Powerhouse - Day 1  by onewing

Powerhouse - Day 1

As I am limited with photography opportunities at the moment until my wrist has healed, I have been looking through my old photos and came across the street art photos I took at the Powerhouse in Geelong when we were in Victoria a few months ago.

I thought I would post street art photos from Powerhouse for the next few days.

Thanks to Marnie, @golftragic who showed me where the Powerhouse was and went along with David and I to visit the building. It was lovely to catch up with another 365er.

If Kane @karlow75 reads this I am sure the Powerhouse is somewhere you would be interested in visiting.

The old Power station B Geelong or the Powerhouse, as it has been renamed, was an old derelict building, with most of its windows smashed, standing alone on a vacant block of land. It is still standing and it has been renewed as a canvas for graffiti artists and also for anybody who wants to put their work up on display on the walls of the Powerhouse.

Inside the walls of this abandoned Powerhouse, and even on the walls outside the huge Powerhouse, dozens of artists have left their mark. This graffiti artists paradise, once an old metal and concrete Power Station, is now a legal street art precinct, where dozens of artists have left their mark. The beauty of this legal graffiti canvas is that people can come and paint, express themselves and leave their work up for a while. Most of the work will eventually be painted over so that more artists can come and display their work.

Here is a link to the Powerhouse if you are interested.

http://powerhousegeelong.com/about

Fabulous street art
September 7th, 2015  
Stunning Babs ! -- understand the frustration of the limitations re wrist -I also am still limited to just using my "handbag camera - tried the other yesterday ,but it was too painful !! Patience is a virtue Babs !!
September 7th, 2015  
love it - hope you are healing well
September 7th, 2015  
That is amazing street art Babs......very tasteful indeed! Hope you are heeling nicely under that plaster!
September 7th, 2015  
Sam
I definitely want to get down to the Powerhouse!
September 7th, 2015  
Wonderful street art...
September 7th, 2015  
Wow this is more like an art gallery. Much better than the graffiti at the power house in Fremantle
September 7th, 2015  
A terrific collection of street art, some very talented artists :)
September 7th, 2015  
Great find!
September 7th, 2015  
What a great idea to use the space and let the creativities shine.
September 7th, 2015  
looks an amazing place. Look forward to seeing more of your pics from there
September 7th, 2015  
such fabulous artwork!
September 7th, 2015  
Some fantastic artwork there Babs. Thanks for the link I shall go and look it up. I hope that your arm is healing and that you are pain-free.
September 7th, 2015  
What a great looking place and cool looking art. Very nice capture, Babs.
September 7th, 2015  
Amazing artwork here
September 7th, 2015  
A wonderful and colourful shot Babs
September 7th, 2015  
what an excellent view of all this fabulous artwork . Hope your wrist heals quickly
September 7th, 2015  
Great capture, colors
September 7th, 2015  
very artistic... the nose on the pillar...great!
September 7th, 2015  
Lovely street art!
September 7th, 2015  
Great street art!
September 7th, 2015  
Some distinctive street art which makes for a good shot. (thanks for mail - will be in touch soon.)
September 7th, 2015  
Terrific scene to convey what the overall setting looks like. I thought of Marnie's series immediately when I saw yours.
@golftragic
September 7th, 2015  
What a perfect place to display this type of art. Some lovely colourful exhibits.
September 7th, 2015  
Great artwork
September 7th, 2015  
Love the piece on the left!
September 7th, 2015  
This is wonderful...so much to take in. So interesting... and how wonderful they have access to this venue. ..too bad they have to be removed though.
September 8th, 2015  
I really like the variation in the styles of graffiti. The post is hilarious!
September 8th, 2015  
What a great way to reinvent an old derelict building and a neat way to showcase legal graffiti!
September 8th, 2015  
Very cool! We have something similar here - called Freak Alley!
September 8th, 2015  
A great capture Babs and what a wonderful idea
September 8th, 2015  
@beryl Thanks Beryl. I am doing quite well and now that I only have the splint it makes life easier. I am just very busy tracing family history for a friend too, so keeping pretty occupied. Hope you are going well and hopefully will be more mobile soon.
September 8th, 2015  
@happypat Thanks Pat. Going pretty well now. Much better now that I just have the splint instead of the back slab. Not allowed to put any weight on my wrist though until the end of September, but have some mobility in the splint.
September 8th, 2015  
@gigiflower It is a brilliant place and the pictures change all the time I believe.
September 8th, 2015  
@bizziebeeme @annied @happysnaps @deborah63 @hermann @beachdog @yaorenliu @cruiser @lynnz @salza @mittens @365projectlinda @tonygig @lesip @seattlite @shailestha @craftymeg @soboy5 @quietpurplehaze @taffy @paulaw @bkbinthecity @chimfa @eyesmile @888rachel @fntngrma @basqgirl @thistle Thanks everyone and sorry for the group reply. My wrist is healing well, but I have limited movement with the splint, much easier than when I had the cast on though. I have to go back to the hospital on the 22 September and hopefully then the split will be able to come off. Will then have to do quite a bit of physio to get it more mobile, but should be okay.
As I am limited with photography options at the moment I thought I would share these taken at the Powerhouse as I realized I didn't show them earlier in the year. It is a really interesting place and I was so glad that Marnie @golftragic showed David and I where it was.
I am also pretty busy with tracing a friends family history too, so still got lots to occupy my time.
September 8th, 2015  
Lovely shots to show them off. Looked at the link, what a great place, full of creativity.
September 8th, 2015  
Pam
This would be fun to go see.
September 11th, 2015  
Some great art work Babs
September 12th, 2015  
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