Hume artists showcased their talents during the Hume Winter Lights Festival.
Held on Saturday, June 21, multiple local artists were invited to display their art at Town Hall Broadmeadows and project their work onto buildings in the town hall precinct.
Meadow Heights photographer Erhan Tirli’s work was projected onto the side of Hume council’s building.
Tirli described his exhibition, ‘Hatir’ is a series of vignettes that reflect the shared experiences of migration, memory and belonging.
“My work specifically looks at the experience of people in diaspora, people experiencing multiple cultures simultaneously,” he said.
He said being a part of the festival was a full circle moment for him to be able to display his work in the city he grew up in.
“To be showcasing my work at such a large scale here is a nice moment to be experiencing,” Tirli said.
Sunbury artist Renee Broders brought her whimsical interactive exhibition ‘Paper Dreams’ to the side of Town Hall Broadmeadows, with help from Nicholas Marriott.
“As an artist I practice all forms of art, but collage is something I’m completely bedazzled by its the best way of expressing yourself,” she said.
Her interactive exhibit was created especially for the festival, that follows a dreamlike collage projection.
Broders was inspired by her daily train commute for this piece, choosing to explore the “quiet beauty of life’s unfolding path”.
She said she was excited to be part of the festival.
“It really does feel like a bit of a dream come true,” she said.
Broadmeadows artist Callum Preston was there to launch his new exhibition inside the Broadmeadows Town Hall, which will be on display until October.
His exhibit, titled ‘Back and Forth’, was created exclusively for the event.
“I chose to do 13 super bright, colourful, fun paintings that are trying to capture movement and energy,” Preston said.
Originally from Westmeadows, he wanted to capture the nostalgia from growing up in the area.
“I thought they should capture my youthful feelings of being here, which was running around, moving all over the place,” he said.
Preston said he was very thankful to be part of the night, and hopes people find inspiration in his exhibition.
