Andy Uprock at Section 8 bar in Tattersalls Lane, Melbourne 2008
MACDOWALL, Lachlan
Registration number
1893090
Artist/maker
MACDOWALL, Lachlan
Title
Andy Uprock at Section 8 bar in Tattersalls Lane, Melbourne
Production date
2008
Medium
lightbox transparency from scanned slide film
Dimensions (H x W x D)
74 x 44 cm (image), 80 x 50 cm (lightbox)
Credit line
City of Melbourne Art and Heritage Collection
© Lachlan MacDowall
Keywords
Summary
This image was created by Lachlan MacDowall and displayed using a lightbox in the 2022 City Gallery exhibition 'Off the Grid: Invader and Melbourne Street Art in the early 2000s.' The text below is written by the exhibition curator, Lachlan MacDowall.
"Sydney artist Andy Uprock installing a work on the exterior of Section 8 bar in Tattersalls Lane. Section 8 began as a temporary venue based out of a shipping container, becoming a focal point for Melbourne street art and live music. The artist’s uses his “cuprocking” technique to produce large geometric designs by placing disposable plastic cups in the gaps of chain-link fences, then adding a burst of spray paint. At night, lit by ambient lighting, the cups function like mini-lanterns, glowing with colour." - Lachlan MacDowall, 2024