@deborah63 they are silver wire cones.
Flock’ by Phil Lethlean (2007)
As a site-specific sculptural commission utilizing light as art, ‘Flock’ is inspired by the eel traps that the Indigenous people of the area used to capture eels. To this day, the eels continue to complete their astonishing migrations, from the rivers and creeks around Parramatta (‘the place where the eels lie down’), all the way to the Coral Sea to breed.
The layers of cones suspended within the sculpture evoke an "archaeological dig" through the layered waves of immigration to Parramatta since white settlement. The web above makes reference to the network of friends, family and interlocking relationships that exist between people and their ancestral homes. At night, lasers slice and dice the mesh, just as ideas and conversations have sparked and crackled for eons in Parramatta by campfire and café.
Flock’ by Phil Lethlean (2007)
As a site-specific sculptural commission utilizing light as art, ‘Flock’ is inspired by the eel traps that the Indigenous people of the area used to capture eels. To this day, the eels continue to complete their astonishing migrations, from the rivers and creeks around Parramatta (‘the place where the eels lie down’), all the way to the Coral Sea to breed.
The layers of cones suspended within the sculpture evoke an "archaeological dig" through the layered waves of immigration to Parramatta since white settlement. The web above makes reference to the network of friends, family and interlocking relationships that exist between people and their ancestral homes. At night, lasers slice and dice the mesh, just as ideas and conversations have sparked and crackled for eons in Parramatta by campfire and café.