on the run. Add to this the challenges of getting your whole community onto the same page with artists selection, concept creation, theme budget, timeline and so on,  and you may have a recipe for some sleepless nights ahead!

Here at Juddy Roller, we try our best to take the pain out of the project by utilising our tried and tested, systematic approach to all aspects of the campaign, including curating and selecting your ideal artist, working with you to research the history of the area, working with your local community groups, and handling all the technical aspects and project management involved with such a large undertaking.

With our passion and drive, and excellent knowledge of the overall industry, we want nothing more than to see your town thrive!

4) Have you considered other ways of utilising street art, unique to your town? 

Sporting venues, town halls, laneways, and carparks can all make great canvases and artworks and venues for events, workshops, and festivals! We’ve run street art festivals and workshops, and exhibitions in towns across Australia.

One street art festival, called Wall to Wall,  has even been running in the regional town of Benalla for over 5 years, and according to an independent analysis, has contributed over $6,000,000 to the local company, and attracts up to 43,000 tourist a year to specifically visit the street art! With over 60 murals painted in the town now, it’s no wonder it become so popular!

There is a myriad of ways we can help you create the next public artworks, events, and sculptures that fit in with, yet make your town, stand out!

 

So, what are you waiting for? Get in touch to ask us how we can help make your town stand out from the crowd!

Contact: info@juddyroller.com.au