GERMINAL
SITE SPECIFIC SCULPTURE COMMISSION.
MATERIAL: MARINE GRADE STAINLESS STEEL.
DIMENSIONS: 2M X 2M X 1.5M NOM.
PROJECT: VUE BONDI JUNCTION
DEVELOPER: LINDSAY BENNELONG
ARCHITECT: DJRD / LACOSTE + STEVENSON
THE TITLE ‘GERMINAL’ COMES FROM LATIN 'GERMEN', MEANING 'SEED'.
THIS SCULPTURE IN SEEDPOD FORM REPRESENTS PROPAGATION: TO TRANSMIT FROM ONE GENERATION TO THE NEXT. TO TRAVEL THROUGH THE AIR. TO DISPERSE, RADIATE, SCATTER. TO GROW.
‘GERMINAL’ SITS AT THE INTERSECTION OF SIGNIFICANT EARLY WALKING TRACKS. IT IS A MEMORY OF THE PRECOLONIAL LANDSCAPE, BUT ALSO A SYMBOL FOR THE RADIATING GROWTH OF THE CITY.
EXECUTED IN GLEAMING STAINLESS STEEL IT EVOKES SOMETHING LOST AND PRECIOUS. A BROKEN FORM, TRUNCATED, BLOWN ABOUT, CONTAINING MEMORIES, REDOLENT.