The Boite Millennium Chorus Pole Poster Collection

The Boite
START
29
November 2020
02:00 PM AEDT
END
21
December 2020
11:00 PM AEDT
RAISED
$1,980.00
GOAL $5,000.00
39.6% To Goal

About Our Auction

Striking posters have been vital to the success of the thousands of events The Boîte has presented over the past forty years.
From the mid 1990s to the mid 2010s The Boîte used elongated “Lamp Pole” posters for three reasons:
- they matched the format of the event brochures
- they stood out from other posters
- they could easily be fixed to lamp poles.

The format was discontinued when local councils, failing to recognise the beauty of the artwork being contributed to their neighbourhood, started fining the promoters.

Inspired by The Boite collection of pole posters, featuring local and international artists, supporter and former Boite Treasurer, Jorg Metz has had a selection of 11 high quality prints made and framed as auction items for our 2020 Fundraiser.

Each poster has a detailed description with references to the event they promoted. Many of them designed for the annual Millennium Chorus performance are significant pieces of memorabilia for choir members. As a collection they are an illustrated social history. Individually they include images by significant artists, a reminder of the breadth of artistic engagement of Boite projects.

Browse the collection, let the posters remind you of exciting artistic occasions, make a bid and support The Boite in future adventures.

These prints have been created through the generous contribution of Jorg Metz, former committee member of The Boite and frequent participant in the Boite Millennium Chorus projects, and framed by artist Michael Goff - www.michaelgoffgallery.com.au


About The Boite

The Boîte is Victoria’s iconic multicultural music organisation. Founded in 1979, it supports excellent artists from diverse cultural communities, promotes cultural understanding through the dynamic presentation of unique cultural experiences, and nurtures creativity, collaboration, access to and active participation in the arts.
Through our prolific program of festivals, events, radio programs, music releases and publications we have presented and promoted hundreds of excellent musicians born in over 100 different countries at over 5,000 events before audiences exceeding 800,000 and just as diverse.

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