Keep your eyes open for the various graffiti projects around the city; you might stumble upon something surprising!
Camouflaging Graffiti: Interactive graffiti projections created through motion sensors triggered by people walking past. This includes:
Laughter Laneway: Step into Paterson Lane (bridging George St & York Town Square) and discover a world of laughter recorded by Access Arts Link and let us tickle your senses. Artist: Kim Schneiders. Funding: Tasmanian Regional Arts, Regional Arts Fund
Pulse Projection: Moving, pulsating, neon projection on the Telstra Building St John Street. Venue: St Johns St Telstra Building & Paterson St East Carpark Artist: Paul Snell Website: www.paulsnell.com/paulsnell.com Funding: Tasmanian Regional Arts, Regional Arts Fund
Braille Graffiti
Braille Graffiti creates a unique moment for the vision impaired.· By placing Braille graffiti around the Arts Trail, in different surfaces and textures, you are invited to touch.· This artwork will include descriptions and embossed images of popular Street Art, poems and award-winning prose from vision impaired Tasmanians, euphemisms, toilet graffiti and a Braille Treasure Hunt for Primary School children; a break away from the existing public Braille restricted to mundane instructions.
Artists: James Newton & the Braille Bandits John A Richardson, Asha Martin, Maree Ingram, Krystal Watson, Adelle Mackean, Kirby Harris, Douglas Pople, Oliver Cangelosi, Merran Thurley and Leigh Murrell, Gracie Wearne.
You don't have to be blind to see that the writing is on the wall
Giant Paste ups Large digital images of local people depicting various emotions, taken by college students. Venue: Around the city; Ingles Laneway, Skatepark Levee Wall, The Studio Inveresk Railyards Coordinated by Artist and teacher Paul Snell Funding: Launceston City Council
Stick em Up Art that will be printed onto stickers / static transfers to be placed onto cars and other objects in Launceston's CBD for the festival. Artist: Justin Chapman
Pavement Photographic portraits of Launceston's leading youth and emerging artists, displayed as paste downs of the images. We see pastes ups and stickers of art work but rarely images of the artists so let us get to know our local talent as we walk the pavement in our town. Artist: Kitty Taylor