Rumblestrip
Concept by Neil Aldum, Erin Coates, Simone Johnston, featured artworks by Erin Coates, Shaun Gladwell, Loren Holmes, Stuart James, Simone Johnston, Jack Sargeant, Snapcat.
Taking place for one loud, epic night in early March 2016, Rumblestrip occupied a large disused urban lot near the centre of Perth city. Operating equally as an artwork and a party, Rumblestrip was imbued with a riotous end-of-times aesthetic and celebrated the world’s most demographically isolated city. As the heat from the day seeped out of the asphalt, the unnatural glow of peripheral urban illumination coloured a skyline still full post-boom with teetering cranes. Artwork by eight Australian artists included mobile gardens, a walk-in car cinema, moving micro-architecture, a reclaimed swamp and a girl gang on bikes. An intricate audio installation was generated live by composer Stuart James, creating a revving, throbbing soundtrack that ran through more than 20 speakers around the block. It was at once dark and luminous, critical yet joyous, weaving in elements of roadside signage, Australian cult cinema, wetland ecology and a blend of utopic and dystopic visions of what Western cities of the future might look like.
Neil Aldum, Erin Coates and Simone Johnston, Totem (When they come, we will be ready), 2016, tower, tent and reclaimed swamp. Photography Yvonne Doherty.
Ex situ, 2016, repurposed trolley, sheet metal, Australian native plants. Photography Bohden Warchomij.
Clustertruck. Photography Eva Fernandez.
Lone Walker, 2016, Holden bonnets, repurposed tent, LED lights, insulation, wheels, wood. Photography Eva Fernandez.
Lone Walker, 2016, Holden bonnets, repurposed tent, LED lights, insulation, wheels, wood. Photography Eva Fernandez.