Midden by Eness; White Night Festival 2014 – Birrarung Marr, Melbourne
Midden is an installation created by Eness, an award winning Melbournian art and design business, for the 2014 Melbourne White Night festival. Illuminations in a vibrant spectrum of colours were projected onto a 150 cubic metre mound of gravel. Midden pays homage to the traditional owners of the land on which Melbourne now stands. A midden is a dump for domestic waste (from early Scandinavian; Norwegian: mødding, Danish: mødding, Swedish regional: mödding) and middens were created around Australia by the Aborigines.
The White Night Festival in Melbourne is a State Government of Victoria initiative created by the Victorian Major Events Company. Originally conceived in Paris in 2002, to make vibrant and dynamic art and culture accessible to large audiences in public spaces, Paris’ Nuit Blanche (White Night) has inspired an international network of similar programmes in over twenty cities globally, including Melbourne.
In 2013 Melbourne became the first Australian city to create its own White Night Festival, producing an all night event of light, colour and artistry. The White Night Festival, now in its second year, is a wonderful opportunity to showcase Melbourne as Australia’s international city of artistic innovation, and celebrate the city’s commitment to modern and interpretive art, music and culture.
Midden by Eness; White Night Festival 2014 – Birrarung Marr, Melbourne
Midden is an installation created by Eness, an award winning Melbournian art and design business, for the 2014 Melbourne White Night festival. Illuminations in a vibrant spectrum of colours were projected onto a 150 cubic metre mound of gravel. Midden pays homage to the traditional owners of the land on which Melbourne now stands. A midden is a dump for domestic waste (from early Scandinavian; Norwegian: mødding, Danish: mødding, Swedish regional: mödding) and middens were created around Australia by the Aborigines.
The White Night Festival in Melbourne is a State Government of Victoria initiative created by the Victorian Major Events Company. Originally conceived in Paris in 2002, to make vibrant and dynamic art and culture accessible to large audiences in public spaces, Paris’ Nuit Blanche (White Night) has inspired an international network of similar programmes in over twenty cities globally, including Melbourne.
In 2013 Melbourne became the first Australian city to create its own White Night Festival, producing an all night event of light, colour and artistry. The White Night Festival, now in its second year, is a wonderful opportunity to showcase Melbourne as Australia’s international city of artistic innovation, and celebrate the city’s commitment to modern and interpretive art, music and culture.