ʻO The River Runs Through Ke Kiʻi Lehulehu na Beck Storer he mea lanakila hanohano loa o ka 2022 A' Design Award Kala ma ka Māhele Hoʻokūkū Hoʻolālā Kiʻi, Kiʻi Paʻi a me Kamaʻilio ʻIke.
KalaKiʻi· 2022
The River Runs Through Ke Kiʻi Lehulehu
na Beck Storer
Mea Kūʻai: Merbein Arts Group
Mea Lanakila A' Design Award Kala ma ka Māhele Kiʻi
Mea Lanakila i Hōʻoia ʻIa
Hōʻoia i ke Kūlana Makana no #139879Ka Hoʻolālā
E Pili Ana iā The River Runs Through Ke Kiʻi Lehulehu
ʻO ka River Runs Through kahi hoʻonohonoho kiʻi ikaika e ʻimi ana i ka moʻolelo waiwai o nā ala wai i loaʻa ma Merbein Common; he ʻāina ʻōiwi ma ka muliwai Murray o Victoria. Hoʻohui ka hana kiʻi kiʻi kiʻi kuʻuna me ka paʻi kikohoʻe hou a hōʻike ʻia ma nā paia o kahi hale waihona pahu hau kahiko, kahi i hoʻohana mua ʻia no ka mālama ʻana i nā hua no ka hale hana wai. I ka pō, he mea ʻokoʻa loa ia; hoʻohana ʻia e ka lā ua hoʻololi ʻia ka hana noʻeau i hoʻonohonoho kukui kala.
Ka Hoʻomaikai
E Pili Ana i ka A' Design Award Kala
Ua lanakila ka hoʻolālā The River Runs Through Ke Kiʻi Lehulehu i ka A' Design Award Kala, he ʻike hoʻohanohano nui loa i hāʻawi ʻia i nā hoʻolālā kiʻekiʻe loa, nani a kupaianaha. He mau hana ʻālohilohi loa a hana noʻeau nui nā lanakila Kala e hōʻike ana i ka loea, ka makakoho a me ka ʻoi aku o ka noʻonoʻo o kā lākou poʻe hoʻolālā. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka hoʻolālā The River Runs Through Ke Kiʻi Lehulehu he hana kupaianaha, kūlana ʻoi aku, ʻoihana kiʻekiʻe a hou loa. ʻO kēia hoʻolālā i lanakila i ka A' Design Award Kala he mea hoʻokumu kūpono loa, mahalo ʻia e hāʻawi i ka pōmaikaʻi a hoʻoneʻe i nā palena o ka hana noʻeau, ka ʻepekema, ka hoʻolālā a me ka ʻenehana. He mea i ʻeleu ʻia e nā mea he nui ka hoʻolālā The River Runs Through Ke Kiʻi Lehulehu e hoʻāla i ka makemake, lawe mai i nā manaʻo maikaʻi a hoʻāla i ka kamahaʻo a me ka mahalo.
Ma Hope o ka Hoʻolālā
ʻEke Nūhou
Nā hōʻoia, nā lālā hui a me nā kikoʻī ʻenehana i hāʻawi ʻia e ka mea hoʻolālā.
- Nā ʻAno Kūʻokoʻa
- In 6 months the project was fully funded by the Merbein community, a population just shy of 3000 people. Over $30,000 was raised from individuals and businesses, during an unprecedented year of many challenges due to Covid lockdowns.
From a creative perseptive, the artwork combines traditional mural painting with innovative digital printing and is presented on the walls of an old refrigerated storage shed, which was once used to store fruit for a juice factory. At night it is a totally different experience - powered by the sun the artwork is transformed into a colourful light installation. - Nā Ana a me ka Hoʻopili
- The project is big.
Covering over 350 square metres the installation used over 200 litres of paint to transform the space. In addiiton to the traditional mural painting an innovative digital printing technique was used to transfer the abstract wave to the service. Like a huge sticker, this graphic was delicately positionedn with millmetre perfection to present a detail element to the mural and took 2 days to install. - Nā Lepili
- public art, mural art, projection art, graphic design, graphics, colour,
- ʻEnehana Hana
- Creating a point of difference to the project, at night the artwork is powered by the sun by 3 large solar panel RGB floodlights which transforms it into a dynamic colourful light installation.
In addition to the public art installation a series of communication assets were created. This included a website and social media strategy to share the development to the community which created interest and engagement from the broader Victorian mallee area. An interpretative signage display with included a QR code link to a Google map - encouraging people to visit the Merbein Common and the Murray River themselves. And a series of limited printed posters and promotional postcards to promote the township of Merbein as a major public art tourist attraction in the area. - Pilikia Hoʻolālā
- Challenges arouse to ensure the surface was cleaned and suitable for the artwork, as over the years the old shed became quite deteriorated. This was solved by an intensive cleaning process of power sanding over 90 square metres of the sheds metal service and cleaning the entire site with a sustainable cleaning element and jet water pressure washes.
- Noiʻi
- The aim of the project? To totally reinvigorate an old unused area into a new shared public space through the beauty of large scale public art.
Started by goodwill, infused by community investment and delivered through design, the artwork has reignited the community with confidence, pride and ownership of a truly unique piece of public art that has transformed an unused area into an inspiring outdoor public space.
The River Runs Through is the only large scale public artwork in the Sunraysia region and has now established Merbein as a predominant public art destination.
It has created new opportunities to promote Merbein as a tourist destination and is currently featured on all main local tourist websites, such as Visit Mildura as a major public art attraction in Sunraysia. - Hoʻoulu Manaʻo
- The artwork is inspired by the unique landscape of the Australian outback in regional Victoria and the Murray River, the longest river in Australia.
It pays homage to a particular area on the Murray known as the Merbein Common. The Merbein Common is a floodplain reserve, nestled in a bend of the Murray River just north-west of Mildura.
It is made up of a series of nationally significant wetlands, such as Cowanna Billabong. - Ka Lōʻihi o ka Papahana
- The River Runs Through is located at 80 Game Street Merbein, Victoria Australia and is permanently displayed for the public.
- Kaʻina Hana
- The public can view the art installation both during the day and night.
- Nā Lālā Hui
- Beck Storer, Travis McGowan, Moose McGowan
- Nā Kuleana Kiʻi
- Photography: Aaron Hawkins
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