Always has been, always will be

A site-specific installation in the lake at York's Hollow - a culturally significant place for traditional owners who utilised it for various domestic practices such as drinking and bathing. Inspired by one of the billabong’s frequent native visitors, the Noisy Miner bird, this installation consists of 24 silver wire abstract sculptures integrating seamlessly with the water, suggestive of those birds in flight and bathing. On the railing of the footbridge a poem further speaks to the bird’s dynamism and vitality.  

The actively social nature of this bird species reflects Indigenous communal practices, reminding us of the historical importance of this Country and its First Nations owners, past, present and emerging.