Hosier Lane and Rutledge Lane

Begin the tour at the southern end of Hosier Lane, just off Flinders Street, at about 6pm (or just after sunset). Hosier Lane is abuzz with people: workers travelling home from the city, tourists photographing the diverse collection of street art,…

Dolled up

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Artist

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Pea in a Pod

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Chess Board

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Sight, Blender Lane (Look up)

The first of the senses that we use to experience street art is our sight, yet, sometimes we don’t use it to its full capacity and miss the most obvious things. Although, all of the locations have obviously required our vision, Blender Lane promotes…

Touch, Blender Lane

Blender Lane is dominated by stencils, paste-ups and 3D creations by the likes of Junky and Will Coles. The length of the laneway is a colourful display but it’s not until you get closer that you start to notice the small artefacts tactfully stuck to…

Smell, Hosier Lane

“Scent is interpreted by the limbic system which is very closely tied to emotion and memory” (Autodesk Inc., 2015) Hosier Lane has emerged as the most recognisable location in Melbourne for artists who are keen to showcase their talents across its…

Taste, Cnr of Chapel and Johnston

Melbourne’s Café culture is as synonymous with the city’s cultural landscape as its street art, which is where the next human sense organ comes in to play; taste. Further West on Johnston St becomes a bustling metropolis of cafes and eateries,…

Sound, Cnr of Sydney and Johnston

Music and art are inextricably linked. Music can intervene with street art to bring out the quality of the work, by renewing the language and elevating it from an underground, subculture to a more positive one. According to Wassily Kandinsky (Napoli,…