Public Art Services

APPARATUS works with clients to conceptualise ideas. We provide professional coordination services to support the highest standard of contemporary public art.

Our services span the development of strategic visions and master planning through to curating, procurement, and implementation.

A collaborative approach, tailored to your project, ensures we are providing services that cater for each client’s individual project needs. Our capability includes:

• strategies and masterplans
• policy development
• Procurement
• Project Management
• Consultation
• Activation

Project Management

APPARATUS offers a full range of project management services for art in the public realm including:

• scope and budget development
• site analysis and identification of art opportunities
• curatorial selection of artists for interventions and temporary activation projects
• coordination of the artist selection process
• project team and contract management
• tender assessment services
• collection and asset management
• Project Close-Out, Maintenance and Conservation Reporting

We oversee your project from the first discussion to unveiling and beyond, providing confidence to organisations that no aspect will be overlooked by handing over aspects of the process.

Policy, Strategy + Masterplans

The APPARATUS team are highly experienced in assisting local government develop their public art policy and plans in line with their Council’s vision, values and overarching strategic plans.

Policy and strategy services include:

• master planning
• policy development
• percent for art policy development
• developers public art policy development
• maintenance and conservation policy

Aboriginal Consultation

At APPARATUS we believe that meaningful consultation must be at the centre of any Aboriginal art project. It is critical to consider native title, Aboriginal heritage and significance of place issues early on in the planning of a project. This will allow integration of appropriate processes and resources into the project program.

Respectful Aboriginal consultation builds a strong foundation for good project development, design and delivery. We are experienced in facilitating stakeholder dialogue around shared issues and concerns, finding and building on common ground. We have worked extensively with the Noongar community. Our strength lies in listening.

Aboriginal Consultation services include:

• project planning
• identifying protocols and processes
• identifying who to contact
• making contact and getting to know the community
• establishing an Aboriginal Advisory Panel
• Navigating the Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972
• Applying for statutory approvals such as the Section 18 Clearance

As a Perth-based consultancy, we value the quality of our relationships with Noongar Elders and the broader Noongar community, their stories and their culture.

Space Activation

Looking to make your space more exciting? We can turn meh into wa-hey!

Space activation can change the context of any environment and art in the public realm is an effective element in the place-making toolkit. Permanent and temporary projects can enliven a place, provide meaning and connection and pops of surprise that we love experiencing.

Place making services include:

• Art and cultural program planning
• Detailed site analysis
• Project planning
• Scope and budget development
• Stakeholder and community engagement
• Artist evaluation and engagement
• Project management of commissioning and installation
• Development of interpretive strategies