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Toorak Rd
This end of Chapel St contains no significant street art and instead consists of many clean, conventional, conservative and nationwide shops. From large concrete building structures and clothing stores such as Country Road, Saba and Scanlan and…
Stop 5
For the last time in this tour, repeat step 1 again. And this time as you walk down the street, think about how this tour has made you feel. Would you have seen the street art the same way if you had been told where to go and what to look at? Did the…
Stop 4
Repeat the process again. Through this tour, you discover the art yourself rather than letting someone else show you exactly what to look at and where to go. I designed this tour like this because I feel like discovering street art for yourself makes…
Stop 2
On reaching the end of the street, repeat Step 1. Close your eyes, spin around 10 times, open your eyes and walk towards the alley you are now facing. Do you feel a sense of unpredictability… a sense of adventure? You’re discovering art that you…
Community
In any discussion about the value of street art, the value to the community is normally mentioned. Advocates of street art will explain how it enhances the community and is created for them to appreciate, and critics will explain how street art is…
Council
What about when the street art is illegally on government-funded and owned property? While the work is the intellectual property of the artist, the government owns the bridge itself and can alter its appearance afterwards to cover up the tags. They…
Building Owner - Illegal Works
Not all building owners are so receptive of street art. However, this doesn’t deter street artists from decorating their walls with paint, paste-ups, and stickers. Whether unwanted or appreciated, the building owner has ownership of the physical…
Building Owner - Legal Works
Some building owners have embraced street art in an attempt to control the representations on their property. Private owners are commissioning street artists to do work for them legally. They might be homeowners wanting to cover up unwanted street…
Artist
Imagine yourself in a public library and you step away from the desk to search for a book. When you return, you realise the watch you left on the desk is missing. Whoever took your watch stole from you, not from the library, although it was a public,…
Towards Darkness
The tour begins with the idea of ‘transition’ in the spatial form of a tunnel and the liminal time between dusk and nightfall. This starting point is designed to symbolically transition the participant from the habits of their daily routine into the…