via Undergrowth:
This film documents the 9th ‘Emptyshow’, a graffiti art exhibition created in an abandoned building. The Emptyshows have been going for about 5 years in Australia. Basically a bunch of street artists find an abandoned space- take it over, paint it up & have an opening. No-one knows who organizes the shows, invitations to the opening is by word of mouth and the location kept a secret until the last minute. This film was made especially to screen on the Fed Square outdoor screen as part of “Caught on Tape”. Credits: Produced and Edited by Vexta Audio: ‘Echoes of Blue’ by Paso Bionic Photography an art by lots of kids Crest art by Braddock
There’s some gorgeous stuff in there and I recognise some work by some friends of mine so yay for them.
Nice to see vacant land being reclaimed for creative purposes. Speaking of vacant land. How much does it shit you seeing so much vacant land around when there’s a major housing affordability crisis? In our little block there’s about 40% vacant land. According to the last census there is over 800,000 vacant dwellings in Australia. That’s housing for approxiamately 2 million people. Imagine how much rent prices would drop if all that vacant land was released?
Enough to make you wanna do something about it? Well, check these kids out then.
