Festival Launch Party
In 2022, Brisbane Street Art Festival is returning for its 7th year to showcase the abundant creative efforts of Brisbane and beyond. This year we are thrilled to be able to host our largest number of artists to date, welcoming over 50 creatives from across Australia as well as internationally.
The Festival Launch Party, held at Superordinary’s brand new Northshore location, will mark the beginning of the festival’s program of events, exhibitions and showcases that will span across the following two weeks.
Join us to celebrate the launch of BSAF 2022 as well as our first official opening of the Superordinary Northshore venue with a night of local music, art, and performance.
This opening night will also introduce several of the festival’s highlight exhibitions which BSAF will host in the coming weeks. BSAF will present ‘Tools of the Trade’, an expansive showcase of street art tools and traditions from the last seventy years, produced by HKwalls, in its first international display since its launch in Hong Kong. We will also welcome back the ‘Within These Walls’ Exhibition, opening up the inner circles of Brisbane’s street art scene to the broader Brisbane community through a multi-disciplinary exhibit spanning from photography to mixed-media to paintings and more. BSAF are also thrilled to be introducing a collaborative exhibition with House of Iris, a creative collective of Brisbane’s best photographers.
All exhibitions will run from the Festival Launch Party through to the end of the festival on 22 May.
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Wafting through the speakers in a hazy cloud of indie-pop lo-fi, flecked with neo-soul particles is Brisbane-based solo musical project Juniper Stone.
Blue MC (The Potbelleez) + Kazm (Dubmarine) = KAIROS KIN. Drawing on a range of genres including dub, hip-hop, trap, house, electronica & trance, these two powerhouse songwriters have combined their ethereal voices over bass heavy beats and grooves.
Kalopsia is the project of songwriter Maia Efstathis. Defined by her groovy baselines, luscious synth tones and disco-style beats, gear up for a captivating performance.
KRUNJ is approaching Earth at a genre-bending velocity, visiting constellations of neo-soul, acid jazz and psychedelia.
Luminescence are a Meanjin based string group exploring the crevices between classical, contemporary and experimental performance.
NO.ONE NETWORK’S mission is to build the underground culture with a collective of the photographers, videographers, Graffiti artists, vintage revivalist, radio hosts, rappers, Dj’s & graphic designers who are influenced by an often discredited culture. Gear up for an underground experience you don’t want to miss.
Benjamin Walsh is widely known as a drummer and percussionist, as well as a composer, sound designer and studio engineer. Walsh has been working with Tom Tom beatbox extraordinaire and the pair have travelled the world together performing their collaboration.
Theatre of Thunder is a sonic-body performance ensemble fusing immersive sound, Butoh-based movement and atmospheric installation.
UQ Taiko was established with the team concept of 「みんなの太鼓」which in Japanese means, “Taiko drumming for anyone and everyone!” The team endeavours to share this beautiful and powerful music, art and culture of traditional Japanese taiko drumming with the wider community.
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