On Saturday 9 November, the Metro Tunnel Creative Program held an artist talk facilitated by Jessica Clarke (Curator, ACCA) featuring Aunty Kim Wandin and Chris Joy, and Kent Morris, to celebrate their artworks Murrup Biik and Where We Walk at South Yarra Siding Reserve.

Construction of a new substation and the eastern entrance of the Metro Tunnel Project has seen the transformation of South Yarra Siding Reserve with landscaping, new pedestrian and bike paths, improved lighting and a new picnic area. Artworks by Barkindji man Kent Morris, and Wurundjeri Elder Aunty Kim Wandin with collaborating artist Christine Joy complete the park.

Murrup Biik by Aunty Kim Wandin & in collaboration with Christine Joy, aims to change the way people view Aboriginal artefacts and acknowledge that they are a living, breathing life-giving force, with spirit and knowledge. The artwork comprises 3 colourful sculptures placed across South Yarra Siding Reserve and extend to the nearby Arthur Street pocket park.

Where We Walk by Kent Morris was inspired by the significant flaked stone artefacts uncovered at the reserve. The artefacts speak to the long connection of Wurundjeri people to the site over many generations and to the important stories and insights embedded in Country under our feet where we walk.