Gertrude Street Projection Festival Mini 2018

Overview

After ten successful years running The Gertrude Street Projection Festival, The Centre for Projection Art has decided to try something new: the MiNi Festival, a mini but mighty nocturnal playground of projection art and installations. Running for two nights, from September 21–22, the free community-driven event will showcase spectacular light compositions from local artists.

Local artist Kate Geck, recognised for her incredible kaleidoscopic projections, is the festival's feature artist. Geck's immersive and constantly changing images will be projected across the gardens. It will also respond to interaction so the audience has an opportunity to participate.

Also exhibiting will be emerging artists from Yarra Youth Services. Working collaboratively with a moving screen and storytelling machine, the artists will utilise cutting-edge animation software to transform the public space into captivating works of art.

The MiNi Festival will be held in the Atherton Gardens Precinct, a public housing estate in Fitzroy. So, while it's nice to see pretty colours projected onto otherwise lacklustre bricks and mortar, there's a little more to the story. After lots of careful research, creative development and consultation with the community, the organisers decided to highlight this location and help reduce the stigma around public housing. A little food for thought while you're basking in those beautiful lights.