Laneway Street Art Tour
Discover the artists and stories behind each of Space2b's Laneway street art
ART & CULTURAL HISTORY OF PORT PHILLIP 2023
Bass 3D clay relief installation by lead artist Leila Ashtiani on Laneway’s western wall belonging to 24/7 Gym. The mural encapsulates Port Phillip’s art and cultural history. Mentored by Iranian artist Leila Ashtiani, six local artists created the mural to complete the laneway attraction. The mural was supported by the City of Port Phillip and training workshops by Palais Theatre.
ARTISTS: Lead Artist Leila Ashtiani with Abouk Giir, Karen Hopkins, Jan Allan, Estelle Liedemann and Cheryle Bannon
URBAN CANVAS FESTIVAL 2023
As part of the Urban Canvas Festival 6 artists from Space2b painted two roller doors on the laneway and 4 telegraph poles in the surrounding area. The festival was a celebration of art, culture and community.
A mural festival, curated to engage artists and art organisations based in Melbourne, to create large scale public artworks and activations that inspire and engage the community in a meaningful way, while exploring creative and innovative paths to deter and mitigate illegal graffiti on third party assets throughout all six council areas.
ARTISTS: Camila Paz, Tatiana Agudelo, Amir Tehrani, Nidhal Al-Tai, Anudeepa Kadiresan, Susan Magnetic.
GAMES CHILDREN PLAY 2022
Street Artist Heesco, well known for his silo works in regional Victoria and local artists Nidhal Altaie, Robert Scholten, Anahita Diba, Karen Bravo and Farhad Bandesh painted the entire laneway floor between Rosamond Street and Nightingale Street, St Kilda with children’s street games played around the world. Occupying children during Melbourne’s many lockdowns is the inspiration for this work.
FLORA & FAUNA WALL MURAL 2021
Street artist Heesco, well known for his silo works in regional Victoria, and five CALD artists have brought colour and movement to Space2b’s laneway and café with a large-scale mural featuring a menagerie of local birds and indigenous flora. During Melbourne’s many lockdowns it seems everyone went for a walk and discovered how their natural environment was vastly different from their homelands.
ARTISTS: Heesco, Humi, Batoul, Amir, Anahita and Erin.
SPOKEN 2019
A mural art project which aims to tell visual stories of diversity.
We cross our arms across our chests. Our duality within us.
Many homes held within, while one heart beats.
The project was created by ONDRU in partnership with Space2b. It focuses on providing a voice for women connected with Space2b to share their stories on identity and resilience. The stories have been told directly by the women or in some cases shared together with family members.
Artist Heesco – well known street & silo artist.
THE ART OF BELONGING 2019
An exploration of home, community, settlement and how we find belonging in an unfamiliar place. This mural was part of a spoken word poetry event. Murals are by street artists Be free and Suki. Suki painted the door to the café whilst the image below is from Be free, a well-loved Northern suburb street artist. Be Free is never seen – and remains incognito.
IMAGINED LANEWAYS 2018
An art installation created in the laneway, which celebrates the traditional design and pattern from around the world. Its intention was to produce work acknowledging cultural heritage whilst also enhancing the appearance and experience of a public space. The work was developed through a collaborative process between 6 artists, a local indigenous artist, and 5 artists from Iran, India, Iraq, Pakistan and the UK.
Artists : Uncle Les Stanley, Leila Ashtiani, Karen Hopkins, Sarika Deokar, Nidhal Altaie, Elena Nabavi
Videographer - Zaheer Chaudary
SINCH - STREET ARTIST
Prominent Melbourne street artist 'Sinch’, was sadly electrocuted while train surfing at Balaclava train station. This signature may be his or one of his fans. Jordan Porter, a 26-year-old Balaclava man, was electrocuted just before 2.30pm June 28th 2014 , may he rest in peace.
