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Under construction - Djirra Binak - Artwork in Kalorama

19 November 2024

site location of Djirra Binak

Djirra Binak (Reed Basket), by Wurundjeri Elder, and master weaver Aunty Kim Wandin and Chris Joy with Collide Public Art, will be a significant permanent art piece installed on the ngurrak barring | RidgeWalk trails.

Key Dates

Start: 20 November, 2024

Expected Completion: Autumn 2025

Site: bush reserve opposite intersection Ridge Road and Falls Road

Djirra Binak (Reed Basket) will sit in a culturally significant place, the sculpture will sit centred in the planting of local fibre plants, including grasses used in traditional weaving.

Local indigenous planting will regenerate the disturbed bushland and complement the artwork.

The piece honours the Wurundjeri people as the Traditional Owners of the Dandenong Ranges/Corhanwarrabul, their Woi Wurrung Language and ancestral relationships.

The sculpture will consist of printed toughened digiglass panels capped with aluminium framing. The layered glass will sit centred in a planting of local fibre plants. When at the centre, the viewer aligns themself with the glass panels; they bring disparate elements together, seeing ‘the whole’ basket for the first time. When not aligned, the panels provide abstract impressions.

The artists chose the site opposite Falls Rd, Kalorama adjacent to the trail because people can enjoy elements of the bush while being able to “look out and gaze over Country.

More detail on the community planting event and ceremony will be provided in the coming months.