Monster Trucks

Background image: A large cement mixer is parked and an adult and young person look upon the artwork on the side of the truck, the artwork is a very large mouth, with teeth and three eyes
Credit: Peter Mathew
By Terrapin

When and What

  • Now
  • Public Space

Summary

  • An adaptable roving gallery ripe for reimagining in new festivals or events
  • Inspired by Stephen King’s horror short story, Trucks

A graphic designed face is on an orange cement mixer
Meg Siejka

Description

Monsters are coming.

Cement mixers and plant machinery take on a life of their own.

Working with local artists and construction companies, Monster Trucks is an adaptable work which can be restaged in locations across Australia. In Tasmania, Terrapin worked with four artists to create a fleet of Monster Trucks for MONA FOMA 2022: a leering, grinning series of monsters which roamed Launceston and Hobart.

Pullout quote

It's our ambition to explore beyond the borders of contemporary puppetry... we're not just puppet theatre company, we see puppets in everything, including heavy machinery!
– Sam Routledge, Artistic Director
A large cement mixer is parked and an adult and young person look upon the artwork on the side of the truck, the artwork is a very large mouth, with teeth and three eyes
Peter Mathew

Interested in Monster Trucks?

  • parked on a road on a sunny day is a series of cement mixers, one is very close to the camera and on the side of it is a graphic designed face
    Peter Mathew
  • An orange cement mixer with graphic design of a face on the side of it sits parked in a car park
    Meg Siejka
  • parked on a road on a sunny day is a series of cement mixers, one is very close to the camera and on the side of it is a graphic designed face
    Peter Mathew