Mural becomes an ode to South Dunedin community

A week, 60 spray cans, two litres of acrylic paints, a hailstorm and a little sunshine later, mural artists Flox and Sweats have delivered a large-scale mural that is an ode to South Dunedin.

Flox and Sweats, or Hayley King and Pierre Hadlow, were invited by the South Dunedin Street Art Trail to take part in the project aimed at turning the bare industrial walls of South Dunedin into artwork for the community to enjoy.

"It’s an honour to be here.

"We jumped at the chance when we were invited," Ms King, of Auckland, said.

Mural artists Sweats (left) and Flox put the finishing touches to their mural in South Dunedin. PHOTO: GERARD O’BRIEN

The piece titled Shifting Tides, in Hillside Rd, drew from cultural, historical and geographical elements pertinent to the area and meaningful to the community, Ms King said.

"The titipounamu is the rifleman bird and that takes centre stage there.

"The bird itself moves around a lot and it’s really agile, it’s a very resilient bird.

"We thought that was a really good bird for reflecting the people of the South Dunedin community but also the Kāi Tahu people which were nomadic, they moved around a lot here in this region," she said.