THE EVER-ENTERPRISING arts and photography gallery Autograph, joining forces with youth media organisation Mouth That Roars, is beating the lockdown closures by taking the exhibition #HackneyIsHome onto the streets.

Locating it at one of the biggest traffic hubs in east London, illuminated works by young people from refugee and migrant backgrounds are being broadcast on the Old Street Digital Canvas until April 17.

Both organisations have provided workshops, training and a creative media qualification for eight young people from refugee and migrant backgrounds, who’ve worked with artists and film-makers on how to tell stories, create powerful images and raise awareness of important social issues.

Their artworks reflect on identity and belonging in the borough, both their own and across generations. Asking what makes Hackney home, they have interviewed older residents from the Caribbean and Nigeria about their stories of arriving to, and being a part of, the local community in an intergenerational dialogue sharing lived experiences.

These young artists wanted to create messages of hope for our current times. Having themselves recently arrived from countries including Congo, Djibouti, Afghanistan, Madagascar and Spain, the works they’ve produced celebrate Hackney and the many people who proudly call it home.

The 10 six-metre-high artworks are being broadcast on the Old Street Digital Canvas until April 15 at Old Street roundabout, EC1V 1JB.