Ironbark,
Steel, Spraycrete, LEDs, Fibre Optics, Solar Panel, Electronic
Componentry
Features:
Renewable
Energy (Solar), Low Energy Lighting, Embedded Star-field
Lighting, Rebated Decorative Steel Inserts
This
community arts project was initiated by Charleville's local
Queensland Health Office. The overall design illustrates a local
dreamtime story about the formation of the Milky Way. Local
elders shared the story and gave permission for its use. Designs
for the seat and concrete treatment were workshopped with local
high school students. Wally Wallwork and Phillip Collins (a
local indigenous artist) worked together to illustrate the story
with Spraycrete. The seat is positioned within the illustration
as the Milky Way and features a star field of embedded LED lighting.
The Milky Way seat was manufactured locally with the assistance
of Bob Richardson, a retired local tradesperson. For more information
about the lighting system see Charleville
Seat Lights.
Image
1: Milky Way Seat
Image 2: Milky Way Seat, showing spraycrete treatment
Image 3: Pedestrian refuge markers (bollards)
