Art On The Street: Week two

Better late than never, more of my favourites from 2042: Art On The Street.

I had walked past the video installation in the window of Fantasy Futon a few times without paying it much attention (I have an undoubtedly unfair prejudice against this art form). It turned out to be amazing: a musical composition inspired by King Street traffic, with each colour car representing a different note, and each lane a musical instrument.


The result was a spooky kind of ethereal soundtrack to visuals of a dreary trip through Newtown, seen from behind windscreen wipers.

Other artworks tried to escape from their confines:


Or tried to hide:


Or changed the streetscape:


There was art that wasn't supposed to be there, but which seemed to want to join in on the fun:


But I think my favourite was the art contributed by passers by to the Lost and Found tree:





Best four-legged flamingo ever.