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The Rainbow

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Artist: Marcus Canning

Asset Type: Sculpture

Year of Work: 2016

Location: Beach reserve adjacent to Canning Highway, Fremantle, WA, 6160.

Provenance: City of Fremantle

Description: Sometimes called ‘The Containbow’, Marcus Canning’s ‘Rainbow’ was installed between the bridges at Beach Reserve overlooking the Fremantle port in 2016. At nine-metres high and 19-metres long, and tipping the scales at 66 tonnes Rainbow is not your average public art piece.

The sculpture by prominent Perth artist Marcus Canning is constructed from nine recycled sea containers joined to form an arch.

Canning’s artwork now welcomes visitors to Fremantle whether they’re arriving by train, car or boat. It overlooks the Swan River as well as the container port from which it draws part of its inspiration as a universal symbol of hope and acknowledgement of Fremantle’s artistic as well as maritime heritage.

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Spanda

Image source Jarrad Seng

Artist: Christian de Vietri, ShapeShift

Asset Type: Sculpture

Year of Work: 2016

Location: Geoffrey Bolton Avenue, Perth, WA.

Provenance: City of Perth

Description: Spanda is a 9 story-high sculpture made of carbon fiber located in Perth, Western Australia. It was commissioned for fabrication by the Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority of Western Australia and installed at Elizabeth Quay in 2016.

Intended as an icon to uplift the city and its inhabitants, the idea of human identity being constituted of layers or sheaths was a starting point for the sculpture’s design. These layers represent the contours and constituents of the human experience, proceeding from gross to subtle as one moves from the periphery to the core. The exponential repetition of the arch form creates the impression of an infinite vibration, a pattern of self-similarity that is intended to trigger the viewer's inner experience of wholeness, the recognition of themselves as individual expressions of the universal, intimately interconnected, and one with their total environment.

The sculpture was designed to have a strong sense of presence without being imposing nor obscuring any building or vantage point. It is aligned with the site such that the curvature of the form contrasts with gridded square buildings behind it. The arch-like quality of the form is mysteriously functionless as it is neither an entrance nor an exit, but stands alone, declaring its own liminal space for the viewer to merge with. The structure was built by a team of expert digital fabricators and engineers who re-purposed carbon fibre manufacturing technology from the aerospace industry to enable a truly unique civil structure that would not have been possible in traditional materials.

The title of the work is a Sanskrit word meaning “divine cosmic vibration”. This term is used to describe how Consciousness generates and resorbs the manifest world by expanding and contracting in waves of its own expressive capacity. The sculpture is intended to be both a formal representation of this ‘spanda’ principle, and a tool, or means, to stimulate its experience.

“We praise that Śankara who is the source of the power of the wheel of energies by whose expansion (unmeśa) and contraction (nimeśa) the universe is absorbed and comes into being.” Kallaṭa, Spanda-kārikās (trans. Mark Dyczkowski)

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The Balancing Act

Image source Margaret River Art Trails

Artist: Chris Nixon, Andrew Frazer

Asset Type: Mural

Year of Work: 2016

Location: Margaret River Main Street

Provenance: Shire of Augusta Margaret River

Description: The intricate mural speaks to the harmony when a balance is found between two varied approaches to the same situation.

It is the ability to find common ground when opposition is the perceived outcome. 

Balancing Act was painted during the Emergence Festival Creative Crawl, an exciting annual event that brings together professionals from creative industries such as film, advertising, music and visual arts.

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Untitled

Image source Deborah Ceccaroni

Artist: Deborah Ceccaroni

Asset Type: Mural

Year of Work: 2016

Location: Upper York Street Laneways, Albany

Provenance: City of Albany

Description: Do you know anything more about this artwork? Please comment below or contact us on:

info@museumofperth.com.au

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From Cheynes to Mutton Bird

Image source Australian Street Art Awards

Artist: Chad Marwick

Asset Type: Mural

Year of Work: 2016

Location: Upper York Street Laneways

Provenance: City of Albany

Description: Created for PUBLIC

Do you know anything more about this artwork? Please comment below or contact us on:

info@museumofperth.com.au

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Sleeping Giant

Image source Darren Hutchens

Artist: Darren Hutchens

Asset Type: Mural

Year of Work: 2016

Location: Albany Public Library - 221 York St Albany, WA

Provenance: City of Albany

Description: Local and international artists were invited by Form WA as part of their Public Silo Trail program to beautify regional towns. The event took place over a week in my old home town of Albany on WA ’s south coast.

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The Endless Adventure

Image source Taj Kempe

Artist: Andrew Frazer, Lori Pensini, Collie Youth

Asset Type: Mural

Year of Work: 2016

Location: Cnr Steere Street N & Johnston St

Provenance: Shire of Collie

Description: The Endless Adventure responds to the themes of adventure, local exploration and home. The concept was developed during youth workshop focusing on shared stories and skill development. Developed in 2016 for Festiv Arty, Collie’s local art festival, the mural was installed over three days by Andrew, Lori & a group of passionate local Collie youth.

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