This artwork by Makatron, consists of a burger that is filled with the usual ingredients such as lettuce, tomato and mustard, alongside unusual ingredients such as piano keys, a woman’s legs, a barcode, cigarettes and the Australian flag. This giant…

In an area that has a large indigenous population, the Aboriginal flag is frequently the subject of street art in Fitzroy and Collingwood. The written word “VACSAL” represents the Victorian Aboriginal Community Service Association that is located…

This mural consists of a spray painted grey tonal background and a painted message that reads “50 shades of humanity; everybody is somebody”. This artwork promotes the idea that no matter if you are black, white, or somewhere in between, you are just…

This artwork depicts a group of faceless people standing together, with some of them holding signs up in the air as if to represent a protest. The mural, from my interpretation, seems to convey the idea that no matter who you are or what colour your…

Street artists often try to emphasize the illegality of their work – through images or captions that capture the crime of spray-painting public streets. Some artists explicitly refer to themselves as vandals while others allude to the fact that it’s…

The final destination on this tour is at the corner of Nicholson and Blyth Street, and to get here you can either walk, or take the 96 tram to the last stop (how convenient!). This site boasts two different kinds of collaborations in very close…

Walk another 800m north on Nicholson Street until you come across some large gates with some large locks. You’re not the first ones to ‘trespass’, and you certainly won’t be the last – so push the gates as open as the chains will allow, go inside…

Continue north up Nicholson until you reach the first laneway after the corner of Brunswick Road and Nicholson Street, or catch the 96 tram to stop 22, walk about 50 metres, and turn left into the lane. One large grey wall will attract anyone and…

As the graffiti culture transgresses boundaries, so will we - by emulating the guerrilla experience of a street artist. Continue to walk down Nicholson Street, and cross to the right side of the road until you reach an abandoned fenced off car yard…

Hop off the number 96 tram at stop 16 and walk north up Nicholson Street until you find, wedged between two ‘undecorated’ buildings, a house behind a fence that has become a hive of activity. Immediately after the façades of the adjacent walls end…