N-S-E-W is a destination artwork which acknowledges the station’s role as a point of coming and going and its multidirectional arrivals and departures.
The history of movement embedded in the site is reflected in the mirrored surfaces of the sculpture, engaging the viewer and the surroundings in a constant and multi-layered conversation while its form evokes stacked sand grains from the ubiquitous sandstones of the Sydney Basin.
By using a unique two way mirror effect, the night time transformation of the sculpture appears as a glowing structure with a graphic design developed in consultation with Kamilaroi / Gamilaraay artist Dennis Golding and is based upon the oxide patterns of these Sydney sandstones.
The work with Dennis was the result of a day walking, talking and looking at the oxide patterns in the sandstones. Dennis then developed an abstracted version of these markings which appear in the night time appearance of the sculpture
Artist: Warren Langley
Project Management and Project Delivery: TILT Industrial Design
Graphics consultant: Dennis Golding
It is one of 32 projects funded by the NSW Government for the Parramatta Road Urban Amenity Improvement Program (PRUAIP) PRUAIP is a collaborative initiative to improve open space and active transport links to improve public amenity along the Parramatta Road corridor. Create NSW has been working closely with Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure and six local councils to implement public art as a key component of the infrastructure upgrades.
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