Place to Place
Curtin University
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N-S-E-W
Homebush Station
History and community merge through mirrored reflections.
Public Art
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Project details
HOMEBUSH, NSW | WANN-GAL
2024Client: Strathfield Council
Artist: Warren Langley
Collaborating Artist: Dennis Golding
Photography: Richard GloverDrawing on the site’s history of movement, Warren Langley’s mirrored sculpture N-S-E-W (North, South, East, West) sparks a multi-layered conversation with the pedestrians of Homebush station. The sculpture captures the directional movements of commuters and engages its viewers with the site’s physical surroundings, which are ever-changing – presenting them with endless perspectives.
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Background
Commissioned by Strathfield Council as part of the improvements to the forecourt of Homebush Railway Station on Loftus Street, Tilt delivered the installation of N-S-E-W by winning artist Warren Langley in collaboration with Indigenous artist Dennis Golding.
The monument’s form pays homage to the building blocks of our environment by symbolising small grains of quartz sand that make up the sandstone in Sydney’s Basin. It plays on Warren’s theme of ‘making the invisible visible’. Reflecting on the history of the movement, it depicts this historical record dating from the people of the Wann clan, the Wann-gal people, to immigrants who now form a multi-cultural cluster of commuters.
At night, the mirrored sand grain’s surface exudes a soft coloured glow that reveals artworks by Dennis Golding, a Kamilaroi/Gamilaraay artist, laminated behind the mirrored surface. Warren and Dennis’s collaboration represents an exchange of knowledge embodied within the monument. An interpretation of Indigenous stories is offered through Dennis’s artworks that symbolise the colours and markings of Sydney sandstones.
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Tilt Services
Tilt worked extensively during the concept phase to resolve the glazed panel insertions of the complex dodecahedron shape that represents the crystal elements of the monument. Working closely with Warren, our team ensured the execution of the artist’s vision while remaining within budget.
A series of testing phases were conducted during construction to ensure the sculpture’s lighting component created an even illumination of the Indigenous graphics. Our team managed the relationship with the fabricator and coordinated the logistics of delivering a large, heavy monument of this scale, fully assembled from the workshop to the installation site.
- Project Consultation
- Detailed Design incl. CAD, structural engineering review and certification, construction documentation
- Fabrication incl., shop drawings, and procurement
- Installation, site documentation and handover
- Project Management
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Outcome
N-S-E-W creates an eye-catching wayfinding monument activating Homebush Station’s new forecourt with its mirrored facets. It creates impromptu opportunities for people as they walk past, connecting them with time and place. The ever-changing mirrored elements create moments of contemplation with viewers while also uniting them with Indigenous history.
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“Working with Tilt on all of my projects is like returning to family each time.”
– Warren Langley, Artist
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