About

Standing in the warmest light.

The installation is a City of Sydney initiative that aims to activate the Gardens with free and engaging passive temporary art. Modern Day Mossages is the brainchild of Popperbox, a collective of Sydney-based artists. For this, a short moss poem will be installed onto the southern reservoir wall that will quietly explore growth, nourishment, rejuvenation and the future.

Produced in collaboration with ABC Open multimedia journalist and artist Sonya Gee, this project pays homage to the Paddington Society's John Thompson and budding Sydney poets and writers. Using poetry as a base, this typographic artwork will be laid out and produced onto the reservoir's walls by using locally sourced moss and mud. The final design will draw inspiration from UK artist Anna Garforth and Andy Goldsworthy's art, silently introducing language into the reservoir's landscape; a quiet collaboration with nature.

PROJECT
Paddington Reservoir Gardens
Paddington, NSW

Component
2m High by 7m Wall

Research and poetry
Sonya Gee

Typography
Wil Loeng

Artistic Horticulture advisor
Danielle Collier

Client
City of Sydney

Press
SMH Article
SMH Article Media Monitor
ABC Radio National - Off Track
D*Hub
Concrete Jungle Article
Desktop Magazine Project Wall
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