Lost Lanes Wagga unveils No Borders in Our Sky project with multicultural council, Heaps Decent

"No Borders in Our Sky" is a series of 28 portraits which can be found in the car park behind Target and tells the individual stories of a group of locals from different backgrounds. The project was a collaboration between Sydney creative studio Heaps Decent and Wagga's Multicultural Council, which put a call out for young people to get involved.

Christabel Machiridza, aged 20, has lived in Wagga for three years and was one who answered the call.

She created her portrait using a combination of photography, digital drawing and a collage of maps of Zimbabwe - where she moved from with her family six years ago after her father fled as a refugee.

Ms Machiridza, who will next month begin studying medical science at CSU, said the project had been a great way to meet other young people from refugee and migrant backgrounds.

"A bunch of us took photographs of ourselves [and] after printing them we were able to sketch over them creating an image of our faces in a small portrait," she said.

"What we did with that was trying to tell people where we're from."

The portraits include an augmented reality component using the Heaps Decent app, which allows visitors to point their phones at each portrait and see more art and music which that young person created.

"On mine you can see the digital version of my artwork that I did ... as well as listen to one of the songs I worked on, which is really cool," Ms Machiridza said.

"The mural is there for everyone to see and everyone should go check it out."

Wagga's Xya-Lilly McLauchlan took part in the project with her three siblings, each of whom created a portrait.

Ms McLauchlan, aged 15, said her physical portrait was inspired by her Gamilaroi heritage, while her digital artwork features her as an alien.

"I just have a connection with aliens and I like space so I put that on it," she said.

"I felt very proud and excited to see it all up. It looked very nice to see it all together and see how big it was."

Heaps Decent chief executive Nerida Woods said No Borders in Our Sky was the result of months of workshops run by artists and producers from Sydney, funded by the NSW government.