Before words there were rainbows

Colourful abstract artwork featuring cartoon-style animals, vehicles, and characters with a rainbow across the top.

Event details

687 Doncaster Road
Doncaster
VIC 3018
Australia

Free
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Arts Manningham

In this immersive multi-sensory exhibition visitors will be transported into a surreal, shifting world, where the lines between human, animal, time and nature dissolves. 

Through a large-scale projection, a spatial soundscape, and mindful meditative activities, visitors are invited to sit back and be transported to another world somewhere between sleep and waking, inviting a moment of stillness or inward exploration.

This projection artwork was created by visual artist and musician Ben Street with accompanying soundscape by electronic music producer Christobel Elliott, supported by the projection art team at illuminart Stories in Light. Both Ben and Christobel live and work in Manningham.

Artist Bios

Ben Street is a visual artist and musician originally from Warrnambool, now based in Naarm (Melbourne). He works across a wide range of mediums, bringing together diverse techniques on paper and canvas to create bold, multi-layered pieces. His style blends psychedelic colour, abstract forms, and offbeat character design, resulting in artwork that is vibrant, unconventional, and distinct. He also creates psychedelic music, which continues to inspire and influence the tone and energy of his broader creative practice.

Christobel Elliott is an electronic music producer based in Naarm (Melbourne) known for her electronic pop duo ‘Pillow Pro’. Christobel is set to release her debut album early 2026 which will crystallise her sonic perspective and identity as a solo artist and explore dynamics of power, resilience and love. As a youth music facilitator and community worker, Christobel is passionate about accessible music education for young people and is also a DJ and co-host of Salaam radio on 3cr platforming artists and voices from the SWANA region and beyond.

Image courtesy of the artist Ben Street.