What is Disruption?
Disruption is not your typical art exhibition.
It’s an immersive art experience that transforms the vision and creativity of young people across Greater Shepparton into something truly extraordinary.
Your artwork will be digitised and brought to life through large-scale animated projections.
Think: waves crashing, eyes blinking, leaves falling and your art moving and alive.
Our animator has worked on major exhibitions and knows how to make magic happen.
Whatever your vision, we’ll bring it to life.
Frequently Asked Questions
Disruption can take many forms.
A flood sweeping through town. A fire reshaping the land. Human lives upended. A community changed.
Disruption doesn’t just shake up our day-to-day. It can shift priorities for families, neighbourhoods and entire communities.
And it doesn’t look the same for everyone.
For some, it’s a natural disaster, and for others it might be a breakup, a protest or something else entirely. There’s no wrong way to experience it or express it.
It reveals what needs care, what needs changing and how we prepare.
But not all disruption is bad. It can clear space for something new, refill wetlands, return wildlife, remove invasive species – and make us rethink what matters.
Disruption invites you to explore this messy, powerful concept from your own perspective.
- What does Disruption mean to you?
- What moments have shifted your world?
- What do you want others to understand about it?
- How does Disruption make you feel?
- How can we plan for and respond to natural disasters?
This project is running alongside Greater Shepparton’s First 72 Hours campaign, which is a reminder that when the unexpected hits, being prepared matters.
The ‘unexpected’ could be a flood, a fire, a blackout or anything that impacts human lives without warning.
While that campaign covers the practical stuff, this project is about the personal: what we feel, what we notice and what we choose to express.
The First 72 Hours is a community campaign that encourages people to prepare for the unexpected – especially in the critical first 72 hours after an emergency, when help might be delayed.
It’s about making a plan, gathering what you need and knowing how to stay safe if things go sideways.
While the campaign focuses on practical preparedness – things like water, power and emergency contacts – Disruption looks at what happens inside us during those moments.
Through art, we’re exploring how disruption feels, what it changes and how we respond as individuals, families and communities.
The theme is Disruption and it’s totally open to interpretation.
It might mean a flood, a fire, a personal upheaval, or a shift in your world that changed everything, and the growth, reset or rebellion that comes from these moments – a breaking apart that makes room for something new.
It could be emotional, environmental, political or poetic.
We want your take and your story.
All artwork must be submitted by close of business Monday 11 August 2025.
This event will commence mid-October 2025 with exact dates to be confirmed.
You can use any materials as long as your artwork is flat and can be scanned. The maximum physical size of your artwork cannot be larger than A0 (841 x 1189 millimeters).
You can use things like:
- Paint, pencil, crayon, charcoal and markers
- Paper, fabric, magazines, twigs and leaves (if glued flat).
These won’t work:
- 3D objects or bulky materials.
Basically, if it lays flat on paper or canvas, we can scan it and include it.
Nope, it’s completely free to take part.
If you create your artwork at home, you’ll just need to supply your own materials.
But if you attend one of our free art sessions, we’ve got you covered – all materials and tools are provided. Just show up and get creating:
Yes! This helps us with determining supplies needed, catering, dietary requirements, and being able to contact those planning on coming if there are any changes, updates, or news afterwards.
If you are also planning on attending more than one, you’ll need to book for each of those sessions separately using the link below.
A member of Greater Shepparton City Council’s Recovery team will collate all the artwork on Tuesday 12 August 2025 through the online form submissions
The artwork and description from your online form will then be provided to a panel consisting of young people and a creative who will select forty pieces of artwork.
If your artwork is selected we’ll let you know directly, and your artwork will be provided to our supplier to be digitised and turned into a digital file immediately, and kept for displaying as a part of the actual event.
You will need to drop-off your artwork at one of our drop-off locations, which we will share with you.
How to participate
We’ve tried to make it as easy as possible for you to join in the fun!
If you are between 12 and 25 years old, you can submit your artwork inspired by the theme ‘Disruption’ in a couple of ways:
