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"The Canopy" by artist Jacob Nash, Pier Street Underpass, Darling Harbour, Sydney NSW

The Canopy

by Jacob Nash

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“The Canopy” is located at Pier Street underpass. This public artwork is by the artist Jacob Nash, an urban Aboriginal Artist. His Mother’s country is Daly River and he has been living on Gadigal land for the last 20 years.

In this artwork, the artist explores his personal response to standing on this country and looking up at the night sky and imagines what it may have looked like and on the evening of the 28th April, 1770, before Captain Cook landed on these shores 250 years ago, and to celebrate what is above us, whilst thinking about our future, as well as the past.

"The Canopy" by artist Jacob Nash, Pier Street Underpass, Darling Harbour, Sydney NSW
“The Canopy” by artist Jacob Nash, Pier Street Underpass, Darling Harbour, Sydney NSW

The site of this work, Canopy, has a shared history, but there are three constants that have always been here: the land the artwork is on, the Wangal and Gadigal clans that care for this country, and the night sky above us.

The night sky is the greatest light installation there will ever be. It evokes central ideas of creation, dreaming, wonder and home. But most importantly, it holds stories about our place in the universe. These stories unite us all and when we look up, we are reminded of the many narratives that live up there, connecting us to people and place.

Source: Jacob Nash, Event Engineering1
"The Canopy" by artist Jacob Nash, Pier Street Underpass, Darling Harbour, Sydney NSW
“The Canopy” by artist Jacob Nash, Pier Street Underpass, Darling Harbour, Sydney NSW
"The Canopy" by artist Jacob Nash, Pier Street Underpass, Darling Harbour, Sydney NSW
“The Canopy” by artist Jacob Nash, Pier Street Underpass, Darling Harbour, Sydney NSW
"The Canopy" by artist Jacob Nash, Pier Street Underpass, Darling Harbour, Sydney NSW
“The Canopy” by artist Jacob Nash, Pier Street Underpass, Darling Harbour, Sydney NSW
"The Canopy" by artist Jacob Nash, Pier Street Underpass, Darling Harbour, Sydney NSW
“The Canopy” by artist Jacob Nash, Pier Street Underpass, Darling Harbour, Sydney NSW
"The Canopy" by artist Jacob Nash, Pier Street Underpass, Darling Harbour, Sydney NSW
“The Canopy” by artist Jacob Nash, Pier Street Underpass, Darling Harbour, Sydney NSW
"The Canopy" by artist Jacob Nash, Pier Street Underpass, Darling Harbour, Sydney NSW
“The Canopy” by artist Jacob Nash, Pier Street Underpass, Darling Harbour, Sydney NSW
"The Canopy" by artist Jacob Nash, Pier Street Underpass, Darling Harbour, Sydney NSW
“The Canopy” by artist Jacob Nash, Pier Street Underpass, Darling Harbour, Sydney NSW
“The Canopy” by artist Jaco Nash, Pier Street Underpass, Darling Harbour, Sydney NSW

Visitors to the Pier Street Underpass, can sit on the sandstone seats and look up to enjoy “The Canopy” public art display.

Sandstone seat - "The Canopy" by artist Jaco Nash, Pier Street Underpass, Darling Harbour, Sydney NSW
Sandstone seat – “The Canopy” by artist Jaco Nash, Pier Street Underpass, Darling Harbour, Sydney NSW
Sandstone seat - "The Canopy" by artist Jaco Nash, Pier Street Underpass, Darling Harbour, Sydney NSW
Sandstone seat – “The Canopy” by artist Jaco Nash, Pier Street Underpass, Darling Harbour, Sydney NSW
Sandstone seat - "The Canopy" by artist Jaco Nash, Pier Street Underpass, Darling Harbour, Sydney NSW
Sandstone seat – “The Canopy” by artist Jaco Nash, Pier Street Underpass, Darling Harbour, Sydney NSW
Sandstone seats - "The Canopy" by artist Jaco Nash, Pier Street Underpass, Darling Harbour, Sydney NSW
Sandstone seats – “The Canopy” by artist Jaco Nash, Pier Street Underpass, Darling Harbour, Sydney NSW
Sandstone seat - "The Canopy" by artist Jaco Nash, Pier Street Underpass, Darling Harbour, Sydney NSW
Sandstone seat – “The Canopy” by artist Jaco Nash, Pier Street Underpass, Darling Harbour, Sydney NSW
Sandstone seats - "The Canopy" by artist Jaco Nash, Pier Street Underpass, Darling Harbour, Sydney NSW
Sandstone seats – “The Canopy” by artist Jaco Nash, Pier Street Underpass, Darling Harbour, Sydney NSW
Sandstone seat - "The Canopy" by artist Jaco Nash, Pier Street Underpass, Darling Harbour, Sydney NSW
Sandstone seat – “The Canopy” by artist Jaco Nash, Pier Street Underpass, Darling Harbour, Sydney NSW
Sandstone seats - "The Canopy" by artist Jaco Nash, Pier Street Underpass, Darling Harbour, Sydney NSW
Sandstone seats – “The Canopy” by artist Jaco Nash, Pier Street Underpass, Darling Harbour, Sydney NSW

Footnote & References

  1. The Canopy, artist Jacob Nash, Event Engineering, https://www.eventengineering.com.au/project/canopy-2020/

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