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SHARING A PIECE OF SOUTH
AUSTRALIAWITH OUR FRIENDS
IN FRANCE
As part of our civic relationship with Cherbourg-en-Cotentin in
France, we commissioned two South Australian artists to create
a large collaborative mural on the wall of a police station in
Cherbourg. The purpose of this exchange is to share Australian
art and culture with Cherbourg and to give them a little bit of
Wonderwalls as a symbol of the relationship between our two
cities. This is the first part of a reciprocal arrangement in which
Port Adelaide hopes to subsequently host a French artist with
connections to Cherbourg at a future date.
This piece has a connection with the artwork behind the visitor
Information Centre in Port Adelaide painted during the 2017
TARNANTHI Festival of Contemporary Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander Art, and other works created during the 2015 and
2017 Wonderwalls Festival.
South Australian artist Jimmy C now lives in England and is an
internationally recognised street artist. He has painted for the
Port Adelaide Wonderwalls festival in the past and is probably
best known locally for his purple and yellow birds and hearts
mural on Todd Street, as well as his famous mural of David
Bowie in Brixton, England, which has become a shrine to the
musician.
Aboriginal artist Elizabeth Close is an Adelaide based artist, and
this exchange is the first time she has taken her work overseas.
She has featured in Wonderwalls Port Adelaide and was
commissioned to complete a wall as part of TARNANTHI in the
Port event in October 2017.
Our civic relationship with Cherbourg is based around business
opportunities, economic development education & training,
sport, environment, art, culture and tourism, stemming from
the involvement of both regions in Australia’s Future
Submarines program.
LIGHTS, CAMERA AND ACTION
IN PAE
With our heritage buildings, unique architecture and picturesque
beachfront, PAE is fast becoming a popular destination for
film shoots.
While settings such as the woolsheds in the Port and Semaphore
foreshore have been long-time favourites for local photographers,
they are now gaining more and more traction as locations for
international filmmakers.
Recently, Harry Potter favourite, Daniel Radcliffe was here with a
full crew to film his new movie Escape from Pretoria, with filming
taking place in our Town Hall as well as locations around Port
Adelaide. Australian icon Jackie Weaver was also spotted in Largs
filming for an upcoming movie, Never Too Late.
In the past we’ve also had a popular Chinese TV soap opera crew
film stunts around the streets in Port Adelaide and Semaphore,
and there has been a whole host of smaller productions shot
locally, from TV shows, to car commercials, to skate videos.
PAE provides support and assistance for filming with
location support, road closures and networking. For more
information, please get in touch with our Media, Marketing and
Communications Team on 8405 6600.
Cherbourg-en-Cotentin mural by Jimmy C and Elizabeth Close
14 new murals were created
as part of Wonderwalls in March
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