MCA Sydney Debuts First Nations Shipping Container Installation at Kamay Botany Bay
The Museum of Contemporary Art Australia has unveiled Dennis Golding: On the Foreshore, a large-scale public art project created with Kamilaroi/Gamilaraay/Biripi artist Dennis Golding and local youth from the Bayside area. The installation wraps four stacked shipping containers in digitally printed designs co-created by Golding and the young participants, drawing on their experiences of Country and the area's significance. Located on the foreshores of Kamay Botany Bay—a site of first contact and ongoing cultural meeting ground—the work is the MCA's 25th C3West project and its first expansion into Greater Sydney. The project transforms industrial containers into a striking visual landmark against the bay's waters and headlands.
Key facts
- Dennis Golding: On the Foreshore is a new public art project by the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia.
- The project is a collaboration with Kamilaroi/Gamilaraay/Biripi artist Dennis Golding and young people from the Bayside area.
- It is the MCA's 25th C3West project and the first to expand into Greater Sydney.
- The installation features four stacked shipping containers wrapped in large-scale digitally printed designs.
- The designs were co-created by Golding and local youth, influenced by their experience of Country.
- The work is located on the foreshores of Kamay Botany Bay, a site of first contact and a meeting ground for diverse communities.
- The installation creates a visual landmark against the bay's waters and headlands.
Entities
Artists
- Dennis Golding
Institutions
- Museum of Contemporary Art Australia
Locations
- Kamay Botany Bay
- Bayside
- Greater Sydney
- Sydney
- Australia