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Silo Art isn’t just a beautiful addition to the local landscape; for many towns and communities it’s a lifeline.Silo Art is extremely important for promoting tourism in Regional Australia.The idea of emblazoning outsized farm storage buildings with oversized art began in Western Australia in 2015, when a cultural non-profit called FORM hired well-known street artists Phlegm and HENSE to paint a series of linked silos in the town of Northam, 62 miles northeast of Perth in the Wheatbelt region.Phlegm covered one end of the 118-foot-high block with wry, black-and-white portraits of early aviators and balloonists; HENSE plastered colorful, abstract forms on the other.Designed as a pilot project to bring art to rural regions, the stunt was a hit.It ignited a movement, with other towns in Western Australia’s Wheatbelt and beyond angling to get their own beautified silo, and to bring visitors and revitalization with it.Cultural grants and private commissions filled rural areas with the kind of buzzy, bright art usually found in downtown alleys and warehouse-y neighborhoods.An added bonus? From Australia’s wide-open back roads, the silos could be seen for miles around.Amazing artists with amazing ideas bring yet another dimension to the world of Art.More silos can be found at https://www.australiansiloarttrail.com/