Fiona Brook

Acland Street Projection Festival came about when two Fionas (Fiona Brook and Fiona Sweet) decided that they would like to run their own arts festival, having worked on so many other people's festivals over the years as designers, creatives and general noise makers. Living and working in St Kilda, the Fionas felt that the suburb they knew and loved was in need of a pure visual arts program that would excite the local community as much as the rest of the Melbourne.

As a free event, we are asking you, our friends and colleagues, to help bring this festival to light. The essentials are below:

ASPF is a free nine-day event, including two weekends, open from dusk to midnight each night. Celebrating local, national and international projection artists, the art will be screened onto buildings, laneways and landscapes in and around the Acland Street precinct. ASPF is designed to highlight the interesting and iconic location, architecture and atmosphere in a truly unique arts experience.

ASPF will run from Friday 11^th September to Sunday 20^th September 2015, and link to the well established Melbourne Fringe Festival.

The ASPF curatorial program will feature established local, national and international projection artists, as well as artists from diverse practices and new to the projection art form.

Utilising between 12-16 sites in Acland Street, Barkly Street and The Esplanade, as well as laneways and side streets, ASPF will highlight some of St Kilda’s most beloved buildings including Linden New Art, Monarch Lane, the Palais, St Kilda RSL and Luna Park.

ASPF has created an inbuilt audience development and engagement program from the outset. ASPF will be navigated with a highly functional mobile website for smart phones with GPS capabilities which will guide visitors through the precinct highlighting each artwork and providing abilities for visitors to connect with the event by registration to comment.

The Fionas are giving their time and energy without cost. We have also secured the support of an ace web builder in Indietech. 
The funds you donate will be used to assist with the fees for the artists, as well as the costs for the projectors.  In our current budget we have allocated $16,000 for artist fees. The projectors required are some of the most powerful and we have allocated $30,000 to cover this, but it could be more. And finally, we need to pay for the super talented production team. 

Clearly $5,000 will be a fabulous contribution to the event's budget, and we have applied to local council, philanthropic organisations as well as local businesses, so we can achieve our goals.

The challenge is to raise the funds so the artists can be paid for their work! The Fionas have put into place a recognised board of management, and are applying for funding through other organisations, but as we know, nothing is guaranteed. By pledging your support we are all a big step closer to reaching our goal.