Second Stop: Niagara Lane

After a long and difficult trek, Mike, Sully and Barry found their first clue: a puzzle which, in order to find the Oracle, the trio first had to solve. After looking at the sets of images, our heroes were forced to decipher what the images meant.…

Anahata

This is an amateur figure painting of a girl in the yogic position called “Camel Pose”. The shading on her is slightly confusing and underdeveloped, but I enjoy the shape of her. I enjoy large-scale figures because I feel like it makes graffiti more…

Memoirs of a Geisha

This is an intricate stencil of a geisha and a starwars ninja warrior. The geisha holds a gun in one hand and a fan in the other. Next to her is what looks like a Japanese warrior. The image holds a varied amount of iconic symbolism. I enjoy the…

The CBD is shit

This piece is a bit of a collage. The cat is actually painted on top of wheat pasted comics that I think were printed. The bird on the side of the cat is echoed throughout this alley way. I enjoy the two animals next to each other, and find myself…

Nost or Not

This appears to be a “nost” tag. Nost is a tagging maniac who can be found repeated all over the city of Melbourne. I believe that nost stands for an important aspect of street art, which is replication. I feel like nost sort of aims to prove that…

Controlled by Nothing

I call this piece “controlled by nothing”. It utilizes a combination of wheat paste, paint, and sculpture to create an interactive piece of art. The hands are obviously wheat paste because they are slowly pealing off. I find that wheat paste is an…

Stop D.

This space takes a step from mostly illegal to commissioned works. Murals and pieces are large and as colourful as they are diverse, with respect shown from other artists by keeping artworks uncontested. Usually the works exist for sometime and are…

Stop C.

This street corner is home to more heavy tagging, however, the private owners of the corner residence have began to commission artists to create larger legal and more recognisable images and forms in an effort to minimise "tagging" and create a…

Ganesh

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Stop One - Gay Rights

With constant coverage in the media over the past few years, gay rights and more specifically, legalising gay marriage, is a hot topic within Australia. On both sides of this corner, as well as a few other corners further down Smith Street, there are…