Pavilion of Sand

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Sat 24 Sep 2022

Wheeler Place will be re-imagined as a landscape that recalls what lies beneath its paved colonial grid – a landscape of sand – once moved by wind, floods and tides. Sand will be returned to the heart of the city as structure, ballast, shelter and seating for a pavilion that celebrates and centers Awabakal and Worrimi Culture for New Annual Festival 2022. The Pavilion will be home to a program of dance, native food workshops, language workshops and performance throughout the festival. A space that centers Awabakal cultural practice, people and stories.

Through a process that sought to include the local Aboriginal Community in its design a process of workshops and story-work leading up to the festival, the design of the Pavilion and its shade cloth roof creates “an almost ghostly, transient version of what was once here and who was using this land before us, bringing the past and present together in one place.” (Jasmine Craciun)

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