Everfresh at the NGV Studio (slide show)

Their prize is a month long residency in the new street level space, culminating in an exhibition to be held on the July 8 at the NGV. The Everfresh crew will be recreating their notorious home-studio in the space for the length of the residency, giving members of the public to observe and interact with the crew. The new space will contain a selection of work from the last decade of the Everfresh’s collective output.

"It's crazy, we started off without any thought of ever exhibiting work and now we're showing in the NGV," says Everfresh’s Reka. "This will be as close as we ever get to an open studio."

The initiative seems to represent an unofficial blessing of the art form on behalf of the NGV, and the way that the public receives the work will go a long way to defining their future involvement. The Everfresh artists certainly seem up for the challenge. "People who don't like graffiti might see this show and change their view," says Reka, but after a moment’s pause, he laughs and adds, "We want negative feedback, we want to piss people off.”

Everfresh's residency begins on June 11, 10am-10pm.

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