Helpmann Academy’s Artist Commission is a collaboration with the City of Adelaide, inviting a visual artist to create site-specific artwork for temporary hoarding on the iconic Adelaide Town Hall façade.
The artwork will be located within scaffolding currently on the King William Street exterior of the Town Hall building and will take the form of a ‘paste-up’. The artwork will be installed in late October and is expected to be in place until February 2025.
This project celebrates the music legacy of Helpmann Academy and the City of Adelaide, Australia’s only city of UNESCO. The hoarding paste-up will be designed and produced by the selected artist or artist collective as paste-ups.
Accompanying the project is a mentorship with an esteemed artist who will guide the recipient(s) through the design, printing and installation process.
This project is a great opportunity for artists interested in scaling up their photographic or 2D work, or artists looking to represent their three-dimensional work in new ways. Any artist looking to present work in the public realm will benefit from the experience and exposure of this Helpmann Academy and City of Adelaide project.
The recipient will receive $4,500 (inc GST) for the project, covering their artist fee and the design, creation and installation of the artwork.
THE FINAL ARTWORKS WILL:
- Respond to the theme: “Celebrating the music legacy of Helpmann Academy and the City of Adelaide”
- Be printed material, a paper paste-up not exceeding 3m2, within the length of 280 metre hallway
- Affixed to the interior of the temporary hoarding walkway currently affixed to the King William Street Town Hall building (see below)
- The printed artwork may be prints of photographic works, or prints documenting painting, collage, object or installation work responding to the theme
- Any graphic design application will be required to finish the artwork into the paste-up format will be provided by the artist, i.e. the works will be supplied as paste-up ready
- Printing and to be managed by the artist, budgeted within the awarded amount
- Paste-up installation managed by the artist, Helpmann Academy and the City of Adelaide
Please note: Helpmann Academy will produce a small poster (decal) to accompany the work, acknowledging the Helpmann Academy and the City of Adelaide.
THE ARTIST(S) WILL BE:
- An individual or collective
- Helpmann eligible alumni – check your eligibility here!
- Working in any visual medium that can be printed as a paste-up
- Benefit from working with a mentor
REFERENCE/EXAMPLES
Examples of paste-up/public installation art initiatives can be found here at City of Sydney, Cynthia Schwertsik and City of Melbourne, PHOTO 2022.
ARTIST FEE
$4,500 (inclusive of GST, materials, production and install costs)
KEY DATES
Applications open on Monday 19 August.
Applications close on Sunday 22 September.
For artwork to be installed by 28 October 2024.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Contact Helpmann Academy (08) 7089 0720 / info@helpmannacademy.com.au
Presented in partnership with the City of Adelaide and Adelaide UNESCO City of Music.
Image credits: Adelaide Town Hall. Photo by Henry Wolff.
