If drawing on the walls at home is a no-no, drawing on the walls at a museum is a massive don’t-even-think-about-it. Or, it was, until the playful design duo behind Matheny Studio teamed up with Melbourne’s National Gallery of Victoria to create a new on-site space where kids can strap on crayon-studded helmets, shoes, and all kinds of wacky gear and go completely nuts. All. Over. Everything.
Pastello – Draw Act looks like so much fun! I mean, think back — way back — to your youth: How many times were you given the chance to doodle on something other than a sheet of paper?
And did you ever use your noggin, or your freaking feet, to make modern art in a public place? To leave your signature on the furniture and get applauded, not some bummer time-out?
With medicine ball-sized crayons, wooden utensils doused in jewel-toned colour, and wearable accessories that look like Lord of the Flies meets Sleeper criss-crossed with the essence of Rainbow Brite, the whole thing seems like it would be heaven for creatively-inclined children.
Pastello will be up until August 31. [Knstrct]