Facter

Facter (aka Fletcher Andersen)[1] is a Melbourne based, Australian multi-disciplinary artist, toy maker, writer and curator, best known for his colourful, fantastical creatures rendered in a unique illustrative style.[2][3] His work has featured in numerous publications,[4][5][6][7][8] as well as being featured in several documentaries [9] and TV shows [10] on street art in Australia.

Fletcher Andersen
NationalityAustralian
StyleStreet art, toy maker, writer, curator
Websitewww.invurt.com

Biography

Early life

Facter has been involved in street art and graffiti since 1990, and began as a graffiti artist in Perth, Western Australia.[1] After several years hiatus from graffiti, Facter returned in 2007 with pasteups and stickers, and began producing larger scale works again after relocating to Melbourne in 2008.

Career

His practice encompasses street art (murals, pasteups and stickers), designer toys, painting, illustration, publishing and writing, and has painted murals across five continents, in countries such as Australia, USA, Mexico, Taiwan, Guatemala, Norway, Poland, Latvia, Hungary, Indonesia, Singapore and Malaysia. 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.[11] Invurt maintains news of exhibitions and events, interviews and photography of street art across Australia, New Zealand and South East Asia.[12]

Other abilities

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.

As an arts writer, Facter was responsible for coining the term "paintspotting", a portmanteau word now widely used for photographers and street art enthusiasts who capture new street art, much like "trainspotters".[13]

Achievements

Facter is a well-known figure for his advocacy of street art and graffiti in Australia,[14][15] in addition to consultation with numerous local governments, he has also written numbers articles on street art in Australia, as well as on issues of copyright.[16] In 2012 Facter was instrumental in the overturning of a proposal to install CCTV cameras in Hosier Lane, and in opening of the lane way from a permit based painting zone to one that allowed artists to paint without permission.[17][18][19]

Notable works

Under the Invurt banner, Facter has been responsible for the production a wide range of large scale painting productions in Melbourne. 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 artist.[20][21][22] In 2012 - 2014 Facter curated over 100 artists in the creation of Artist Lane in the City of Stonnington, under the Aerosol Alley events banner.[23] He assisted in the production of the 2016 graffiti event “Meeting Of Styles Melbourne”, also under the Invurt banner.[24] Facter was the chief curator, alongside Dean Sunshine, David Russell and Luke McManus for the Melbourne publication of the Google Street Art art project.[25] Alongside Jo Jette, Facter (as Fletcher Andersen) was the co-editor for the short lived print publication Damnit! magazine.[2][26] Facter also worked as a freelance writer for XPress Magazine,[27] Knowledge Magazine, and Drum magazine, for which he wrote hundreds of articles and interviews on electronic music artists.

References
  1. "Fletcher Andersen". ArtistsWA.com. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  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 1741174317.
  5. Sunshine, Dean (2012). Land of Sunshine. DS Tech. ISBN 0987382705.
  6. Sunshine, Dean (2014). Street Art Now: Melbourne, Australia and Beyond 2012-2014. ISBN 0987382713.
  7. Chamberlin, Lou (2015). Street Art: Australia. Hardie Grant London Limited. ISBN 1741174848.
  8. Fogarty, Allison. Inside Street Art Melbourne. Thames and Hudson. ISBN 0500500673.
  9. "CutBack Documentary". SBSTV. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  10. Hamilton, Daniel; Moon, Andrew (22 January 2014). "Celebrating Melbourne's spray can style". ABC. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  11. McColloch, Alex (16 December 2014). "Best of places, worst of places". Arts Hub Australia Pty Ltd. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  12. Andersen, Fletcher (2004). "Invurt : urban, street, underground". Invurt. Retrieved 15 June 2016. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  13. Holsworth, Mark (14 May 2013). "Paintspotting in America". Black Mark: Melbourne Art & Culture Critic. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  14. Chadwick, Vince (15 May 2012). "Workers didn't give a Rat's". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  15. "Man Paints Over Not One, But Two Banksy Murals In Australia". Huffington Post. 10 January 2013. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  16. "Is NYC Mayor Bloomberg Right About Banksy Being A Vandal?". Forbes. 24 October 2013. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  17. Miletic, Daniella (12 September 2012). "No graffitiing of the graffiti, please". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  18. Masanauskas, John (12 September 2012). "Street Art Precinct around Hosier Lane a Crime Hot Spot". Herald Sun. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  19. Masanauskas, John (2 February 2013). "Lord Mayor Robert Doyle ditches CCTV for City Laneway". Herald Sun. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  20. Ross, Annabel (29 November 2013). "Dvate animate Hosier Lane". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  21. Young, Alison (6 December 2013). "Melbourne Now – the Art of the Contemporary City". The Conversation Media Group Pty Ltd. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  22. "Explore Arts & Projects / All Your Walls". National Gallery of Victoria. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  23. "Aerosol Alley 2 – the magic of Melbourne streetart. « Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet!". Hotndelicious.com. 5 March 2014. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  24. "Melbourne's iconic street art laneways get a makeover". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  25. "Melbourne Street Art by Invurt.com & Land of Sunshine". Google Arts & Culture. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  26. "Damn It!". Coburg, Vic.: Miss Blimey Inc. 2013. ISSN 2201-4756. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  27. "X-Press Magazine". Issuu.com. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
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