ROBERT SHERWOOD DUFFIELD

Works / Public & site-specific

Public Works

Light boxes, murals and projections for civic sites — hybrid flora and fauna drawn from regional and endangered species, 2017–present.

Light boxes

01 — Albury series

Three light box images of hybrid AI flora, red and gold blossoms on black.

AI Flora, 2023

Hybrid AI flora derived from endangered regional species.

Duratrans light boxes
Approx. 160 cm (h)
Albury, NSW

Magenta hybrid of hyacinth orchid and grevillea flowers on black.

AI Hyacinth Orchid — Grevillea Hybrid, 2023

Duratrans light box
Approx. 160 cm (h)
Albury, NSW

Murals & large-scale print

02 — Wollongong

A tall vertical mural of pixelated colour fields, from magenta through blue and green to yellow, on the north wall of Wollongong City Gallery.

Wollongong Mural, 2017

Digitally printed polymeric vinyl, UV-stable inks, anti-graffiti laminate on external substrate
Approx. 15 m (h)
North wall, Wollongong City Gallery, NSW

Five tall panels of horizontal glitch-like colour bands in magenta, green and violet.

Wollongong Public Art Precinct — Panel Series, 2022–present

A five-panel selection for the Art Precinct, Wollongong.

Digitally printed polymeric vinyl, UV-stable inks, anti-graffiti laminate on substrate
Each panel just over 2 m (h)
Art Precinct, Wollongong, NSW

Projection

03 — Moving image

● Loop
Stills from Dreams: a kaleidoscopic eye-like flower, a grevillea flower, and the projection on the Brimbank Civic Centre facade at night.

Dreams, 2023

Source imagery drawn through a Rainbow Lorikeet and Rosemary Grevillea, transformed for projection.

Digital projection
Dimensions variable
Brimbank Community and Civic Centre facade, VIC

Three projection stills: a single red grevillea flower, the flower multiplied into a radiating form, and a kaleidoscope with a bee at its centre.

Grevillea Dreaming, 2023

A single Grevillea flower unfolds into kaleidoscopic dreams. Is the flower dreaming of the bee, or the bee dreaming of the flower?

Digital projection
Dimensions variable
Hyphen projection space

Community

04 — Workshops

Workshop participants weaving with bundles of natural and purple fibre.

Urana Arts Workshops, 2022

Weaving and spoon-carving workshops at the Urana Aquatic Centre, on Wiradjuri Country.

Urana, NSW

Commissions & enquiries

robert@rsduffield.com