Kalorama Park Land Artwork Australia Melbourne

in collaboration with: Fitzgerald Frisby Landscape Architecture

explores how an Artwork could complement its site and surroundings in form and character whilst also conveying a concept reflective of its cultural and historical context. A quote from Tom Calma ( Aboriginal Australian human rights and social justice campaigner) inspired our initial thoughts:

“Here in Australia, we’re fortunate enough to have one of the

richest and oldest continuing cultures in the world. This is something we

should all be proud of and celebrate.”

The idea of a fingerprint lightly touching the land has emerged not as one story but as many stories to share. The act of touching the land expresses the first nations Peoples’ understanding of the land as much more than soil, rocks, or minerals but as a living environment that sustains and is sustained by people and their culture. The fingerprint land form as a symbolic honouring and passing of this deep connection with the ground, sea, sky, rivers, sites, seasons, plants, and animals from generation to generation.