Condor Carpark Exhibition
July 26th, 2009 | by Robert Fletcher |Last night I popped in to the Condor Carpark Exhibition, which would have to be the largest permanent street art exhibition in the southern hemisphere. The Condor Tower is that lime-yellow building you may have noticed ‘pop’ up recently, garnishing Perth’s crane-ridden skyline. The carpark is mostly underground, with the ‘Core’ level actually being below the water level.
The 5 level car park has seen more than 60 artists add their artwork to the space, mostly locals with a handful from over east and a couple of internationals.
Over a year ago, the Design/Construction Manager of ‘Condor’ approached the ololo art production group and communicated his dislike for grey walls, especially in a car park environment. They took it upon themselves to transform the entire space into an enormous cavern of bold, bizarre and colourful artwork.
Stormie Mills, Reka, Creepy, Daek, DrewFunk, Grumpster, Pat Doherty, Rifs, Trevor6025, Kid Zoom, Timothy Rollin, Hurben, Showbiz, Shime, Jodee Knowles, THNK, RegID, Griv, Yo-Yo are just a small selection of the artists who have donated their time to the project.
This was an awesome way to add life to a dull building, and I really hope this acts as a catalyst for more projects like this. The big shame is that after last night, the only people that will see this amazing art will be the occupants of the Condor Tower. I really hope the City Of Perth get ololo to do some of their public carparks.
I took a rather large number of photos of the artworks, and a lot of these photos have small white dots over them, which I can only assume was from the large amount of dust in the air. You could also still smell the paint, so some of the artworks must have been very recent additions. See them by clicking here —–>
