Facter

Facter (Fletcher Anderson) [1] is a Melbourne based, Australian multi-disciplinary artist, best known for his colourful creatures rendered in a illustrative style.[2][3]

Facter
NationalityAustralian
StyleStreet art, toy maker, writer, curator

His work has featured in numerous publications,[4][5][6][7][8] His practice encompasses street art (murals, paste-ups and stickers), designer toys, painting, illustration, publishing, and writing, and he has painted murals across five continents, in countries such as Australia, USA, Mexico, Taiwan, Guatemala, Norway, Poland, Latvia, Hungary, Indonesia, Singapore, and Malaysia.

Biography

Early life

Facter has been involved in street art and graffiti since 1990 and began as a graffiti artist in Perth, Western Australia.[9] After a several year hiatus from graffiti, he returned in 2007 with paste-ups and stickers and relocated to Melbourne in 2008 with a focus on producing larger-scale works.

Career

Under the Invurt banner, Facter has been responsible for the production of a wide range of large-scale paintings productions in Melbourne, Australia. In 2013, alongside Land Of Sunshine and Just Another Agency and the National Gallery of Victoria produced 'All Your Walls', a large-scale repainting of the entirety of Hosier Lane involving over 150 artists including him.[10][11][12] From 2012 - 2014 Facter curated over 100 artists in the creation of Artist Lane in the City of Stonnington, under the Aerosol Alley events banner.[13] He assisted in the production of the 2016 graffiti event “Meeting Of Styles Melbourne”, also under the Invurt banner.[14] Facter was the chief curator, alongside Dean Sunshine, David Russell and Luke McManus for the Melbourne publication of the Google Street Art art project.[15] Alongside Jo Jette, Facter was the co-editor for the short-lived print publication Damnit! magazine.[2][16] Facter also worked as a freelance writer for XPress Magazine,[17] Knowledge Magazine, and Drum magazine, for which he wrote hundreds of articles and interviews on electronic music artists.

Alongside his art he has been featured in several documentaries [18] and TV shows [19] on street art in Australia. In 2016, Facter started the designer toy label Irikanji, based on his work as an artist. The creatures within the Irikanji urban vinyl line inhabit a realm called The Known. Alongside his visual art practice, Facter is the creator, editor and chief writer for the Invurt.com website.[20] Invurt maintains news of exhibitions and events, interviews and photography of street art across Australia, New Zealand and South East Asia.

Alongside his co-host Ariana Leane, Facter is the producer and host of Invurtion, a weekly podcast on arts and artists around the Melbourne and Australian area.

Achievements

Facter is a well-known figure for his advocacy of street art and graffiti in Australia,[21][22] he has written articles on street art in Australia, as well as on issues of copyright.[23] In 2012 he was involved in the overturning of a proposal to install CCTV cameras in Hosier Lane, and in the opening of the lane way from a permit-based painting zone to one that allowed artists to paint without permission.[24][25][26]

References
  1. "Interview with Melbourne-based artist and writer Facter in NYC". streetartnyc.org. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  2. "Speaking with Facter". Street Art NYC. 4 July 2013. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  3. "Street Art, Windsor, Melbourne". ABC. 19 December 2014. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  4. Chamberlin, Lou (2013). Street Art: Melbourne. Explore Australia. ISBN 978-1741174311.
  5. Sunshine, Dean (2012). Land of Sunshine. DS Tech. ISBN 978-0987382702.
  6. Sunshine, Dean (2014). Street Art Now: Melbourne, Australia and Beyond 2012-2014. ISBN 978-0987382719.
  7. Chamberlin, Lou (2015). Street Art: Australia. Hardie Grant London Limited. ISBN 978-1741174847.
  8. Fogarty, Allison (2016). Inside Street Art Melbourne. Thames and Hudson. ISBN 978-0500500675.
  9. "Fletcher Andersen". ArtistsWA.com. Archived from the original on 23 January 2008. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  10. Ross, Annabel (29 November 2013). "Dvate animate Hosier Lane". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  11. Young, Alison (6 December 2013). "Melbourne Now – the Art of the Contemporary City". The Conversation Media Group Pty Ltd. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  12. "All Your Walls @ Hosier Lane". Google Arts & Culture. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  13. "Aerosol Alley 2 – the magic of Melbourne streetart. « Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet!". Hotndelicious.com. 5 March 2014. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  14. "Melbourne's iconic street art laneways get a makeover". Stuff.co.nz. 14 April 2016. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  15. "Melbourne Street Art by Land of Sunshine". Google Arts & Culture. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  16. "Damn It!". Coburg, Vic.: Miss Blimey Inc. 2013. ISSN 2201-4756. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  17. "X-Press Magazine". Issuu.com. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  18. "CutBack Documentary". SBSTV. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  19. Hamilton, Daniel; Moon, Andrew (22 January 2014). "Celebrating Melbourne's spray can style". ABC. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  20. McColloch, Alex (16 December 2014). "Best of places, worst of places". Arts Hub Australia Pty Ltd. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  21. Chadwick, Vince (15 May 2012). "Workers didn't give a Rat's". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  22. "Man Paints Over Not One, But Two Banksy Murals In Australia". Huffington Post. 10 January 2013. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  23. "Is NYC Mayor Bloomberg Right About Banksy Being A Vandal?". Forbes. 24 October 2013. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  24. Miletic, Daniella (12 September 2012). "No graffitiing of the graffiti, please". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  25. Masanauskas, John (12 September 2012). "Street Art Precinct around Hosier Lane a Crime Hot Spot". Herald Sun. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  26. Masanauskas, John (2 February 2013). "Lord Mayor Robert Doyle ditches CCTV for City Laneway". Herald Sun. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
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