We had an email through from ABOVE last night, who is currently resting up in Adelaide after an interesting last few weeks. After having finished off a huge wall with local artists, he has sent us through this story of the whole endeavour. It looks like it was a massive effort, and wow – what an amazing wall – but, for all of that, it wasn’t without its difficulties …

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Read on for the story in ABOVEs own words …

I was flown to Adelaide, Australia to paint a mural on a 63 metre (200 foot) long wall. Within just three days of my arrival, I fell, broke my scapula in two places, as well as suffered from a head concussion – I ended up in the hospital twice.

Part of my responsibilities for this mural project was to be a mentor to three already extremely talented local Australian artists, making this project a collaborative effort and highly entertaining. As a collective, we decided to comment and paint a word play to relay the adversities of this wall’s rocky surface, and the fact that I literally fell, and broke my bones during this project.

In the end it was the words that were always there to save us!

STICKS & STONES… from ABOVE on Vimeo.

Please familiarize yourself with the amazingly talented crew of artists who made this project come to life:

CHRIS EDSER is an illustrator and wood-carving artist from Adelaide, Australia. Recently he has been experimenting with installing carved wooden sculpture in street-settings and has an interest in hand-illustrated typography. You can find more of Chris’ artworks here chrisedser.com/​

TRISTAN KERR is a highly accomplished screen printer, painter, and graphic designer who lives and works in Adelaide, Australia. To see more of his artworks visit his website here
enjoytastytreats.blogspot.com/​

Graphic designer, and public artist, ANKLES, currently lives in Adelaide. ANKLES has participated in many creative projects around Australia. You can find more of ANKLES’ art here ohankles.com

JOSHUA FANNING is the director of a small, low-brow art gallery in Adelaide’s seedy end of town called MAGAZINE GALLERY. Josh’s Gallery exists to keep artists from exhibiting in restaurants and he thought that bringing ABOVE to Adelaide, Australia, would be a progressive move for his city of Adelaide, and the residents that live there. He’s glad to have been proven correct, and looks forward to future projects like this in Adelaide and international artists. Visit Josh’s Gallery link here – Facebook.com/​magazine.store.gallery

JONATHAN VDK was the main photographer for the Sticks & Stones mural project so please credit his photos if/when you post them To see process and final photos visit his website jonathanvdk.com/​

Many thanks to ABOVE for providing us with the details and story behind the wall – and, I’m sure I speak for all of us in wishing him a speedy recovery from his injuries …