Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water / Creation and Production of Indigenous Sculptures at the Upper Entrance Precinct at Taronga Zoo - C2010.028

The Works include the interpretation and creation of sculptural elements as components of the interpretive works included in the redevelopment of the Upper Entry Precinct at Taronga Zoo.  The work is to be undertaken in five (5) commissioned sculpture packages to develop, fabricate and deliver one or more sculptures in the Sculpture Walk, which commence in the Outer Plaza and continue in the Inner Plaza.  Each element will build on the story of contemporary custodianship of ancestral lands.

It is intended that the sculpture walk will:

• create a visual "Acknowledgment of Country" or "Welcome to Country" acknowledging Cammeraigal people, culture and Country and extending to broader Indigenous perspectives;
• educate visitors about the indigenous commitment to Country and relationship to wildlife and approach to environmental sustainability;
• Positively influence visitor behaviours and attitudes in line with Indigenous concept of "caring for Country"; and
• Use accessible, engaging public art to evoke an emotional connection for visitors with Indigenous culture and values.

Three (3) interpretive "pole clusters" (A, B, C) are planned for holding commissioned sculpures in the Outer Plaza.  Another two "pole clusters" in the Inner Plaza (E & F) have been identified as locations for ground mounted sculptural elements. 

The sculptures must stand the outdoor harsh marine air environment. The ground mounted sculptural elements in the Inner Plaza will be handled and climbed on by children.

Positions of the poles and the approximately 4 m tall poles have been determined and cannot be altered.  Commissioned sculptural elements in the Outer Plaza can only be fixed to the timber poles.

Design/creation must be undertaken by, or done in collaboration with, an Aboriginal designer/maker.

Further information about this tender is available for download from this eTendering website, or by contacting the Contact Person by email for a digital copy.

A site meeting to assist the potential tenderers to visit the locations will be held at 1 pm on Thursday, 18 November, 2010 and participants are required to register with the Contact Person named in this notice before close of business on 17 November 2010.

Tenders are to be submitted to the Tender Box, Capital Works & Infrastructure Building, End of Prince Albert Street, Goods & Services Entry, Taronga Zoo, Mosman NSW 2088, or by fax to 02-9978 4525.