Under the Bridge - Night Sky with Bats and Smoke

“Under the Bridge” is a public art project to celebrate Moonee Ponds Creek and the local community. Murals were painted on four pillars beneath the Tullamarine Freeway which celebrates the environmental and cultural benefits of healthy waterways to all who live locally or travel through the area on train, bike, car or by foot. Artist Tom Civil worked with a small team of local artists to paint murals on pillars near Debney’s Park in Flemington along the Moonee Ponds Creek Trail and beside Mt Alexander Road.

Pillar 4: “Night Sky with Bats and Smoke"

Again this mural concept speaks to the imagining of how things once were and how they could be. A night sky full of bright stars and with the smoke from a simple fire drifting through the night with flying foxes flying above. Night skies are also often associated with the ideas of dreams and the playful imagination of childhood, and also the dream of escaping the city to a more peaceful place.

Night-time in the city can often be an intimidating and dangerous place, so in a way this mural tries to visually reclaim the night as a peaceful and joyous place.