Through Flow reimagines urban movement as a profound act of connection between body and environment. While "flow" typically refers to efficient pedestrian circulation, this installation delves deeper, suggesting flow as a state of heightened awareness and embodied presence. It explores the space between conscious navigation and intuitive movement by playfully reshaping perceptual experience within the site. The artwork's sinuous forms reflect on walking as a kind of thinking-in-motion, inviting a reconsideration of urban traversal as a generative, creative process.
As visitors navigate the installation, they may be drawn into a deepened sensory attunement to the relationship between their own body, the physical space, and others within it. This interaction aims to dissolve the perceived boundaries between self and surroundings, revealing the constant flux and interconnectedness of urban life.
The work is comprised of seven tilted arches each formed from seven stainless steel tubes. The two largest arches are sculptural, the other five also function as street furniture, creating opportunities for resting, gathering and socialising.
This project was managed by cultural developer and public art curator Marla Guppy, for the client Lateral Estate. The artwork sits at 501 Botany Road in public space managed by the City of Sydney.
Metal fabrication by Diemme Creative, Design Development by Tilt Industrial Design, Engineering by Bligh Tanner, Lighting by Lighting Art & Science, and Paving Fabrication by Street Strong led by Nadia Odlum.
