Nissan JUKE Serves As Canvas For Street Artists

During the recent White Night Celebration in Melbourne, Australia a glow-in-the-dark Nissan JUKE served as a canvas for a head-to-head contest between two graffiti artists. The White Night Celebration is an annual event that takes place over 12 hours from dusk till dawn. It is a celebration of art and culture that brings together local and international artists to put on exciting and engaging performances.

For the competition, the artists were Chris Le, and Snake Hole (Josh Meyer and Josh Brown). They were each provided with a Nissan JUKE that had been wrapped in a special glow-in-the-dark skin and created their designs using black paint and pens. Attendees could watch as their creations came to life and even participate by writing on the vehicles using a smartphone light.

Josh Meyer and Josh Brown created the piece “Snake Wrap” stating “Our initial impression when we saw the JUKE was it had snake-like characteristics. The grill, headlights and long smooth lines resonated immediately with us. We decided to create a series of snakes that traced the shapes and features of the JUKE. We utilized negative space, so that the snakes were glowing, and everything else would be blacked out.”

Chris Le’s piece was called “Journey to the West” and he drew inspiration from Chinese culture: “One of my favorite TV shows as a kid was the Monkey Magic series. Since it is the Year of the Monkey in the Chinese lunar calendar, I thought it would be fitting to depict Monkey and his friends on their journey to the West. Obviously an Asian themed illustration must include dragons since they are a big part of the culture, so it was only natural to draw epic dragons weaving past the character on the car.”

See both of these pieces of art unfold in the video above.

“Glow-in-the-dark Nissan JUKE, the Ultimate Street Art Canvas.”NissanNews.com. N.p., 3 Mar. 2016. Web. <http%3A%2F%2Fnissannews.com%2Fen-US%2Fnissan%2Fusa%2Freleases%2Fglow-in-the-dark-nissan-juke-the-ultimate-street-art-canvas>.

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