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  • Artist impression of bara by Judy Watson. Image courtesy of the artist and UAP.

    Sculpture

    bara

    My concept for bara re-imagines ancient gathering spaces where people sat by fires on the headlands...

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    GIANT BADGES

    Badges have an immediate sense of nostalgia to them, but the bright, pop construction of this...

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  • Installation

    BARLOW STREET FOREST

    This collaborative environmental group has created a biodiverse urban micro-forest in Barlow...

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  • Installation

    EVER SUN

    Opening up public space to a sensitive play of light…and...

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  • Sculpture

    Viva Voce

    One red stepladder and five marble clad pedestals are arranged amongst the trees at Speaker’s...

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  • Dual Nature by Nigel Helyer

    Sculpture

    Dual Nature

    Steel sculptures blending natural and industrial shapes, with soundscape referencing local...

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  • Mana Ngurang by Charles ‘Chicka’ Madden, Nicole Monks and UFO

    Mural

    Mana Ngurang

    Eco-friendly plywood “mural” depicting Gadigal figures and animals found in the rock art from...

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  • peri(pheral)scopes: looking over to the over-looked by Heidi Axelsen, Adriano Pupilli and Hugo Moline

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    peri(pheral)scopes: looking-over to the over-looked

    Brightly coloured air-conditioning ducts and video screens disguised as periscopes....

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  • Banker Baker Spanglemachine Maker by Justene Williams

    Installation

    Banker Baker Spanglemachine Maker

    Video performance within complex sets projected high onto the wall of the building in Curtin Place....

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  • Har Bour View by Jon Campbell

    Installation

    Har Bour View

    Large text banner with the words HAR BOUR VIEW against a pastel...

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  • Warriors by Jan van der Ploeg

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    Warriors

    Large billboard covered with a series of posters of repeating black and white graphic...

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  • For Rent by Rocket Mattler

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    For Rent

    Life size photograph of a suburban house with a painted metal sign stating, ‘Room for rent, apply...

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  • Rush by Nike Savvas

    Installation

    Rush

    Thousands of multi-coloured strips suspended from cables to form an animated ceiling for the...

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  • Milk and The Town That Was Mad by Mikala Dwyer

    Installation

    Milk and The Town That Was Mad

    Installation resembling a bar counter topped with assorted ashtrays, mounted on a metal safety...

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  • Waterfalls by Jennifer Turpin and Michaelie Crawford

    Installation

    Water Falls

    Environmental sculpture of terracotta pipes suspended over wetlands to channel recycled storm...

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  • Shades of Green by Sonia van de Haar

    Installation

    Shades of Green

    Fun, functional artwork painted on six chimneys connected with the Prince Alfred Park...

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  • Day in Day Out by James Angus

    Sculpture

    Day In, Day Out

    Large-scale aluminium sculpture, a complex network of ellipsoidal shapes painted in earthy...

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  • Halo by Jennifer Turpin and Michaelie Crawford

    Installation

    Halo

    Kinetic sculpture inspired by the site’s heritage, representing the form and motion of brewing...

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  • Time Rings by Michaelie Crawford and Jennifer Turpin

    Installation

    Time Rings

    Interactive sculpture of stone rings with inscribed lettering encircling eight growing fig...

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  • Village Voices by Astra Howard

    Installation

    Village Voices

    Black metal frame with interchangeable letters, designed to capture and share untold local stories....

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  • Athena

    Sculpture

    Athena

    Large bronze statue of the Greek goddess Athena, given to Sydney by Athens during the 2000...

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  • Spanish Quarter Steps by Peter McGregor

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    Spanish Quarter Steps

    Metal staircase and framework of beams and lights above a heritage-listed sandstone...

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  • Material World Lightboxes by Merilyn Fairskye

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    Material World Lightboxes

    Colourful light boxes set into the tunnel walls, with images that seem to move as people hurry...

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  • Llankelly Place Lights by Peter McGregor

    Installation

    Llankelly Place Lights

    Series of large coloured starburst lights above a busy pedestrian laneway, a beloved local...

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  • Reflections by Michael Snape

    Sculpture

    Reflections

    Thoughtful piece of modern sculpture in deep red enameled metal, depicting two abstract...

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  • Sculpture in Honour of Marconii by Michael Kitching

    Sculpture

    Sculpture in Honour of Marconi

    Modern stainless-steel sculpture commemorating the close association between Australia and...

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  • Artist impression of Cloud Arch by Junya Ishigami

    Sculpture

    Cloud Arch

    A cloud-shaped arch that soars above George Street outside Sydney Town...

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  • Heaven and the Dixon Street Light Screens by Peter McGregor

    Installation

    Heaven and the Dixon Street Light Screens

    Drawing on Chinese architecture, mythology and philosophy, the work is colour coded based on feng...

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  • Fun Field by Nuha Saad. Photograph by Katherine Griffiths.

    Installation

    Fun Field

    The artworks installed throughout Wulaba Park… combine to create a field of colour, fun,...

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  • Cloud Nation by Claire Healy and Sean Cordeiro

    Installation

    Cloud Nation

    I like to think of people saying I’ll meet you at the aeroplane. I like to think of the work as...

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  • High Water by Lightwell. Image by Silversalt.

    Installation

    High Water

    We would love for the weather to ultimately take the role of creator for High Water. If that’s...

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  • Maria Fernanda Cordoso

    Installation

    While I Live I Will Grow

    Living art installation of narrow-leaf bottle trees within a spiral sculpture of sandstone...

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  • Youngsters

    Sculpture

    Youngsters

    These Youngsters have uncanny, yet acceptable, presence in an urban environment. Passersby may...

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  • Nicole Foreshew 2013 born in darkness before dawn

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    born in darkness before dawn

    Larger-than-life images of Aboriginal women draped in cloth were projected onto the façade of the...

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  • WindGrid 2012 Tim Knowles

    Installation

    WindGrid, WindLab, WindWalk

    Three public artworks celebrating the power of the...

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  • Installation

    The City of Forking Paths

    A twilight video walk from Customs House through The Rocks, experienced on a mobile...

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  • A lamp for Mary

    Installation

    Lamp for Mary

    A large glowing pink street lamp, the result of a community initiative to commemorate a violent...

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  • Installation

    Pao Cha

    A glass screen design, taken from papercuts, envelops the Red Lantern Information Kiosk in...

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  • Windlines, the Scout compass of discovery

    Sculpture

    Windlines, the Scout compass of discovery

    Commemorating the centenary of Scouts in Australia, a windvane turns to point out evocative...

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  • Bibles and Bullets

    Installation

    Bibles and Bullets

    An intuitive play scape, a fountain and water play environment, and a skate...

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  • Aspire

    Sculpture

    Aspire

    An illuminated forest of trees under a freeway, initiated by the people of Pyrmont and...

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  • Tied to tide

    Installation

    Tied to Tide

    Tied to Tide is a kinetic sculpture that translates the eternal return of the tides as well as the...

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  • The Distance of Your Heart by Tracey Emin

    Installation

    The Distance of Your Heart

    A flock of small birds will come to rest along Bridge and Grosvenor Streets where handmade bronze...

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  • Hany Armanious, concept for Pavilion

    Sculpture

    Pavilion

    The generic milk crate is scaled up to create a pavilion for the people offering a new public...

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  • Dobell Memorial Sculpture

    Sculpture

    Dobell Memorial Sculpture

    A stainless steel tower nearly 20 metres high, also known as Pyramid...

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  • Family Unit: Chill Trailer 2009 Laneways program

    Installation

    Family unit: chill trailer

    A mobile trailer that opened up and expanded with events and...

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  • Infinity Forest 2009 Laneways program photo

    Installation

    Infinity forest

    A temporary forest with an unexpected concentration of nature and an intimate reflective...

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  • Urban Bar Code 2009 Laneways program

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    The_Urban_Barcode

    The barcode of Jan Gehl'’s “Life Between Building” was re-created using white fluorescent tubes....

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  • The Meeting Place 2009 Laneways program

    Installation

    The meeting place

    A playful installation encouraging participation and...

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  • I dwell in the city 2009 Laneways program

    Installation

    I dwell in the city

    Prosthetic skins were applied to the brick walls, and a barely audible heartbeat pulsed through the...

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