The Melville City Centre is one of the largest centres south of the Swan River, in the Perth Metropolitan area, and is the key Activity Centre in the City of Melville. A new planning framework for the area, the Melville City Centre Structure Plan was developed, which provides for the Activity Centre’s transition over time from a shopping complex to a sophisticated mixed use city centre. Apparatus was engaged to review the City of Melville’s public art processes and prepare the Melville City Centre Public Art Strategy, a public art strategy created specifically for the activity centre. The review report involved an.

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The new Canning War Memorial and Stage Facility was commissioned to commemorate the Centenary of the Anzac Landing at Gallipoli. Working with artist Susanna Castleden and project architect Coniglio Ainsworth Architects, Apparatus managed the public art component of the artwork, which was fully integrated with the architectural structure and interpreted the Australian war efforts. Constructed from concrete and clad in black and grey granite, the memorial is a quiet, significant space that poignantly remembers past armed conflicts. Susanna Castleden’s work conceptualises a 1915 map developed by the Australian Army for the ANZAC landing at Gallipoli. Pieces sandblasted black granite read.

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Artist Clare McFarlane said of this innovative wallpaper style artwork “I wanted this work to be created in harmony with the natural decaying aesthetic of the laneway. The design intimates ripped wallpaper and as you peeled away the layers it reveals elements of the natural world. I liked the idea that you can wander down the alley and discover plants, birds and insects, which have ‘sprung’ from the rips in the wall.” Helen Curtis developed the City of Perth mural program Wall Inc. It was the first mural program of its kind in Australia. The initiative saw the annual commission of.

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The City of Vincent contracted APPARATUS to procure and project manage Robotopia, a public artwork for the North Perth Town Centre, an urban village close to the Perth city centre. The inner-city site had specific issues to be congisant of, which included being aware of the need not to impinge on pedestrian passageways and access, the high volume of vehicular traffic, the strong retail commercial environment and the warren of underground services. The resulting artwork Robotopia by artist SI Hummerston is a series of four brightly coloured and finely detailed ‘retro-bots’ located along the Fitzgerald Street spine, designed to structure.

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Artist Penny Bovell created the mural Airborne as part of the Wall Inc mural program. “The stairs painted in the David Jones and Plaza Arcade laneway draws attention to air and space. To climb is to move toward the sky, by any means, through continual or gradual effort, moving toward aspirations, dreams and desires. The smoke is the air made visible, particles of dust which obscure our vision and is a vehicle for illusions and the imagination.” Helen Curtis developed the City of Perth mural program Wall Inc. This was the first mural program of its kind in Australia. The initiative.

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Commemorating the old Crawley Baths, a prominent Perth landmark during the early to mid 20th century, Eliza is a bronze sculpture mounted on a steel pylon, 15 metres off the shoreline and depicts a woman about to dive off a wooden platform. Built in 1914, the Baths were an important 20th century aquatic centre for swimming training, lifesaving and recreation. Created by Tony Jones and Ben Jones, the statue is named for Mount Eliza, also known as Kings Park, under which it lies. Helen Curtis managed the project, with responsibility for: undertaking historical research and interpretation developing an approach to the.

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The grow-your-own organic farming movement that originated in the early 20th century, with the rise of modernist sculpture, is one of the inspirations behind the eye-catching green of James Angus’ artwork. The sculpture is the result of the largest art commission ever undertaken in WA. As Project Director for Forrest Place, Russell Kingdom had a key role in collaborating with the State Government and liaising with the Art Coordinator, Artist and civil contractor to ensure successful integration of Grow Your Own into Forrest Place.

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The Water Labyrinth is the first permanent Jeppe Hein artwork in Australia, commissioned from the Danish artist exclusively for Perth and the Forrest Place site. This interactive water installation is an aquatic pavilion comprising nine rooms that appear and disappear at random, surrounding visitors with walls of water emitted by ground water jets. The artwork uses storm water harvested and recycled from Forrest Place. An interactive water sculpture created exclusively for Forrest Place, the Water Labyrinth shoots jets of water into the air creating nine rooms that disappear as quickly as they emerge. It runs daily from 8am-8pm unless the.

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