Six Degrees of Connection

About the project:

This project consists of three elements - art glass over the entire entry facade, suspended foyer art and integrated etched glass for interior spaces. The art explores the importance of community and connection, reflecting the character of place and the importance of the Yagoona Community Centre as a meeting place and symbol of inclusiveness.

The art is inspired by nature and highlights the valuable local landscape, drawing inspiration from the rare and significant plant the Downy Wattle, located near the site.

The design form of the Downy Wattle connects to the concept of inclusiveness. Every individual flower is connected together to form a common structure.

This concept is a metaphor for the connectedness and inclusiveness of the Yagoona community.

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Name:	Six Degrees of Connection
Location:	Yagoona Community Centre, Yagoona, NSW
Dimensions:	Art Glass Entry Facade, Suspended Foyer Art and interior etched glass
Client:	City of Canterbury Bankstown
Architect:	Hunt Architects

Overflow

About the project:

Overflow is a powerful symbol connecting place and community, celebrating the unique character of the Sixth Street location, through form and design. Dynamic and engaging, this site - specific sculpture symbolises themes intrinsic to the space, creating a distinctive and positive identity for the community and visitors to engage, explore and enjoy the ‘Heart of Murray Bridge’.

We worked closely with stakeholders and the Murray Bridge community to develop an aesthetic dialogue, focusing on key themes such as the concept of Watermark – art and culture inscribed into the urban landscape, reflecting time and place.

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Name:	Overflow
Location:	Murray Bridge, SA
Dimensions:	4mL x 4mH x 1mW
Client:	Rural City of Murray Bridge

Cane Fire

About the project:

This contemporary, interactive artwork showcases the community, business and industry and underpins the central core of the City Centre as a traditional meeting place.

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Name:	Cane Fire
Location:	Mackay, QLD
Dimensions:	4mW x 4mH x 7mH
Client:	Mackay Regional Council

River of Gold

About the project:

River of Gold refers to the Mary River and celebrates the rich landscape and unique history of the Gympie region.

Glowing golden elements combined with innovative designs reflect the narrative of Gympie’s past, present and future.

The silhouettes of flowers of trees endemic to the region include species such as the Hairy Hazelwood (Fontainea rostrate), Silky Oak (Grevillea robusta) and the Gympie Nut (Macademia ternifolia).

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Name:	River of Gold
Location:	Smithfield Street, Gympie, Qld
Dimensions:	48mL x 1mH
Client:	Gympie Regional Council
Urban Design:	Place Design Group

image copyright – Planning Institute Australia, Awards for Excellence 2017, Great Place - Commendation, Smithfield Street Revitalisation, Gympie Regional Council, Sponsor: QLD Government

Fluid Motion

About the project:

ARC Aquatic Recreation Centre

Fluid Motion celebrates the unique character of the Gympie region, lifestyle and swimming culture, through form and design.

The dynamic fluid motion of the sculptural forms strongly reflect the water based activities and sense of energy present at the aquatic centre. Vibrant twisting forms reference the way we interact with the water, from the fun of splashing and sliding to swimming competitively, we create arcs as we engage with the water.

Tactile designs of endangered aquatic species specific to the region are etched into the granite base of each of the grouped elements.

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Name:	Fluid Motion
Location:	ARC Aquatic Recreation Centre, Gympie, Qld
Dimensions:	6 elements x 6mH
Client:	Gympie Regional Council

Bunya

About the project:

Mill Place Precinct Cooroy

Bunya is a landmark for the new community hub at Mill Place and draws inspiration from the dynamic spiralling form of the bunya leaf.

The Bunya (Araucaria bidwillii) is synonymous with ‘meeting place’ in local indigenous histories. For century’s indigenous people gathered for social exchange, story - telling, song and celebration when the Bunya fruit was in season.

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Name:	Bunya
Location:	Cooroy, QLD
Dimensions:	8mL x 6mW x 4mH
Client	Noosa Shire Council
Architect:	Brewster Hjorth Architects

Pod Pod

About the project:

Winning entry for the Breen National Sculpture Competition

Pod Pod is integrated into the 'Gwluuyan Garri Dilya' (Garden for Children Laughing) at the Royal Botanic Gardens NSW and responds to the vision, ‘nurturing a love of nature’, and the Mount Tomah Botanic Garden location.

Pod Pod presents a visually intriguing sculptural form that invites interest and interactivity where closer inspection reveals a highly detailed tactile surface. The artwork’s intriguing sculptural form and surface detail relate directly to the surrounding landscape and environment.

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Name:	Pod Pod
Location:	Mt Tomah Botanic Gardens, NSW
Dimensions:	3 at 400mmH x 500mmW x 3mL
Landscape Architect:	Michael Carle
Client:	Royal Botanic Gardens Trust Sydney

Wallum

About the project:

University of the Sunshine Coast - H1 Building

As a way of celebrating the USC H1 Building, we explored significant local landscape particularly the wallum heath and Allocasuarina Emuina  endemic only to the Sunshine Coast Region. This endangered plant is being studied by the GeneCology Research Group at USC and this group provided valuable information and assistance for our research. The shapes and patterns are drawn from nature and touch on the USC's  commitment to sustainability and regional engagement.

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Name:	‘Wallum’ Allocasuarina Emuina
Location:	USC – Sippy Downs, QLD
Dimensions:	13 panels (largest 2m x 2m)
Architect:	Core Architecture
Client:	University of The Sunshine Coast

Oxygen

About the project:

Oxygen uses themes and designs inspired by Beachmere and it's community.

Inspiration has been taken from the endemic plant, animal and marine life as well as the importance of the local natural environment, lifestyle and recreational activities as well as recreational activities 

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Name:	Oxygen
Location:	Beachmere, QLD
Dimensions:	4mL x 800mmW
Client:	Moreton Bay Regional Council

Touch

About the exhibition:

Touch provides an opportunity for active and exciting community engagement with art through cutting edge interactive technologies.

During the day polished stone and translucent rubber combine traditional and new sculptural mediums to engage our senses through materiality and surface texture.

At night, Touch is transformed through a combination of LED lighting and colour that take the interactivity further, as the sculpture responds to audience’s touch.

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Name:	Touch
Location:	University of The Sunshine Coast Gallery Sippy Downs, QLD
Location:	Caloudra Regional Gallery, Horizon Arts Festival, QLD

Intersecting Landscapes

About the project:

Intersecting Landscapes creates an attractive entrance statement to the new Glass House Mountains Trailhead and improves the visual amenity of the Beerburrum Township through form and design. Dynamic and engaging, this site - specific art concept symbolises themes intrinsic to Beerburrum, creating a distinctive and positive identity for the community.

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Name:	Intersecting Landscapes
Location:	Beerburrum, QLD
Dimensions:	24mL x 2.4mH x 260mmW
Client:	Sunshine Coast Council

Sea Life

About the project:

Judbooley Parade Windang

Sea Life expresses the unique character of place at Judbooley Parade Windang, an important site for the local community as a social and recreational space, with a strong connection to fishing, aquatic life, water and the lake environment.

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Name:	Sea Life
Location:	Windang, NSW
Dimensions:	3 forms at 1.5mH x 3mL
Client:	Wollongong City Council

Two Worlds

About the project:

Dynamic and engaging this artwork celebrates the extraordinary connections and real life parallels between Samuel Augustus Perry’s application of Greek mythology in the naming of Mt Parnassus and actual events in Gundagai. ‘Two Worlds’ symbolises the community’s strong connection to place and rich history, drawing inspiration from the life of Perry, the Great Flood of 1852 and the central idea of ‘two worlds colliding through time and space’.

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Name:	Two Worlds
Location:	Gundagai, NSW
Dimensions:	3 x approx 3mH; 1 x 6oommH x 600mmW
Client:	Cootamundra-Gundagai Regional Council

Marine Intersection

About the project:

Marine Intersection is a powerful symbol connecting place and community, exploring layers of history and natural landscape.

Colourful contemporary design elements utilised for the mural investigate marine and terrestrial habitats through a dynamic process of abstraction to engage the viewer’s sense of perception.

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Name:	Marine Intersection
Location:	Wauchope, NSW
Dimensions:	2 pylons approx 70m2
Client:	Port Macquarie Hastings Council

Bottle Tree Pods

About the project:

The art celebrates the Bottle Tree - Brachychiton Rupestris, a significant endemic tree species in Roma Qld. Bottle Tree Pods with three full pods at various stages of opening, signifies abundance and potential for the region. The artwork is a sculptural response to this location and history, focusing on the bottle trees as an identifying symbol for the Roma district.

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Name:	Bottle Tree Pods
Location:	Roma, QLD
Dimensions:	3 x 1.2mW x 550mmH
Client:	Economic Development Queensland Department of State Development, Infrastructure and Planning

Transience | Horizon Art Festival 2020

About the project:

Transience, a multidisciplinary artwork, draws your attention to microscopic Marine Phytoplankton that produces over half of the oxygen you breathe.

Microscopic organisms have been brought into focus most recently in the form of a virus, Covid 19. However the planet is currently going through a period of global climate change, the pace of which is unprecedented in geological history. The aim of this project is to bring into focus the microscopic world of marine phytoplankton and their importance as bio-indicators of climate change.

‘Transience’ is a conceptual and contemporary approach to creating and sharing artwork that is relevant and responsive to site and considers the dialogue and experience of the viewer.

Massive ephemeral drawings of microscopic phytoplankton inscribed on the sand, augmented by a solo performer, in marine inspired costuming, will focus the viewers’ attention on an unseen world of interconnected ecosystems. This art concept will explore the evolving and changing natural environment and the way art is integral to the creation of meaningful spaces.

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Find out more about Horizon on their website. 
View the Scenetre interview with Glen Manning and Kathy Daly here.

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