This artwork includes design elements related to all schools in the Faculty of Science, including weather, environment, flora, fauna and astronomy.
The artwork flows from one side to the other, connecting the stories, experiences, ideas and knowledge of the Faculty and its team.
Detail
The Day
The sun shines over the entire artwork, providing life, light, energy, and warmth. This panel features elements that represent the Faculty: people, connection, stories, native animals, plants, weather, and landscape.
The Night
The moon represents the flow on to nighttime. This panel features additional elements of fire and wind. Fire is another provider of life and light. Used in ceremony and cleansing, it creates stories, knowledge, and builds homes with heat, cooking and land management. Fire also represents research and work in our Faculty.
The People
This panel represents people and those who come together to share, build and grow our community. Indigenous people have always been here and their connection to the land, water and skies is deep and lasting. It is our responsibility to care for country and to care for each other.
Artist bio
Kirsten Clark is a proud Yindinji woman from Northern Queensland. She is a self-taught artist creating artworks in multiple mediums including pencil, fine markers, chalk and paint. Her work began with fine line drawing, before combining painting with acrylics on canvas and other surfaces. Her style is modern, with powerful, bold and detailed patterns. Her designs are grounded in connections to people and place and inspired by her relationships and interactions with others and the surrounding environment.
Kirsten relocated to Melbourne and started working for the Faculty of Science in 2016 and was employed in various roles including the Manager of the Indigenous Knowledge Institute, before moving to her current position of Associate Director, Indigenous Strategy in the Office of the Provost.