Eight art trams will be on the tracks just before the Melbourne Festival kicks off next Friday and they’ll be surging through the city until April 2014. This project was revived through a partnership between Arts Victoria, Yarra Trams and Melbourne Festival.
The first of these trams was launched on Monday and Victorian Premier, Denis Napthine, was present to see the wonder of a moving artwork by Jon Campbell. ‘Art and trams are intrinsic parts of life in Melbourne and the Victorian Coalition Government is very proud to be part of this program which brings these iconic elements of our city together’, said Napthine. ‘Converting eight of our city’s trams into giant rolling canvases is a fantastic concept that will provide a new tourist attraction and reinforce Melbourne’s reputation as the nation’s art capital’.
