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"The Europe XXL festival in 2009 saw the French city of Lille inundated with striking, six-metre-tall sculptures: colossal jet-black infants with bat-like wings and reptilian tails. This October these mischievous monstrosities descend on Melbourne, as the city's CBD becomes a playground for a flock of fiendish cherubs. Along Swanston Street and St Kilda Road the demonic angels - or angelic demons? - will manifest themselves, surveying the city's occupants with otherworldly eyes. Angels-Demons. Parade is the handiwork of subversive Russian art collective AES+F, an outfit known for their irreverent hybrid works incorporating a broad spectrum of imagery - from pop culture and Hollywood cinema to religious iconography, mythology and classical art. Their large-scale video art pieces Last Riot and The Feast of Trimalchio were the hits of the 2007 and 2009 Venice Biennales respectively. Bringing Melbourne Festival to the streets, Angels-Demons. Parade creates - for the first time in the Festival's history - an arresting and playful sculptural spectacle for the entire city to enjoy." http://melbournefestival.com.au/program/production?id=3712&idx=1&max=13 |