4. Deborah Vaughan

Here Now: The Water Project: Shared Resources, 2008

Deborah Vaughan has worked in a range of mediums, making discreet objects; installations; video pieces; sound and site specific artworks.

Her work has been included in national survey exhibitions and she has been involved in public art commissions. Deborah teaches Site Specific Art in the Faculty of Architecture at Sydney University.

When starting the project I had in the back of my mind that I wanted to avoid making static objects. I was more interested in working with the people of Parramatta. I wanted to observe the connections between a river and the people. Documenting bush regeneration volunteers working along the catchments exemplifies these ideas. The people have a sense of place and commitment to shared resources. Yet the physical nature of a river and the many needs of people mean that there are complex and contrary forces that one is always dealing with. The artwork will be as much about social interactions as making material objects.

Borrow a free bicycle from the bicycle library, a component of Deborah Vaughan’s work, Here Now: The Water Project: Shared Resources, 2008 installed in shop 8 Connection Arcade.  Explore the city and the sculpture walk as you ride to the river to discover the surrounding natural bush land.