coffee and street art

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[EN] Hello lovelies!

I'm  bit behind with posting all the fabulous posts I have prepared for you, so here we go with another Perthian street art gem.

Remember when I told you about FORM, the non-profit organisation that brings street artists to Perth and organises blank spaces for them to place their works? I told you about it here. Thanks to this organisation there have been heaps of new murals popping up everywhere over the past weeks. 

What you see in the pics is - wait for it - a public toilet. Yes, really! It's located in the middle of my hood, East Vic Park, in a car park next to a busy supermarket. Its four walls show artworks of different artists, one on each side.

When we took these photos two weeks ago the fourth wall was still in progress and we caught one of the artists in the act. Live street art so to speak!

So we watched the mural emerge for a while and afterwards grabbed a coffee at our favourite coffee shop The Imp. Like my new shirt?

[DE] Hallo zusammen!

Ich hänge mal wieder hoffnungslos hinterher mit all den tollen Posts die ich für euch schon vorbereitet hab, deshalb gibts hier direkt mal wieder eine weitere Perth'sche Streetart Perle.

Erinnert ihr euch daran, dass ich euch letztens von FORM erzählt habe, einer gemeinnützigen Organisation, die allerlei Künstler nach Perth holt und ihnen weiße Wände für ihre Projekte organisiert? Hier könnt ihr es nochmal nachlesen. Dank dieser Organisation sind wie von Zauberhand in den letzten Wochen überall in der Stadt neue Graffitis aufgetaucht.

Was ihr in den Bildern seht ist - man mag es kaum glauben - eine öffentliche Toilette! Ja wirklich! Stehen tut sie mitten in meiner Hood, East Vic Park, auf einem Parkplatz neben einem gutbesuchten Supermarkt. Auf jeder der vier Wände ist ein Werk von einem anderen Künstler zu sehen. Als wir vor zwei Wochen diese Fotos geschossen haben, war die vierte Seite noch gar nicht fertig bemalt und wir haben die Künstlerin mitten im Mal-Prozess angetroffen. Live und in Farbe, im wahrsten Sinne des Wortes quasi!

Also haben wir ihr eine Weile beim Pinseln zugeschaut und sind danach zu unserem Lieblingscafe The Imp getingelt um ein Käffchen zu trinken. Gefällt euch mein neues Shirt?

 

 

// shirt: cotton on // hoody: topshop //

Have a fantastic day! - Habt einen wundervollen Tag!

leederville street art

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[EN] Hello all!

It's artsy-fartsy Wednesday! I felt like showing you some more of Perth's beautiful street art.

This city seems unbelievably open to new art works, has some amazing artist collectives, suburb-specific development clubs and lots and lots of blank walls for awesome graffitis.

Perth is hip - in a positive way! I have never seen a place with people who care so much about their neighbourhoods, suburbs and vity in general. Victoria Park, Beaufort Street, Leederville, Northbridge... there are epicentres of art communities, but the waves this new urban environmental awareness makes reach many more corners of the city. Perth is colourful and multi-faceted and so is its street art.

This time I have put together photos of all the different street art pieces in Leederville, a young, vibrant and laid-back suburb near the city centre.

You can see my previous Perth street art posts here and here.

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[DE] Hallo ihr Lieben!

Willkommen zum künstlerisch-kreativen Mittwoch! Mir war mal wieder danach, euch ein bisschen mehr von der tollen Street Art zu zeigen, die es hier in Perth gibt.
Diese Stadt ist so wundervoll unverklemmt und offen für neue Artworks, hat tolle Künstlerkollektive, sehr engagierte Projektentwicklungsgruppen in den einzelnen Vierteln und wahnsinnig viele leere Wände zum Anmalen.
Perth ist hip - und das im positiven Sinne! Ich habe noch nie eine Stadt gesehen, in der sich die Menschen so sehr für die Entwicklung und Mitgestaltung ihrer Viertel einsetzen. Victoria Park, Beaufort Street, Leederville, Northbridge... es gibt ganz klare Epizentren, doch die Wellen dieses neuen Kunst-Bewusstseins reichen auch weit bis in die Randgebiete der Stadt hinein. Perth ist bunt und facettenreich und genau so ist auch seine Streetart.
Dieses Mal habe ich euch speziell nur Fotos von den Graffitis in Leederville zusammengestellt, einem jungen lebhaften Viertel nahe der Innenstadt.
Meine zwei älteren Streetart Posts könnt ihr hier und hier finden.

 

[EN] At the moment Perth gets more and more street art pieces every single day, all thanks to a great organisation called FORM. 
I have taken this passage from their own website as there is no better way to describe them and their fantastic vision:

"FORM is an independent, non-profit cultural organisation established in 1968 that develops and advocates for excellence in creativity and artistic practice in Western Australia.

We see creativity as a catalyst for positive change, and we believe that the best, most vibrant places to live are the ones that nurture dynamic creativity, showcase cultural diversity, insist on quality, and are shaped with people in mind."

 Not only do these people host symposiums and exhibitions, they also organise public painting projects with communities, find blank spaces all throughout the state of Western Australia and connect with all different kinds of artists to push and promote art and its development wherever it's possible.

If you are interested in their projects you can visit them on their website or on Facebook to find out more.

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[DE] Im Moment bekommt Perth jeden Tag mehr und mehr Streetart - und das hat die Stadt einer großartigen Organisation namens FORM zu verdanken.
Ich habe oben im englischen Text eine Passage von der Website der Organisation zitiert (in kursiv), in der sie beschreiben, was sie tun und was ihre Vision ist.
Ich finde es schwer, das ins Deutsche zu übersetzen ohne die schöne Wortwahl kaputtzumachen, aber ich versuche  es mal in der Kurzfassung. Sie sagen, dass Kreativität ein Katalysator für positive Veränderung darstellt und dass die besten Lebensräume solche sind, die die dynamische Kreativität der Menschen füttern, kulturelle Vielfalt zum Ausdruck bringen, auf Qualität bestehen und mit dem Gedanken geformt werden, stets das Beste für die Menschen, die dort leben, zu kreieren.
Puh, ich bin ganz unabsichtlich immer Königin der verschachtelten Sätze... Aber wenigstens den Inhalt richtig rübergebracht. Hoffe ich.

Falls euch die Projekte von FORM interessieren (und ihr des Englischen mächtig seid), könnt ihr deren Website oder Facebook einen Besuch abstatten.

[EN] I hope you enjoyed this colourful post and stick around for more posts like this in the future. Believe me, there is still so much to discover and I can't wait to share it with you!
I have just photographed a brand new mural last Sunday, so stick around to see it in a new post very soon...

Have a good day!

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[DE] Ich hoffe euch hat dieser kunterbunte Post gefallen und ihr schaut immer mal wieder hier vorbei damit ihr mehr zukünftige Streetart Posts auch bloß nicht verpasst. Glaubt mir, es gibt noch sooo viel zu entdecken hier in Perth und ich kann es kaum abwarten das mit euch zu teilen!
Erst letzten Sonntag hab ich wieder ein brandneues Graffiti abgelichtet. Also bleibt in der Nähe, ein neuer Post kommt schon ganz bald...

Habt einen schönen Tag!

more of Perth's street art

Hello people!

The weekend is almost over and there is nothing better than preparing a colourful post full of Perth's street art on a Sunday night for you!

Some of you might remember my first  post about Perth's street art. Well, I've been out and about a lot since then and discovered so much more. Graffitis and other street art awaits you behind every corner here! I learned that you just have to leave the main streets and look into backstreets, backyards and such.

Prince Lane

I stumbled upon Prince Lane by chance because I had just grabbed a yummy coffee at La Veen at King and was instagraming and not paying attention to where I was going. Then I turned left and suddenly found myself in this magical little alleyway that's jam-packed with beautiful colourful art on the walls!

Car Park on Murray Street

So after I had spent ages in Prince Lane taking a million pictures I went down Murray Street in my polkadot rain coat with my coffee in one and my camera in the other hand. After a short walk I came across a car park with lots of different graffitis spread all over the surrounding walls. It's amazing how a grey boring concrete place like a car park is turned into a public outdoor gallery, isn't it?

Wolf Lane

One of the many alleyways you can reach from Murray Street is Wolf Lane - such a cool place! There are lots of hip and quirky little cafés and even more street art pieces there! It's like entering a different world when you leave one of Perth's busiest shopping streets and take a step into this alley to find yourself in a little hipster heaven. 

 

I hope you enjoyed this second insight into Perth CBD's street art landscape? If yes make sure to drop in next time for more posts about the street art in other parts of the city, okay?!

Have a lovely Sunday!

Perth street art

Hi loves!

How are you today?
I have been a busy bee writing applications for the last two hours because I'm still on the hunt for a cool job. Now that I've done my duty it's time for the fun part which is blogging.
I'm really having a blast here in Perth because there is so much to explore: cute cafés, cool shops and lots and lots of awesome street art!
In this post I'll give you an overview of some of the street art pieces in Perth's CBD (Central Business District). As every district and suburb has its own abundance of graffitis and other cool stuff, I'm planning to write more street art posts in the future. It would simply be too much to cram it all into one post.



dress: h+m
cardigan: h+m
belt: l.a. golden
shoes: vans



Most of the artwork you see in the pictures can be found in the very city centre, right in the middle of the shopping district, however hidden in a backstreet, the Grand Theatre Lane. Unfortunately I couldn't find out anything about the artists, but it didn't surprise me as this is often the case with sprayers.






Anyways, walking down this street makes you forget the hustle and bustle of the shopping streets for five minutes. There are owls staring at you, a little family in red, beautiful parrots, green goblins and many other fantastic creatures. It's not just juvenile spray paint scribbles, it's a free outdoor exhibition of contemporary art (which is right up my alley, oh yes)!








Another bonus about this place? Between the graffitis you can have Perth's best grilled toasts at Toastface Grillah (the name though, awesome right?!). It's a kind of ruin cafe with vintagey furniture and industrial style concrete walls. Behind the counter you can find easy going surfer boys and cool Asian girls with manga hair.
The toasts all have funny names. Mine was Notorious B.A.G. (Bacon Apple Gouda that is) and I had a pretty decent latte to go with it, it was really yummy!

Now I'm hungry, awesome...
How did you like this post? Would you like to see more Perth street art soon?

Have a fab Wednesday!