By Laura Wakely
DERRIMUT will be the next suburb to receive a facelift, courtesy of Brimbank City Council’s public art project.
The council will commission artist Martin Moore to create a sculpture at the Derrimut Community Hub featuring the moire effect.
The effect creates geometric patterns by superimposing a set of lines or dots on another set of lines or dots which are different sizes or spaces apart.
General manager of Community Wellbeing Kelly Grigsby said in her council report that this effect would give “intrigue and playfulness” to the area.
“The work is also highly functional and can be used as a gathering or seating place,” the report said.
The total budget for the project is $68,255, which has been provided through the Federal Government’s Regional and Local Community Infrastructure Program.
Brimbank administrator Meredith Sussex said public art installation were “the norm” in new suburbs and would begin to become “the practice” in Brimbank.
“It adds quirkiness and difference in our community,” Ms Sussex said.
The design was chosen from four proposals, which included a wall sculpture featuring birds, a stylised palm tree with a sound element and a bus shelter with images created by local students.
The decision was made as the council opened the Seeds of Hopes and Dreams exhibition in St Albans Square.
Created by Andrea Tomaselli and Dianne Beavers, the project celebrates cultural diversity by fusing elements of Indigenous and migrant cultures with the heritage flavours of St Albans.
Mr Tomaselli previously told Star the two-year project, which cost around $250,000, would be something for the community to take ownership of and would beautify the area (Culture built in to art, 2 August, St Albans Star).
Seeds of Hopes and Dreams is comprised of four sculptures with one at the corner of Main Rd West and Mitchell St, two on Alfrieda St traffic islands, and one in the square, which contains a community time capsule.
To submit your hopes and dreams to the capsule, contact the Hunt Club Community Arts Centre on 9249 4600 or visit St Albans Connect at 10C East Esplanade in St Albans.
