Created during the Mali Heart Arts Festival in Birchip in 2022, the Mali Hearts Art Trail is found in several locations around Birchip. The trail features stunning murals by renowned street artists who are passionate about making a meaningful and lasting contribution to the town, including a beautiful collaboration involving the Birchip P-12 school.

Working with the Buloke Shire Council and the local community, the inaugural festival in March 2022 brought the town together and attracted visitors from near and far to enjoy live art painting, augmented reality artworks, creative workshops, music and great food. 

The vibrant street art has brought life and color to the town – and put Birchip on the map as a must-see destination along the Silo Art Trail.

With this work, the artist creates an optical illusion, a beautiful moment for the viewer, or even an Instagram moment, for a visiting inner-city hipster. There are many things that unite us as humans; emotions, thoughts, feelings, and also experiences and objects. Objects like houses, plates, and grocery shops. Nearly everyone in the world has a local shop or milk bar and Birchip is no different - these shops are often the lifeline of a town and a meeting place for the community.

This artwork looks at the Birchip IGA and deconstructs the architecture of the building, creating a detailed brush and spray painted mural that brings aspects of urban life
to the country, and shows that behind every wall there is a
hidden world.