The creative forces of artist Samantha Everton and the acclaimed Kavellaris Urban Design (KUD) Architects are collaborating for a unique project that is full of flair and dynamism, known as The Two Girls Building. Everton’s photograph, Masquerade (from the ‘Vintage Dolls’ series) is being used on the façade of the internationally recognised building designed by KUD Architects.
A fusion of high-art photography and architecture, the impressive project sets to redefine and innovate inner city contemporary living. The majority of the Masquerade image will be transparently infused within the building’s glass, a highly reflective medium that fluidly converses with and reflects its surroundings. The rest will sinuously merge into the building being embossed within the concrete.
An aspect that will light up this building as an iconic structure in Melbourne is the three-dimensional lamp. A recurring motif in Everton’s series, it will literally protrude out of the image to be positioned above the building, illuminating the building at night.
There is something otherworldly about this project, as the image seamlessly embeds within the façade of the building and then transcends itself, extending out into three-dimension to light up its surroundings.
Samantha Everton’s photography is renowned for its captivating melancholy. Unsettling in its familiarity, her work is fixating in its cinematic aesthetic. Most recently Everton’s photographic progress gained international recognition, achieving 1st Place in the Portrait category, 3rd Place in the Fine Art category and an Honourable Mention at the prestigious Prix de la Photographie Paris.
Be sure to keep an eye out for this striking building, one that blurs interiors and exteriors with Everton’s fascinating Masquerade image.
The 2 Girls Building
Courtesy the artist, KUD Architecture and Anthea Polson Art, Queensland
