Becoming by Warsan Mohammed is a billboard-scale artwork installed on the front of the Hero Apartment Building in Melbourne’s city centre.
Somali/Australian artist Warsan Mohammed chronicles the community and friendship between black Muslim women as she has experienced it. She pays homage to the importance of sacred, safe spaces, allowing them to be their authentic selves, both in the present and as they aspire toward the future. Sustaining the strength of sisterhood is vital for the sustainability of future generations to be proud of their African heritage.
In Becoming, we are reminded that the acceptance of oneself is an ongoing journey.
The City of Melbourne has partnered with the Hero Apartment Building Owners Corporation to present a series of changing billboard-scale public art commissions on the face of this iconic residential building.
Credit: Will Hamilton Coates, Courtesy PHOTO Australia
