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Street art exhibition, Dundee

Advertising, Graphic Design, Illustration

Posted by Gavin Lucas, 13 October 2009, 10:04    Permalink    Comments (9)

No, not street art in the Banksy sense - but art exhibited in the streets - on fly-poster sites...

Superfly, the brainchild of designer and illustrator Jon Gill, is an exhibition of fly-posted artworks currently running on the streets of Dundee.

"Dundee has an abundance of fly posters advertising, bands, gigs, shows, exhibitions, clubs, etc," says Gill, "so why shouldn’t the artists who created these posters, or any other artist for that matter, get to show their work in this space? Street advertising services do a fantastic job managing the poster space legally, with the consent of the local council, so why not make use of this system for art, not just commerce?"

And (above) is one of the artworks submitted to the Superfly exhibition

Gill set up website superfly.org.uk earlier this year (a link to the call for entries was posted in the Monitor section of this blog in the summer) and encouraged submissions from artists, designers and photographers. The artwork went up a couple of weeks ago, displayed in special exhibit posters labelled clearly as Superfly posters so people looking at large swathes of fly posters around the city can easily spot which ones are part of the project. Here are a few photos showing posters in situ on the streets of Dundee - where they will remain on show until November 1. 

To have a look through the submitted artwork and to find out more about the project, visit superfly.org.uk/gallery/

 

9 Comments

Love the idea...
Really like all artworks.Great job :)
Galina
2009-10-13 14:34:48

I am Superfly. A brilliant project to be involved with - finding my posters was like an extreme treasure hunt!
Johanna Basford
2009-10-13 14:51:50

Great project, I loved every minute.
Steven Bonner
2009-10-13 16:58:14

Well done Jon. They look great. Heres to superfly!
claire heminsley
2009-10-13 22:44:25

The ayako* collective loved their day of exploration and discovery. The hunt for our little ayako* girl was very emotional. What a Super idea!
ayako*
2009-10-14 10:56:33

I spent sometime this morning following some of the art-billboards! A refreshing ephemeral visual change -- bringing art to the streets. Could have done with more advertising though as I only found the exhibit through Creative Review -- besides students and academics at the University -- do Dundonians recognise the connection between the art and the hoardings -- I hope so!
ac
2009-10-21 15:05:23

So great, thanks for sharing!
Foqia
2009-10-28 12:11:31

Thanks all for the comments - great to hear that t wasn't just em having fun! ;)
If AC would like to get in touch i'll keep you posted for the next one - the lack of advertising was purely down to budget (there wasn't one - everyone did everything for FREE!)

So, calling all creatives - The fun continues at http://www.superfly.org.uk - please visit to find out about '(Super)Fly On The Wall'!
SuperGuy
2009-11-04 00:11:58

They look great, great project!!
oyunlar
2010-03-12 22:16:53

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