A pair of glow-in-the-dark Nissan Jukes took part in the annual White Night festival in Melbourne, Australia.

2016 Melbourne White Night Nissan Juke poster

Melbourne White Night

It began as an all-night celebration in Saint Petersburg Russia, celebrating the arts and summer solstice and featuring a massive fireworks display along with sailboats on the Neva River with their sails bathed in red lights. The festival, known as "White Night" (since twilight in that latitude lasts nearly all night), has been picked up by more than a dozen cities around the world.

Juke at the 2016 Melbourne White Night

The city of Melbourne, the capital of the Australian state of Victoria, held its first "dusk to dawn" (7pm to 7am) White Night Festival in February of 2013. Although the celebration down under has nothing to do with either a solstice or equinox, it has everything to do with the arts.

Sign advertising the exhibition at the 2016 Melbourne White Night Festival

This year, Melbourne White Night was held on February 20 and, according to Wikipedia, featured music, dance, visual displays, light shows, free art exhibitions and attracted an estimated 580,000 people.

So what has all this got to do with automobiles? We're glad you asked.

A White Night Juke prior to its customization

Glow-in-the-dark Nissan Jukes

It seems that this year, Nissan decided to get in on the revelry by providing "a challenging glowing canvas for two emerging street graffiti artists who battled it out head-to-head."

painting a juke with a smartphone light at the 2016 Melbourne White Night festival

The graffiti artists, Snake Hole and Chris Le, were challenged to re-imagine a pair of Nissan Jukes, wrapped in a glow-in-the-dark skin, using black paint and pens. Onlookers could also participate by drawing on the glowing skin using smartphone lights.

Here is how the artists described it:

Snake Wrap Juke at the 2016 Melbourne White Night festival

Artist: Josh Meyer and Josh Brown are Snake Hole
Name of piece: Snake Wrap

"Our initial impression when we saw the JUKE was it had snake-like characteristics. The grill, headlights and long smooth lines resonated immediately with us. We decided to create a series of snakes that traced the shapes and features of the JUKE. We utilized negative space, so that the snakes were glowing, and everything else would be blacked out."

Journey to the West Juke at 2016 Melbourne White Night festival

Artist: Chris Le
Name of piece: Journey to the West

"One of my favorite TV shows as a kid was the Monkey Magic series. Since it is the Year of the Monkey in the Chinese lunar calendar, I thought it would be fitting to depict Monkey and his friends on their journey to the West. Obviously an Asian themed illustration must include dragons since they are a big part of the culture, so it was only natural to draw epic dragons weaving past the character on the car."

Snake Hole and Chris Le in front of their respective Jukes