People of River: Wooditjup Bilya River
Image source Margaret River Art Trails
Artist: Miranda Aitken, Diane Hunter
Asset Type: Sculpture, Print, Poetry
Year of Work: 2014, reworked in 2020
Location: Margaret River HEART, Wallcliffe Road
Provenance: Shire of Augusta Margaret River
Description: This vibrant piece incorporates the contemplative words of local poet Miranda Aitken with the artwork background a print of an oil painting by Diane Hunter.
It is a lyric poem uniting all who have stood still by the Wooditjup Bilya (Margaret River) and its importance to the Wadandi people.
The artwork contains colours of the local environment – greens and blues with dashes of yellow. The panels allow light to shine through evoking watery elements and movement.
In 2014 the poem was originally printed on a painted background into a single rectangle of digiglass and located at the corner of Bussell Highway and Churchill Avenue. In 2020, following the redevelopment of the Cultural Centre into Nala Bardip Mia – Margaret River HEART, the piece was reworked into five Perspex panels and relocated to the Margaret River HEART gardens.
People of the River: Bilya River Song
Image source Shire of Augusta Margaret River
Artist: Miranda Aitken, Diane Hunter
Asset Type: Sculpture, Print, Poetry
Year of Work: 2013
Location: Corner of Bussell Highway and Churchill Avenue
Provenance: Shire of Augusta Margaret River