Interloop hovers in the void at Sydney’s Wynyard Station. Chris Fox’s sculpture reconfigures the heritage escalators that operated here since the 1930’s.

This artwork takes a physical element known to generations of Sydney commuters and renders timeless that particular piece of Sydney’s cultural heritage, at the same time cementing it in our collective memory.

As art strategists and curators for the project, Cultural Capital’s long association with this site gave us a detailed understanding of the environment of Wynyard Station; its meanings for Sydney’s commuters, the way its spaces work and its histories.

When we work with art in the public realm we develop intimate relationships with the places in which we work. More often than not, art in the public realm is responsive to an important element of the place in which it is sited; an aspect of its geographic, historic or cultural landscape. Often a heritage component brings additional meaning and resonance into the relationship between art, place and people.

Interloop won the inaugural Outstanding Project of the Year award at the National Trust NSW 2018 Heritage Awards; and was shortlisted for the World Interior of the Year Award 2018 as part of INSIDE World Festival of Interiors.

Photography: Josh Raymond