Cultural Capital was engaged to curate and deliver a public art program for the Allianz Stadium. Cultural Capital developed the program in consultation with the design and construction teams, City of Sydney Public Art Unit, Metropolitan and La Perouse Local Aboriginal Land Councils, and an Art Advisory Panel made up of the project’s key stakeholders.

The art program presents an ambitious collection of works responding to the theme ‘Ritual and Spectacle’, featuring local Indigenous stories and place-based narratives.

Two Worlds Colliding: Water & Land by Tony Albert is an integrated artwork for the Allianz Stadium that uses the stadium seats as a canvas for a large-format Aboriginal artwork.

Each end of the stadium is separated and distinguished by two different designs symbolising land and water – the land through geometric diamond designs taken from nature, and the bubble of concentric circles for water.

The abstract land and water designs create an element of friendly yet fierce competition.

The design of the large stadium wings is based on a typographical map of Country from the local area surrounding SF, embedding the idea of Country in the stadium.

Attention is given to the Indigenous context of the land, the natural environment, and to the architecture. The design takes into consideration the numerous sightlines and entrances to the stadium.