An enormous painting of Nicole Kidman unravelled in Sydney’s Kings Cross on Saturday, as eleven artists reached a sky-high milestone to complete the biggest hand painted portrait in the Southern Hemisphere.
The portrait, which is the size of an Olympic swimming pool, is a tribute to Kidman and is the latest project from Thinkerbell for streaming service Binge.
It has been created to celebrate the launch of the new series The Undoing.
The portrait is a depiction of Kidman as her character, Grace Fraser, in the series.
The Undoing is an HBO psychological thriller in which Kidman plays New York therapist Grace Fraser who discovers her picture-perfect marriage isn’t quite what it seems. It stars Hugh Grant as her on-screen husband.
"We’re so excited to be able to share The Undoing with Australia. Not only is it some of the world’s best drama, but it stars Nicole Kidman - so we just had to do something big to celebrate the show in her hometown. And what better way to mark the year’s biggest thriller, with the biggest portrait Australia has ever seen," Binge executive director Alison Hurbert-Burns says.
“The psychological thriller has quickly become the most-watched show on Binge, drawing the largest audience of any show since we launched in May. This echoes the record results achieved globally since the series launched on October 26, which is why if you want to watch the world’s biggest shows, you need to have Binge."
Kidman shared an image of the portrait to her 7.2 million Instagram followers.
"The underlying theme of The Undoing is that nothing stays hidden," Thinkerbell executive creative tinker Tom Wenborn says.
"Finding a way to demonstrate the twists and turns of the show on a massive scale has been a lot of fun."
The portrait will unravel into a second image.
Credits
Binge:
Executive Director - Alison Hurbert-Burns
Chief Marketing Director - Louise Crompton
Head of Communications - Asha Burns
Thinkerbell:
Creative Tinker - Elsa Caruso
Head Production Thinker - Grant Anderson
Head PR Thinker - Natalie Duncan
Lead PR Thinker - Tarah Miller
PR Thinker - Annabel Williams
Design Tinker - Jack Dinsmoor
Executive Creative Tinker - Tom Wenborn
Chief Thinker - Adam Ferrier
Production: Apparition Media
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