Dave Court & Shane Cook, Reignite Adelaide
Image: Dave Court and Shane Cook, Time and Place. Photograph Sam Roberts.
Dave Court and Shane Cook
Time and Place, 2023
Travis Stock Lane, Adelaide
Commissioned by City of Adelaide
This vibrant mural, celebrating Adelaide’s East End, pays homage to Country, local businesses and community activities. At the heart of the mural is an abstract representation of a takeaway pizza box, paying tribute not only to the strong local food culture but also to the renowned Frome Road restaurant, Amalfi, which has been trading at this location since 1981.
Drawing inspiration from Dave Court’s 2020 Adelaide Fringe Festival poster, a distinctive diamond shape acknowledges South Australia’s association as the ‘Festival State’. A reimagined camera emoji, referencing Ted’s Cameras, injects a playful and modern twist.
In the backdrop, the Adelaide Hills unfold in a picturesque panorama, seamlessly transitioning into the urban skyline. Court’s signature touch is evident in the presence of a large, abstract spaghetti strand that weaves through the entire composition. This spaghetti strand, with its vibrant colours and dynamic shapes, cleverly accentuates and embraces the unique features and quirks of each building facade.
Shane Cook was born on Kaurna Country and is a Guwa and Wulli Wulli man with family connections to Queensland. Cook’s mural practice employs a mix of graffiti inspired street style art blended with more traditional Aboriginal art styles. Cook’s family totem, the Tawny Frogmouth, is seamlessly incorporated into the mural, together with references to the boomerang – signifying movement – and Aboriginal hand painting.
Distinct square elements of the painting lend themselves to being effective augmented reality triggers – each piece has a different linked animation. This allows the imagery to be enhanced and replaced with animated versions of the artwork, viewable through the Artivive app. Through the app, the vignettes come alive; the Tawny Frogmouth winks, the camera flashes and the diamond dazzles the eye as it spins.
With support from Amalfi Pizzeria Ristorante, Ted’s Cameras, Crowne Plaza (Kyren Group) and Enrico Rizzon.
Artist Biography:
Dave Court is a multi-disciplinary artist working in areas of painting, sculpture and installation based in Tarndanya / Adelaide, Australia. Current work includes large scale public artwork, cross media work and creation of immersive installations, all with a basis in painting. Dave has experience with a range of different projects including award winning immersive art project Mr IST, ethical clothing brand foolsandtrolls, retail store / art space Created Range, street press Yewth Magazine, and festival design with RCC and Adelaide Fringe. Dave is heavily involved with public art, as well as art direction and curation along with his ongoing studio practice. His process driven style looks at experimentation with gesture, abstraction, and oscillation between digital and physical representations.
Shane Mankitya Cook is A Guwa and Wulli Wulli man with family connections to Cherbourg, Queensland. Shane was born on Kaurna country and grew up in the northern suburbs of Adelaide and is internationally and nationally recognised as a prominent Australian Aboriginal aerosol artist and youth and cultural mentor. The creator of community art and mentoring, Shane’s business Street Dreamz was born as a representation of his art; a mixture of graffiti inspired street style art blended with Aboriginal art taught to him by his mother as a child.
Image: Dave Court and Shane Cook, Time and Place. Photograph Sam Roberts.
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