Ep 20: COLLECT-COLLECT with SANDREW - a podcast by ALTS Projects

from 2020-12-16T06:48:02

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SANDREW are well known in the street art scene in Melbourne (and beyond) for their voracious collecting of works by some of the world's best street artists. They've championed the street art scene loudly and have supported many artists over the years to help expose them to larger audiences/ ways to create a sustainable living as artists.

We talk about what they are most passionate about, what drives their (usually competitive) collecting behaviour, their love of community engagement and the anti-establishment motives in artists that they adore, as they speak glowingly about the counter-culture they have immersed themselves in over the last decade or so.

(And we do this chat live in their home- which contains once of the most stunning collections of street art in existence!)

A few points in the chit-chat:

Life in the Sunny Side of Melbourne (St Kilda) as opposed to the Dark Side (Where artists live- Collingwood)
The beginnings of the family home
Accumulating an extensive art collection
A penchant for the misfits and the rebellion
Being mistaken for undercover cops
Keeping the company of artists with an emphasis on community engagement
Street Art embedded in Melbourne’s DNA
The circle of collecting behaviour
When SANDREW took 13 artists to San Francisco
What would be the piece they would take with them if the house was on fire?
The tenets- Collecting, Connection & Consulting

Notes and Links:

Follow SANDREW on Instagram: @sandrewmelbs

Follow SANDREW online: http://sandrew.com.au/

Music by Gareth Leach Music by way of Bateman

Twitter: @ALTSProjects

Instagram: @altsprojects_

Hosted by Gaz Williams @gwilliamsALTS

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