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Gene the Giraffe
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Location
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Cowper Street / Milton Street, Glenelg Mural
Event Cinemas Glenelg, Cowper Street, Glenelg SA, Australia
Artist Fortrose created a colourful and vibrant mural on the Event Cinema building along Cowper Street. The work represents shapes and motifs mixed with a fresh colour palette, soft undertones, and bold bright accents. This work also complements Fortrose’s other work along Milton Street.
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Papa Tjukurpa: Dingo Story
Old Gum Tree Reserve, MacFarlane Street, Glenelg North SA, Australia
The dingo sculptures reflect the strong spiritual and cultural connection that Traditional Owners from across South Australia have with Country, and acknowledges them as First Nations people.
In Kaurna, the word for dog or dingo is Kadli. Kadlitpinna (also known as Captain Jack) was a Kaurna Elder at the time of colonisation, his full name was Minno Gadnaitya Kadlitpinna, meaning wattle tree, third–born male child, father of (child called) dingo.
The artwork was installed at the Old Gum Tree reserve in the lead-up to the 185th Proclamation Day in 2021 and subtly engages and educates people about Kaurna’s connection to Patha Yukuna - 'crooked gum site and their story. -
Light Tapestry
Bouchee Walk, Jetty Road, Glenelg SA, Australia
The series of nine segment petals are located on the pergola along the laneway, using inland dichroic (specialised) optical filters the artworks allow light to pass through the petals and cast vivid ever-changing coloured shadows onto the path below.