Artworks from the State’s Aboriginal artists are to feature on the façade of the new WA Museum in dynamic digital installations.
Two large digital screens, one at the Museum’s main entrance and the other, a long ‘ribbon’ screen, are to display the artworks.
The $1.6 million public art program is being curated by the Aboriginal Arts Centre Hub WA (AACHWA) and will be delivered over the next four years.
It involves both existing works and new commissions, including works created specifically for the Museum screens and others created independently and digitised for display.
Minister for Culture and the Arts, David Templeman said the novel approach would ensure that more than 100 Aboriginal artists were featured and would benefit from the Museum’s public art program for years.
“The initial program, which will run for 12 months, will feature two bodies of work,” Mr Templeman said.
“On the large Museum Street screen, works from the State collection held by the Art Gallery of Western Australia will be featured. At the same time, the digital ‘ribbon’ will feature works from this year’s Revealed exhibition, which was shown online due to COVID-19 restrictions.”
He said the Museum’s public art opening program featured works by nearly 100 artists from all regions of WA.
“They have been curated by AACHWA and digitally produced by video artist, Sohan Ariel Hayes, working with emerging artist, Aboriginal filmmaker and editor, Jeremy Thomson,” Mr Templeman said.
“The opening program includes works by renowned artists such as Shane Pickett (pictured), Laurel Nannup, Mervyn Street and Sonia Kurrarra as well as emerging artists such as Wendy Hubert, Nathan Thomas, Margaret Anderson and Peter Farmer Jnr., to name a few.”
