The Collide Public Art Initiative's James Voller has been commissioned, in conjunction with up-and-coming artist Dennis Golding, by Northern Beaches Council to produce the artwork, which will be a feature of St David Avenue Park's redevelopment programme.
The installation, which will be site-specific and of a large scale, is set to enrich the park and will be created to explore and reflect on memories of the landscape and culture, with the artists gaining design inspiration from the area's local topography. Engagement with Aboriginal members of the community helped to develop the final design, which will be translated through the use of architectural materials.
Michael Regan, the Mayor of Northern Beaches, said the public artwork is contemporary, ambitious and will be manufactured to a very high standard. He added:
“The work shares markings and memories from the world’s oldest living culture and merges them with the latest digital and architectural technologies.”
Major public artworks such as this have often been featured in tourism brochure printing campaigns undertaken to promote the area's many attractions.
Work on the park's redevelopment is already underway and will see the introduction of ground cover and native shrubs into the garden beds to provide a mirror effect of the Town Centre gardens located opposite. Sandstone steps and walls will offset new paving and timber decking.
The park is expected to be fully transformed by October 2021.