On Saturday 23rd March, I attended a community celebration to launch the City of Sydney’s Eora Journey – the Peoples Journey, a major cultural project celebrating Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture and heritage in the City of Sydney. Its programs include the creation of seven public art projects, a proposed knowledge and cultural centre, a major annual event/festival and an economic development plan.
Lord Mayor, Clover Moore unveiled Welcome to Redfern (pictured) a street art project by local Aboriginal youth artists Nahdia Noter, Tyrrelle McGrath, Trae Campbell, Ji Duncan-Weatherby, Brandon Phillips, Issac Phillips, Josh Addo and Josh Nolan who worked with Kamilaroi/ Gamilaraay/ Gummaroi artist Reko Rennie. She also launched an associated work, Mana-ngurang, the Elders Lounge Mural – described as a powerful new artwork for the Redfern Community Centre by Gadigal Artist and Elder, Charles (Chicka) Madden, in collaboration with Nicole Monks and architect Dirk Anderson from Urban Future Organisation.
To quote Hetti Perkins, curatorial advisor for the Eora Journey project, ‘The Eora Journey public artworks build on the original idea of a walking trail, including site-specific installations, monuments and temporary projects throughout the local government area. The works will stimulate an emotional and evocative connection in the viewer to the sites. They will provide Sydney residents and visitors with a history of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and our enduring connections to the land and the harbour. And they will place this experience within an international context’.
When you are next in the area be sure to visit the Redfern Terrace Street Art Project on Caroline Street. It sits at the heart of a neighbourhood known for its Aboriginal history, strong activism, community life and cultural expression.
- Michael Rolfe, CEO, Museums & Galleries NSW
fantastic project! just make a similar one out at La perouse!!
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