Peninsula LIVE: Music Stories Exhibition
Peninsula LIVE invites community to share local music stories and memorabilia
Mornington Peninsula Shire is calling on our community and visitors to contribute to Peninsula LIVE: Stories from the Mornington Peninsula, a new community-led exhibition and public art project celebrating the region’s live-music culture.
What and where will the exhibition be?
The project will feature a large-scale public artwork on the external wall of the Mornington Peninsula Shire office in Mornington. Alongside exhibitions at our Community Art Spaces at Mornington Library, Hastings Library and Somerville Central, showcasing community-submitted posters, ticket stubs, vinyl records, photographs and personal memories from live music across the Peninsula.
Public art - vinyl collage: A high-resolution scanned collage of community-submitted ephemera (posters, tickets, flyers, Polaroids) printed as a large-format vinyl to be installed on the StoryWall site in Mornington. All submissions require release forms for reproduction and public display. A QR code will be linked to the webpage with stories.
Mornington Library — Framed Tracks: Community call-out for vinyl records to be loaned for display. Records will be framed (record sleeve visible) with a short label describing the donor’s memory of the record or gig.
Hastings Library — With the Band: A people-powered exhibition of photos and selfies taken with performers or at memorable gigs; labels will capture short captions (who, where, why it mattered). Stories/memories will be available on the webpage
Somerville Central — Loud & Proud: Heavy Music at the Mechanics’ Hall: Focused historical show exploring punk, hardcore, metal and heavy-duty touring acts and local bands who used Somerville Mechanics’ Institute Hall as a venue. Displays will combine posters, setlists, photos and short band histories.
How to get involved?
Community members are invited to submit high-res photos of gig posters, flyers or ticket stubs via email, loan vinyl records, share photographs and contribute short written memories.
Submissions close: Friday 27 February
Drop off details: Friday 27 February between 10-12pm at Mornington and Rosebud Shire offices or 1-4pm at Hastings Shire office.
Can’t drop of your memorabilia? Email us to discuss further arrangements.
Email submissions and further information: publicart@mornpen.vic.gov.au
Delivered as part of the wider Peninsula LIVE program, the project fulfils a key action of the Shire’s Music Plan and supports the local music ecosystem by preserving grassroots gig culture and commissioning local creative practitioners.