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FREO’S STORM IN A BUS STOP

Posted in fremantle by freoview on December 10, 2012

A great new artwork has been made of the 8 CAT bus stop at Ord Street opposte the Fremantle Arts Centre. It was created by one of Australia’s most acclaimed international street artists, Perth based STORMIE MILLS.

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Stormie Mills art at CAT bus stop at Fremantle Arts Centre

Stormie Mills art at CAT bus stop at Fremantle Arts Centre

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FREO FESTIVAL FUN STARTS TODAY

Posted in fremantle by freoview on October 28, 2012

It is the start of the Fremantle Festival today with the first ever Seafood Festival at the Fishing Boat Harbour from 11-7, the Blessing of the Fleet at 2 pm and the Fireworks at 8 pm.

There is also Sculpture on the Streets at Blinco Street and the pop-up shops in the Woolstores.

The weather looks fine, the first cruise liner is in port. Summer fun is on its way!

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Pop-Up shop at Woolstores with Stormie Mills artwork at the top right

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STORMIE MILLS PAINTS IN FREO TONIGHT

Posted in fremantle by freoview on October 26, 2012

Fantastic Perth graffiti street artist Stormie Mills will be painting this evening, Friday October 26, at the Woolstores in Fremantle as part of the pop-up shops there for the Fremantle Festival.

If you are in doubt what stunning street art graffiti looks like go see Stormie at work this eve. His art is great and quirky.

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WHEN IS GRAFFITI ART IN FREMANTLE?

Posted in Uncategorized by freoview on October 26, 2012

It will be very interesting to see where Fremantle will be going with accommodating the needs of young people. The proposed new graffiti laws and the Esplanade skate park are both controversial but it is very important we have this discussion as we cannot push youth requirements to the side as being somehow irrelevant.

Let me make a statement upfront. I hate tags. I thinks tags are done by the same morons who carve their names and initials in ancients rocks and trees just to leave their mark. There is no artistic merit in them. But I love street art and believe great murals like the Numbat by Belgian artist ROA in Henderson Street have artistic value, as does the work by Perth spray paint artist Stormie Mills and English graffiti legend Banksy.

One concern though is that City of Fremantle council officers would make the judgment call on what is art. What will their opinion be based on?

Under the guidance of Dr Martin Drum Public Policy students at Notre Dame University have put a new graffiti law proposal to council. I was a panel member at one of the discussion groups about this which was pretty good. Now fine tuning the policy is what needs to be done. Many property owners, including Notre Dame won’t be happy with graffiti on their walls, no matter if the City judges it to be art. There are also heritage concerns to be looked into. Hypothetically the 12 walls of the Round House could be spray painted with really good artworks. Should we allow that to stay on? I don’t thinks so.

Another form of visual pollution is the huge posters promoting music events mainly. It is time the city had a policy for that and prosecuted the events managers who allow these posters to be glued randomly on walls all over the city. It is not an acceptable way of advertising. It is ugly and the posters have to be removed.

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