Riverside Park Update
Council is pleased to provide an update of the works which are
currently underway in Riverside Park, Moruya.
Through Council's dedication to providing quality public
facilities, funding from the Federal Governments Capital
Infrastructure Program and Council's infrastructure fund will allow
construction of a nature-based playground, a new public amenities
building, new paths and feature sculpture artwork for the
site.
Each of these components are an integral part of the masterplan
for the site and together, will create a showpiece of passive
recreation for the shire. The works are due for completion by end
of September 2009 and an official opening of the projects will be
conducted in October.
The Sculpture
As we have been recieving many inquiries about the feature
sculpture, the artists have provided the following summary:
"The artwork responds to the vital place the river
represents for Moruya's identity. Prior to the area's contemporary
development, the land was utilised first by the indigenous peoples
for thousands of years and then by generations of growers, farmers,
and workers whose narratives have constructed vivid memories.
This river has shaped dynamic communities and given voice to
distinct personalities. This response to the river which was a
confluence for diverse indigenous and non-indigenous communities
informs the sculptural form of the work.
This contemporary sculpture provides a potent signature from the
perspective of pedestrians. While the motorist's experience is a
glimpse of a vertical fragment, pedestrians may walk around,
through or sit on the elements of the artwork. The composition of
the artwork sets an inside outside experience where the sculpture's
elements are drawn from the inside.
The viewer steps into the body of the sculpture to construct the
narrative of its elements. The artwork uses a number of disparate
materials combined as one sculpture. The metal upright stretches
eight metres into the air and attaches to a granite stone wall.
Extending towards the river a granite line projects cleanly in the
shadow of a vertebrae of seats in hardwood and metal."
For further information, contact Chris Tague at
Council on 4474 1325.
