This outdoor exhibition was a part of the Mparntwe Street Art Festival program 2024 run by Red Hot Arts and proudly sponsored by the NT Government.
The Art
This outdoor exhibition by Greg Barnes is a collection of his ongoing study of counter-cultural activity around the world in its innumerable forms. His passion for street level creativity has led Greg to all corners of the globe, exploring laneways and back streets on his bike. This choice of path introduced him to experiences that his mind, pen and cameras have delighted in capturing.
Greg wishes to inspire local young people cruising around town to harness their shredding potential and interpret the streets as they see fit.
The Artist
Greg Barnes @mugfakers has been living, working and creating on unceded Arrernte country for 7 years. His love for photography was instigated in his adolescence by BMX, Skateboarding, Punk Rock, Heavy Metal, Hip Hop, zine culture & travel. He is the Editor/Publisher of BMX print magazine @nothingswrongbmx and has worked, documented and travelled with Nicky ‘Skateboard’ Hayes on his Eastern Arrernte brand Spinifex Skateboards since day one. He currently works at 8CCC Radio in Communications/Content and has coordinated skatepark programs/events in Mparntwe @alicespringsskatepark & nationwide for over 15 years.
The exhibition contains amongst others, photographs of South East Desert Metal, shot in 2016 on their first national tour. All Skate/BMX photos were made in the NT.
Exhibition Locations
1. Gregory terrace. Next to the
old Uncle Eddys in the window of the Mbantua gallery.‘Raise
our flag’, the thirty year campaign. Women of Mparntwe anchoring the Aboriginal
flag for the first time on Anzac Hill. 2018. 35mm film.
2. 8CCC building: Into
the Clutches of Slaughter. Shady of Fuxache. Performing Grindcore while heavily
pregnant at WOS Fest. Ross river resort. 2022. 35mm film.
3. Tin shed with large aboriginal
flag painted on it, behind the Todd mall church next to the car park. The
unknown soldier. Anonymous. Finke. 2016. 35mm film and Flip
you off. Nick Shaw, backflip at Mparntwe skatepark. 2023. Digital photo.
4. Todd mall, next to Epilogue: No
diving. Nicky 'Skateboard' Hayes, Ollie into the deep end. Undisclosed swimming
pool, Mparntwe. 2023. Digital photo. and ‘Skateboard'.
Portrait on film. Kalkarindji. 2022. 35mm film.
5. 3 Gregory Terrace, next to the
council/library. The old tourism building, adjacent to Stay True Tattoo. South
East Desert Metal. Abandoned building in ‘Victoria’. 2016. 35mm film and The
Giant. Kerry Bird & Gavin Hayes. South East Desert Metal’s first Australian
tour. 35mm film. 2016 and Break
the silence. South East Desert Metal. Double exposure on 35mm film. 2016. and Kiss me in the NT. Mulga Bore Hard Rock, backstage at Blacken Festival 2022
with Chris Wallace of South East Desert Metal. Ross river resort. 35mm film.
6. Youth centre building next to
the crown court on the back side of the post office: Drain
the main vein. Mparntwe. 2019. 35mm film and Hip hop
don’t stop. Tane, frontside flip in the iconic Larapinta drains. 2022. Digital
photo.