{"id":338,"date":"2017-01-05T13:57:56","date_gmt":"2017-01-05T02:57:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sandbox.otb.org.au\/?page_id=338"},"modified":"2019-11-20T12:47:30","modified_gmt":"2019-11-20T01:47:30","slug":"trams-moving-pictures","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.oldtreasurybuilding.org.au\/past-exhibitions\/trams-moving-pictures\/","title":{"rendered":"Trams: Moving Pictures"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oldtreasurybuilding.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Brunswick-tram-small.jpg\" alt=\"Trams Moving Pictures exhibition at Old Treasury Building. Closed November 2013.\" itemprop=\"image\" title=\"Brunswick tram small\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t<p>Between 1978 and 1993 the Ministry for the Arts initiated the \u2018Transporting Art\u2019 project. The Ministry\u00a0and a number of sponsors commissioned famous Australian artists to paint Melbourne\u2019s iconic W class trams. The project took contemporary artists fantastic and vibrant art onto the streets as it rattled around on city trams. Thirty-six artists including Lin Onus, Clifton Pugh, Brett Colquhoun, Michael Leunig, Mirka Mora, Jeffrey Makin and Erica McGilchrist and even a pop group \u2018Mental as Anything\u2019 were involved.<\/p>\n<p>2013 commemorates the 35th anniversary of this wonderful, innovative movable art program. It stimulated great public comment and engagement, particularly when new trams were launched. It was a milestone moment in the artists careers. It exposed public art in a new and imaginative way and generated world-wide interest. The exhibition also features an illustrated timeline of horse trams, cable and electric trams and historic 1910 film of Melbourne cable trams.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><em>\u201cIt is wonderful that this exhibition will showcase and celebrate this landmark project during Arts Victoria\u2019s 40th anniversary year\u201d\u00a0<\/em><em>&#8211; <\/em>then Premier and Minister for the Arts Ted Baillieu<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Trams: Moving Picture<\/em>s is continuing until November 1 2013 as part of the Melbourne Festival.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This exhibition is available to view online through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/culturalinstitute\/exhibit\/transporting-art\/wQIx32kF\" target=\"1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Google Cultural Institute Australia<\/a>.<\/p>\n\t<p>Start Date: 17 December 2012<\/p>\n<p>End Date: 1 November 2013<\/p>\n\t<p><em>Trams: Moving Pictures<\/em>\u00a0is presented by the Old Treasury Building in partnership with Public Record Office Victoria.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oldtreasurybuilding.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Black_Victoria-Government-V1.0-FINAL-AJ-20150825-3-300x170.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"106\" height=\"60\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.prov.vic.gov.au\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oldtreasurybuilding.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/PROV-Secondary-logo-V1.0-FINAL-AJ-20150203-300x144.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"125\" height=\"60\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Between 1978 and 1993 the Ministry for the Arts initiated the \u2018Transporting Art\u2019 project. 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