Public Art Stroll: Canberra City
To connect with audiences who cannot physically make it to Canberra during the festival, DESIGN Canberra is curating a DESIGN Anytime program. This new program includes self-guided tours of iconic architecture and contemporary design throughout Canberra. This will promote and celebrate Canberra as a global city of design every day of the year. This walking tour of public art begins in Civic Square on London Circuit and ends in Knowles Place on London Circuit on the other side of City Hill.
To connect with audiences who cannot physically make it to Canberra during the festival, DESIGN Canberra is curating a DESIGN Anytime program. This new program includes self-guided tours of iconic architecture and contemporary design throughout Canberra. This will promote and celebrate Canberra as a global city of design every day of the year.
This walking tour of public art begins in Civic Square on London Circuit and ends in Knowles Place on London Circuit on the other side of City Hill.
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Milan VOJSK,<br />
‘Dreaming’<br />
1964, installed 1973<br />
cast bronze figure on natural rock in<br />
rectangular pool<br />
Vojsk was an established artist when he migrated<br />
to Australia in 1957 and settled in Sydney. This<br />
work was commissioned by the Reserve Bank<br />
and donated to the city of <strong>Canberra</strong>, reflecting<br />
the influence of Dr H C ‘Nugget’ Coombs who<br />
believed in that institution’s commitment to and<br />
engagement with the urban fabric of the city and<br />
the community that lives and works here. The title<br />
is a reference to Australian Indigenous culture,<br />
as well as a central tenet of the artist’s belief<br />
in the natural, spiritual and moral order of the<br />
universe. Its style is grounded in early twentiethcentury<br />
expressionist sculpture, particularly the<br />
work of artists such as Ernst Barlach and Wilhelm<br />
Lehmbruck. The work sits on a natural rock in what<br />
was originally a pool, with a fountain. Sadly in<br />
recent years it has not been maintained.<br />
Commissioned by the Reserve Bank of Australia and<br />
gifted to the city of <strong>Canberra</strong>.<br />
LOCATION. Knowles Place<br />
‘Dreaming’. Photo: Craft ACT.
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