Two new art projects reflecting the unique history and landscape of the Western Sydney Parklands are now being developed. The concepts for these site-specific arts projects were created in the Western Sydney Parklands Arts and Cultural Accelerator.
The accelerator was an innovative 10-day development lab, facilitated by City People, involving artists and professionals from diverse fields. Participants explored the parklands and learnt about its landscape, history and culture of the communities that live and visit there.
The creators of the two art projects are:
- Shay Tobin, a Darug man who works in graphic design and photography and is currently a student of pure mathematics.
- Djon Mundine, a Bundjalung man who is a renowned artist and curator and grew up in Western Sydney.
- Stephanie Peters, a horticulturalist and artist who lives and works in Western Sydney and works with textiles, paper and public art.
These new art projects represent the Western Sydney Parkland Trust’s commitment to enhancing our experience in the parklands by:
- engaging and connecting people with the place
- fostering an understanding of its unique landscape and
- interpreting the stories of the parklands in memorable ways.
The accelerator took place in February – March 2020 and brought to life the arts and cultural principles in the landscape design framework.
The framework outlines how arts and culture can be integrated into the southern section of the Western Sydney Parklands. It was created with Tyrrell Studio in collaboration with City People in 2018.
City People is the creative producer for these art projects: liaising with artists, ensuring the project design is detailed and planning for the installation of the arts and culture projects.
City People is delighted to be working with Western Sydney Parklands to take this innovative and creative phased approach to taking strategy off the page and into practice.
We will share more details about the arts projects on our News page.