Front: Creativity Unleashed
Where creative energy meets the creative possibility of an empty shopfront
is presented by FORM’s Scribblers Festival and Propel Youth Arts.
FRONT is a youth project staging a creative takeover of an empty shopfront in the heart of Perth’s CBD. Over three weekends during June, groups of 12 to 26 year olds will collaborate with sculptors, poets, muralists and multidisciplinary artists on installations and activations aimed at helping foster a sense of wellbeing and connection to the urban environment. Passers-by can witness and interact with the evolving installations and outcomes in real-time, adding to the texture and atmosphere of the CBD experience.
Saturdays and Sundays, June 10 – 25
10AM to 4PM
FRONT: Forrest Chase Shop 18 (Level 1)
200 Murray Street Perth, WA 6000
upstairs at Forrest Chase, Facing the green cactus.
1st Weekend: Sat 10th – Sun 11th June - Bringing Nature into the City
Dive under the surf to swim with collaged sharks and wander between giant paper flowers as Kaitlyn Elsegood & Carrissa Wu take over FRONT with an immersive paper-crafted world.
2nd Weekend: Sat 17th – Sun 18th June - Urban Landscapes and Street Art
Splash paint across the walls & bring a mural to life! Young emerging artists have worked with portrait and mural artist Tankateo to design a collaborative public artwork inside the FRONT space, and we want you to help paint it.
3rd Weekend: Sat 24th – Sun 25th June -Identity & Youth Empowerment
Wander through a world of words and stories – spoken, illustrated, performed, and collaged. Sukhjit Kaur Khalsa, Joel Evans, Perun Bonser, Amanda Kendle and Claire Davenhall take over FRONT to guide young people in transforming their stories into art.