On the Buses

On the Buses is the 2015 Dunedin Fringe Festival project for Studio2 artists.

We hope to raise enough funds to put artworks on the back of city passenger buses  for the month of the Fringe Festival. Instead of looking at advertisements on the back of the buses, Dunedin drivers and pedestrians will be able to look at large scale digital versions of works of art created by Studio2 artists. It is a great way to bring our art to people and people to our art and fits well with the Fringe ethos of doing arty things that are a bit outside the square. 

Last year we put our artworks on the sides of suitcases and dropped them on the baggage  carousel at Dunedin airport with instructions for people to pick them up, take them around Dunedin during the Fringe Festival and email us photos of where the suitcases went. That was very popular and earned us a Fringe award for the most orginal concept. We want to make our  2015 event even better. And still involve members of the public going about their daily business. We believe you shouldn't have to go to an art gallery to see art.

We have been quoted $2000 per bus for the month and we would like to place artwork on as many buses as possible for maximum impact. Studio2 is an artspace for disabled artists. We get no government funding and we are always broke or very close to it. So we need lots of help to raise the money for our fabulous fringe idea.