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Woman's Beauty, Part 3
Finally, the last sticker "great comment asshole" is a humorous though political reaction to cat calling. Cat calling can be considered a form of micro-aggression, where the presence of women in public space is disciplined through verbally…
Critiquing Women
This stop is important to highlight how even feminist theory there is divergence over the best ways to combat gendered hierarchies. On the one hand liberalists may choose to reclaim sexuality in order to achieve empowerment, or access to what women…
Woman's Beauty, Part 2
To provide a contrast it is also helpful to consider themes within the pieces of Cherie Buttonss. Cherie Buttonss is an Australian, female artists, who uses hyper-feminine, pop and pastel imagery within her art. The female characters represented are…
Woman's Beauty, Part 1
The image of the white female body is so historically iconic in art. Akos Artila Juhasz’s mural outside Biba (a hair salon) in Brunswick captures this well. His mural is reminiscent of the gold infused paintings of Gustav Klimt. It is interesting…
Socialising Women
This stop focuses on the alternative form of female relationships. That is strong, beneficial female friendships. Be Free and Erin Greer are both Melbourne-based, female artists who create whimsical, quirky artistic representations. Both women's art…
Unsafe Women
Due to the practice of street art and graffiti having a history of being criminally sanctioned, and being associated with urban crime and youth deviance, its practice is often strongly associated with danger, or perhaps more fitting 'edginess'.…
University of Melbourne Wom*n's Room
An important part of this walking tour is for the voices and narratives of women in art to be heard. For the tour to be successful and for the voices of women to resonate loudly it is important for the participants to be mostly women. The tour also…
Bride and Groom
Brides and grooms are usually there for the general feel of the laneway rather than for a specific art piece. When creating this walking tour, I had the opportunity to witness a couple taking their pictures and they were just all over the place.…
Professional Photographers
When creating this walking tour, I noticed that professional photographers would mostly photograph bigger murals around Hosier Lane. I don’t know if I noticed this because it was obvious what they were doing when they had their tripod ready and…
Tourists
When doing this category, my main target were middle aged tourists or families visiting the city.
Due to the rise of the street art industry, graffiti has become a relatively mainstream practice. Therefore when planning a trip to Melbourne it is…