Summary
Isol-Aid online music festival poster design 'AW, G'DAY EIGHT.' by artist and graphic designer Sebastian White, featuring a pizza box rendered in black and red.
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 These posters provide a rich historical document of contemporary practicing performing artists, many of whom are Victorian based, at this moment in time.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 FESTIVAL PRESENTS / Isol-Aid! / AN INSTAGRAM LIVE MUSIC FESTIVAL ! / SAT & SUN May 9 & 10 / A GIRL / ASTA / BIG WORDS / BLAXK BELT / EAGLE SOUT (USA) FAYE WEBSTER (USA) / FERGUS JAMES / LUKE HOWARD / NARDEAN / P-UNIQUE (QUEEN P) / SLOWLY SLOWLY / 50 ARTISTS / ALWAYS THE FRESHEST INGREDIENTS! / Piping Hot TALENT!' Signed bottom right" 'Sebi' Page two: 'AW, G'DAY EIGHT / SUPPORT THE ARTSITS BELOW BY TUNING INTO THEOR INSTAGAM APGES AT THE TIMES GIVEN! (TIMES ARE IN AEST) SATURDAY 9 MAY / 12:55 INTRO @ISOLAIDFESTIVAL / 13:00 FRANCES QUINLAN (USA) @FRANCO__ / SADDLE CREEK RECORDS / 13:20 DISQ (USA) @NEWPHONEWHODISQ / 13:40 BLACK BELT EAGLE SCOUT (USA) @BACKBELTEAGLESCOUT / 14:00 AINE TYRRELL @AINETYRRELLMUSIC / 14:20 MINDY MENG WANG @MINDY_MENGWANG / 14:40 LUKE HOWARD @LUKEHOWARDMUSIC / 15:00 TRICKEL @TRICKEL_ / 15:20 DJ GAY DAD @DJGAYDAD / 15:40 STELLA MCCLOSKY @STELLA_MCCLOSKY / AMPED UP TV / 16:00 DELAWOU @DELAWOU_ / THE AREA / 16:10 INFERNO @ITSINFERNO / 16:20 TRILLA VENUS @TRILLA_VENUS / 16:30 A GIRL @AGRILARTIST / CITY OF PARRAMATTA / 16:45 T BREZY / @BREEZYFROMDASOUTH / 17:00 NARDEAN @NARDEANNN / 17:20 LARA ANDALLO @LARAANDALLO / 17:40 LOVEBONER @LOVEBONER / 18:00 AM RERUNS @AMRERUNS / 18:20 AINSLEY FARRELL @AINSLEYFARRELL / 18:40 THE OOGARS @THEOOGARS / DAILY NIGHTLY / 19:00 CHINA @CHINA.TOWNZ / 19:20 PICKET PALACE @PICKETPALACE / 19:40 BID WORDS @_BIGWORDS / 20:00 FERGUS JAMES @FERGUSJAMESMUSIC / 20:20 VANESSA'S SECCRET ARTIST @VANESSABUS / 20:40 DOKO @DOKOBAND / 21:00 THE HUNTING BIRDS @THEHUNTINGBIRDS / 21:20 DUGONG JR @DUGONGJR / 21:40 LUPA J @LUPA.J / 22:00 THE GROGANS @THEGROGANSBAND / SUNDAY 10 MAY / 13:55 INTRO @ISOLAIDFESTIVAL / 14:00 BAD SEXT @BADSEXT / 14:20 FAYE WEBSTER (USA) @FAYEWEBSTER / 14:40 MIDDLE NAME DANCE BAND @MIDDLENAMEDANCEBAND / 15:00 TOM SNOWDON @TOMSNOWDON / 15:20 EMMA VOLARD @EMMA_VOLARD / 15:40 GUS RIGBY @EMPTY_PLATES / 16:00 NYNNO @NYNNOGRAM / 16:20 NIINE @NIINEMUSIC / 16:40 P-UNIQUE (QUEEN P) @ITSMEQUEEN.P / UNIFIED MUSIC GROUP / 17:00 STEVE COUSINS @STEVE_COUSINS_MUSIC / 17:20 JACK BOTTS @JACKBOTTS / 17:40 STELLIE @STELLIEMUSIC / 18:00 SLOWLY SLOWLY @SLOWLYSLOWLYMUSIC / 18:20 FENN WILSON @FENNWILSON / 18:40 SARAH [email protected] / 19:00 DANIKA SMITH @DANIKASMITHMUSIC / 19:20 BAD BANGS @BADBANGS_ / 19:40 TAKA PERRY @TAKAPERRY / 20:00 ASTA @ASTAWORLD / 20:20 BAGFUL O NEEZ @LINK_MCLENNAN / 20:40 WHARVES @WHARVESINSTA / 21:00 DJ LYNDELL @WILKO1974 '
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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