Each year Adelaide Fringe runs a competition for artists and designers to create their annual poster image, this year Stephanie Mitchell’s design was the kaleidoscopic winner.
She’s now planning her own exhibition during Fringe time called 'There's No Starbucks Here'. “The exhibition showcases photographs from my ongoing photography project... which explores the coffee culture in various cities around the world as well as at home in Adelaide,” she says.
Jump on board the Fringe carousel and see where it takes you! The 2016 Adelaide Fringe poster has been revealed and it's...
Posted by Adelaide Fringe on Thursday, 24 September 2015
Having lived abroad and travelled for years, Stephanie realised the idea of ordering a 'normal' coffee is completely re-defined after visiting different places and determining what their 'normal' is. The photos observe the customs and traditions of the locals, and also gave Stephanie a perfect excuse to drink as much coffee as possible on her travels!
Here she writes about her experience of Adelaide Fringe.“Adelaide Fringe,
It’s a fantastic time where the streets of Adelaide are bustling with all sorts of interesting people, there’s a collective midst of intrigue and curiosity in the air, and the East End becomes positively magnetic.
Having lived over in Melbourne while at uni, and being prone to skipping the country for months at a time, I’ve been back and forth from Adelaide and checking in and out of my parents house like it’s a hotel (sorry mum), quite a lot these past few years. The only consistent thing is when it comes February/ March, I always know exactly where I’ll be.
It’s the unpredictability of Adelaide Fringe season that I love the most. Between the weather – not knowing if the opening parade is going to be cancelled because of heat-waves or torrential downpour, the overflowing variety of incredible acts, to the well mannered frivolities of a night in the Garden Of Unearthly Delights or The Royal Croquet Club.
It’s a fantastic time where the streets of Adelaide are bustling with all sorts of interesting people, there’s a collective midst of intrigue and curiosity in the air, and the East End becomes positively magnetic.
Having lived over in Melbourne while at uni, and being prone to skipping the country for months at a time, I’ve been back and forth from Adelaide and checking in and out of my parents house like it’s a hotel (sorry mum), quite a lot these past few years. The only consistent thing is when it comes February/ March, I always know exactly where I’ll be.
It’s the unpredictability of Adelaide Fringe season that I love the most. Between the weather – not knowing if the opening parade is going to be cancelled because of heat-waves or torrential downpour, the overflowing variety of incredible acts, to the well mannered frivolities of a night in the Garden Of Unearthly Delights or The Royal Croquet Club.
I, like so many other locals in Adelaide, have been known to occasionally fall victim to a mild case of 'March Madness'. Common symptoms include; a general disregard for what day of the week it is, attempting to take part in more activities than your bank account can accommodate, coming home at the end of the night wearing two different shoes than you left the house with, or finding a pop-up bar that isn’t there the next day and you can only assume you imagined. There is currently no known cure, but it often subsides around the beginning of April and is replaced with intense nostalgia and proneness to counting down the days till next February.
I was lucky enough in 2015 to fill the gap in between with a visit to Edinburgh Fringe Festival, which was an incredible experience. Imagine the bustling streets of Adelaide during the Fringe, but with Castles as the backdrop and Scottish accents. The perfect combination.
I’m constantly boasting about being from Adelaide and being the home of the largest Fringe Festival in the Southern Hemisphere. For a city that is really earning a name for itself as a vibrant and constantly improving place, Fringe is something we’ve been doing right for years and putting Adelaide on the map.
I was lucky enough in 2015 to fill the gap in between with a visit to Edinburgh Fringe Festival, which was an incredible experience. Imagine the bustling streets of Adelaide during the Fringe, but with Castles as the backdrop and Scottish accents. The perfect combination.
I’m constantly boasting about being from Adelaide and being the home of the largest Fringe Festival in the Southern Hemisphere. For a city that is really earning a name for itself as a vibrant and constantly improving place, Fringe is something we’ve been doing right for years and putting Adelaide on the map.
I cant wait to see what the 2016 Fringe has in store. It's already shaping up to be one to remember. Not only will I be arriving home and defrosting from travelling through European winter, just days before it begins, but I will be hosting my first design and photography exhibition. So by day you can find me at Cats in The Loft Gallery in Port Adelaide, and by night I’m sure to be at the Garden or Royal Croquet Club. I'll be the pale one who just had two winters in a row, and possibly wearing a mismatching pair of shoes.”
– Stephanie Mitchell
– Stephanie Mitchell
