untitled (maraong manaóuwi) comprises over 2000 maraong manaóuwi/broad arrow designs created with red and white gravel sourced from Wiradjuri Country, covering 2500 square metres of the Hyde Park Barracks courtyard. Visitors can walk on the work, a process that intentionally results in the work’s slow destruction. This performative act questions memory, our individual roles in history, and the protection and preservation of cultural sites. Marking the reopening of the Hyde Park Barracks, the design symbolises the maraong manaóuwi (emu footprint) and the English broad arrow as a way of understanding history and cultural relations. https://sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/
What a great idea to have one street (28th St. between 7th and 8th Avenues) devoted to flower sellers. To walk down the sidewalk is like a trip to a fantasy land - and the fragrances are even better.
Ruth Downes has a passion for reappropriating everyday materials and objects to celebrate their intrinsic beauty. Materials for these ‘wearable’ artworks are from many sources –aircraft headsets to coffee capsules. Detritus from nature has been re-born as a fashion statement. The works question our values and how we award status on these everyday materials into the realm of art. This is much more than a simple ‘up-cycling’ exercise. Downes has an acute awareness of the potential of these materials. These 3D works are mounted on a spectrum of coloured ellipses with several ‘busting out’ on mounted body forms. www.ruthdownes.com.au
