Ngaarr - City of Sydney
Translating notions of strength, resilience and survival (country and people) and reiterating the importance of the visual presence of First Nations peoples and issues of country into urban / built landscapes.
Ngaarr (‘hard’ / ‘strong’ in Gamilarray Yuwaalaraay), is inspired by the inner bark of a “gulabaa” or coolabah tree, a hardwood that grows in and alongside (from) the river.
A temporary installation commenting on history and time. “If you think about Aboriginal design, there was always a reason,” she says. “It was always for a purpose, for a way of communicating or telling a story. But that one story was forever evolving and remaining relevant - never static or meant to last forever.”
Images courtesy Anna Kucera, City of Sydney and Lucy Simpson.