PROJECT TITLE:

Sea, Sediment and Surrounds

LOCATION:

Chiswick / Sydney / Australia

CLIENT:

City of Canada Bay Council

DATE:

2016

DELIVERABLE:

• Workshops, public art design, production and project management for:
• ► Community artwork for installation onto exterior of Community Centre building

PROCESS:

• ► Conduct 2 x community artmaking workshops
• ► Collate and enhance community artworks
• ► Vector-illustration
• ► Design collage
• ► Produce print-ready artwork

CONCEPT:

The residents of Chiswick love the beautiful parks and waterways surrounding the peninsula, however, community consultation revealed that over 50% of respondents felt isolated. This work was part of a coordinated project to create more connections in the Chiswick Community.

Two workshops were held - one at St Andrew’s Kindergarten and the other at the Chiswick Community Centre - where the local community were invited to be involved in the creation of a public artwork.

Using a variety of drawing media - from traditional to digital - participants were asked to illustrate a variety of what might be found in and around the waters at Chiswick, imagined through a vertical cross-section, much like a core-sample drill.

• Suggested elements included:
• ►the sediment
• ►plants growing on the sediment, eg, seagrass
• ►lifeforms living on the sediment, eg, crustaceans, molluscs, their shells
• ►lifeforms living in the water, eg, fish
• ►lifeforms living off the water, eg, birds
• ►visitors to the water, eg, swimmers, rowers, sailors
• ►elements by the water, eg, residential and industrial buildings, parks, wharves, jettys, bridges
• ►elements above the water, eg, birds, aeroplanes, clouds

Everyone enjoyed a happy and damn good social scribble, as the end result surely attests!