- Those flowers will be at the heart of a new and sweeping light display by acclaimed international artist Bruce Munro at a special art installation in Albany commemorating 100 years since the end of the First World War
Albany has been chosen for the poignant role it played as the Australian departure point for 41,000 ANZACs heading to the battle fields of the Great War, and for the lucky ones, their first sight of Australian soil when they returned home.
More than 16,000 white, yellow and green illuminated glass globes on slender stems, representing the flowers the soldiers took with them, will create a gallery of brightness and shadow along the Avenue near the summit of Mt Clarence.
The national flowers of Australia and New Zealand - the yellow wattle and the green kowhai - are symbolised in the sweeping light display, acknowledging both the soldiers and the role the ‘Great War’ played in creating the ANZAC tradition.
Munro is already well known as the artist behind the magnificent Field of Light: Uluru installation which has enchanted over 120,000 visitors to Australia’s red heart since 2016 and has been extended to feature until 2020.
(Photo credit: Mark Pickthall, courtesy Bruce Munro Studio)
The installation was commissioned by independent, non-profit cultural organisation FORM with the City of Albany and made possible by funding from the Australian Government through the Building Better Regions Fund and the State Government through Tourism Western Australia, Lotterywest with the support from Christine & Kerry Stokes AC.
