Summary
Isol-Aid online music festival poster design 'FULLY SIX.' by artist and graphic designer Sebastian White, featuring a bag of flour rendered in beige and blue. This design references the popularity and shortages of staple baking ingredients such as flour. Breadmaking, particularly sourdough, was a popular pastime at this point during the Stay At Home public health orders.
Physical Description
Full colour digital poster.
Significance
The Isol-Aid poster collection is a visual representation of innovative music festival Isol-Aid, founded and based in Melbourne in direct response to the COVID-19 pandemic as it unfolded in 2020, and its impact on the local music community. These posters provide a rich historical document of contemporary practicing performing artists, many of whom are Victorian based, at this moment in time. The designs also include visual representations of items related to daily life during pandemic restrictions. From an artistic perspective, the designs are highly effective, vibrant and meaningful composition, carring rich potential for interpretaion now, and into the future.
Artist Sebastian White has developed a recognisable visual style for the festival, drawing on a nostalgic packaging design aesthetic, which is evident across the vast array of posters created through 2020. White's designs respond to the impact of the pandemic on daily life with poignancy and humour, creating a new topical visual concept each week. Designs have included references to panic buying, essential grocery items, take away food, sanitisation products, home hair dye, parcel delivery, colouring in, gardening, home exercise, jigsaws, mask wearing and Victoria's Stage 4 restrictions on movement.
Isol-Aid Festival founder, director and programmer Emily Ulman, is a musician, educator, festival curator and music booker, based in Melbourne. The festival was conceived in response to the impact of pandemic restrictions on the Australian music community. The cancelling of events and closure of music venues due to social distancing requirements implemented to stop the spread of COVID-19 in Australia, had a devastating financial and social impact on the Victorian music community. Performing artists and music workers lost income and career opportunties through the cancellation of performance bookings, national and international tours, recording studio bookings and residencies.
The festival arose initially to raise funds for Support Act, "Australia's only not-for-profit organisation to provide relief for musicians and music industry workers facing physical or mental health issues, or financial hardship", and to connect artists and audiences through an online performance experience.
Melbourne is recognised as the live music capital of the world (ABC: Melbourne Live Music Census 2017), and the local music community is valued for the significant cultural, social and economic contribution it makes to the state of Victoria. These posters, as respresentations of the festival, are an expression of the music community's response to issues affecting the livelihood and mental health of artists during the pandemic.
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Collecting Areas
Leisure, Cultural Diversity, Working Life & Trades, Information & Communication, Home & Community, Social Spaces & Youth
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Inscriptions
Page one: 'The Australian Music Community presents / Isol-Aid! / An Instagram Live Music Festival! / Sat - Sun APRIL 25 - 26 / Batch No 6 / Bobby Alu / Dylan Joel / Fanny Lumsden / Gabriella Cohen / Gim Fawkner / Katy Steele / Maylene Slater Burns / Polish Club / RVG / Sex on Toast / Spike Fuck / Tanzer and The Huxleys / 50 ingredients' / Signed bottom right : 'Sebi' Page two: 'Fully Six. / Support the artists and record labels below by tuning into their instagram pages at the times given! (Times shown are AEST! ) Saturday 25 April / 12:55 WELCOME! @ISOLAIDEFESTIVAL / 13:00 GABRIELLA COHEN @GABRIELLAACOHEN / 13:20 BASIA BULAT (CAN) @BASIABULAT / 13:40 ALLARA @ALLARA___ / 14:00 LOUIS BAKER (NZ) @LOUISBAKERMUSIC / 14:20 BLOODS @BLOODSBAND / 14:40 MAYLENE SLATER BURNS @MAYLENEMUSEFREEDOM / 15:00 TIMOTHY NELSON @TIMOTHYNELSONMUSIC / 15:20 TINPAN ORANGE @TINPANORANGE / 15:40 JANE CLIFTON @CLIFFOTOO / RAIDA: 16:00 MOBS @MOBSMUSIC / 16:20PSYCHOBABEL @PSYCHOBABEL_BAND / 16:40 TEENAGE DADS @TEENAGEDADS / 17:00 ELSIE LANGE @ELSIELANGE / 17:20 RINSE @RINSEBAND / ISLAND RECORDS: 17:40 COTERIE / 18:00 TORI FORSYTH @TORI.FORSYTH / 18:20 THE MILLION @THEMILLIONOFFICIAL / 18:40 BAKED BEANS @BAKEDBEANSBAND / 19:00 THEIA @THEIAOFFICIALXO / 19:20 GRIM FALKNER @GRIMFALKNER / 19:40 FANNY LUMSDEN @THEIAOFFICIALXO / 20:00 POLISH CLUB @BESTPOLISHCLUB / 20:20 GO GET MUM @GO_GET_MUM / 20:40 TANZER AND THE HUXLEYS / 21:00 STEVE SMYTH @LONOSMYTH / 21:20 DR SURE'S UNUSUAL PRACTICE @DR SURE'SUNUSUALPRACTICE/ 21:40 DYLAN JOEL @DYLANJOEL / 22:00 DJ BE KIND TO OTHER PEOPLE @DJBEKINDTOOTHERPEOPLE Sunday 26 April / 13:55 WELCOME! @ISOLAIDEFESTIVAL / 14:00 STAR PARKS (USA) STAR_PARKS / 14:20 NIGHT GLIETTER (USA) @NIGHTGLITTERMUSIC / 14:40 ASH HENDRIKS @ASHHENDRIKSMUSIC / 15:00 BABY BLUE @BABYBLUEMELB / 15:20 THE NORTHERN FOLK @THENORTHERNFOLK / 15:40 HANNAH MCKITTRICK @HANNAHMCKITTRICK / 16:00 PONY FACE @PONYFACES / 16:20 ELLA HABER @ELLAHABER.MUSIC / 16:40 MCKISKO @MCKISKO / 17:00 EMILIO MERCURI @EMILI________O / 17:20 KATY STEELE @KATYSTEELE /17:40 BOBBY ALU @BOBBY_ALU / CURATED BY RVG: 18:00 OUR GOLDEN FRIEND INTERVIEW WITH RVG @RVG____ / 18:10 RVG @RVG____ / 18:40 STEPH HUGES @STEPH_HUGHES_ / 19:00 MOONLOVER @OURGOLDENFRIEND / 19:20 SPIKE FUCK @SPIKE_FCUK / 19:40 SWEET WHIRL @EGGQUEST / 20:00 WLSN @WLSN_MUSIC / 20:20 SEX ON TOAST @SEXONTOASTMUSIC / 20:40 PARTY DOZEN @PARTYDOZEN / 21:00 @SHAAD / Isol-Aid! '
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Keywords
Musicians, Music, Music Festivals, Performing Arts, Fundraising Events, Mental Health, Charity Fundraising, Social Media, Broadcasting, Graphic Design, Graphic Arts, Posters, Welfare, Community Art Festivals, Community Organisations, Community Groups, Music Performances, Homes