September 2018 saw street artists, both local and international, head to Northern Australia to participate in the Darwin Street Art Festival. The festival, which was held on the 15-16 September, included live music, family activities and the chance to see street artists creating their murals in the heart of Darwin. The festival turned the boring back laneways of Darwin into an urban gallery and included imagery of some of the well-known locals, Australian fauna and flora as well as a series of abstract designs.
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Street art has the ability to tell a story, convey a message and liven concrete walls that are contained within our cities. The artworks act as a vehicle to create conversations between the artist and the audience. These conversations have always intrigued me as I find myself asking questions such as: What is the artist trying to tell me? Why have they selected this imagery? What inspires them?
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Alix Beattie: Street Art Researcher 