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The artwork is able to increase public recognition by drawing attention to the amenity.An example was the artwork at an emergency services station. The artwork provides abenefit for the fire station by being able to draw focus to the amenity and increase thepublic recognition of the fire station. The artwork is also able to educate the publicabout Fire and Rescue overall. Although the uniforms and credibility are powerfultools of Fire and Rescue these aspects are only really seen in emergencycircumstances. Therefore the artwork provides a way to communicate the message ofthe Fire Station, and Fire and Rescue to the public at other times. As described byClient 5 “If you put a sign that just says [an emergency services station], they willprobably drive past it, and a thousand buildings that have got bigger letters on andthey just don’t recognise it. However, it you drive past a bit of artwork that is easilyrecognised to be something that is relative to what we do, it draws their attention moreto the building”.The emergency services station has also benefited from the positive media exposurethat has arisen from the Art Built-in artwork. According to Client 4, the emergencyservices station gained a lot of interest from the newspapers, and the Artist wasinterviewed by Quest Newspapers and the Courier Mail, and the an emergencyservices station also had a big opening that involved different people from the policyMinister, the Emergency Services Minister, to the Director-General Commissioner.The artwork helps people to connect to the building that helps to encourage morepeople to visit the building. An example is Old Museum Building project. Theartwork has been noted to have the potential to have a positive impact on the OldMuseum building when the redevelopment is complete. When the building is finishedthat artwork can encourage people walk around and admire the building or gardens.The artwork will provide a real connection with the building. According to Client 3,the artwork will help people connect with the building and work to complement thebuilding. Families will be to into the building and connect with the space. The artworkwill be able to brings back and capture the heritage of the Old Museum Project andprovide a place that families would like to make a day that has a rich history, feelingand a heritage atmosphere.145

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