Charlotte Dick and Sandra Muller at "Camp Dunedin" in the Octagon. Photo by Nigel Benson. : Colourful splodge launches festival

Right: (clockwise from top) Dunedin Fringe Trust chairman Warren Taylor, Dunedin Deputy Mayor Syd Brown and Dunedin artist Ewan McDougall throw paintbombs at a 3x4m canvas to create "Dunedin's largest artwork". Photo by Stephen Jaquiery. : Colourful splodge launches festival

Dunedin sound artist Peter Mason with his "saw-tar". Photo by Stephen Jaquiery. : Colourful splodge launches festival

Christy Flaws, of Australian show "Bubblewrap and Boxes", gets in a spin over the artwork during the opening of the 2010 Dunedin Fringe Festival in the Octagon yesterday. Photo by Stephen Jaquiery. : Colourful splodge launches festival