Sydney Art Project Uses Kontakt.io Beacons to Share Aboriginal Culture
A hugely successful artistic display has just concluded in Sydney, Australia to excellent reviews and attendance and Kontakt.io was part of it! The exhibit was based on the tragic events of September 22, 1882, when the Sydney Garden Palace, a massive complex built to house the Sydney International Exhibition just three years earlier, was destroyed by fire. An extensive collection of Aboriginal art and artefacts inside the Palace was also consumed by flames.
Today, the site is part of the Royal Botanic Gardens in Sydney. In partnership with Kaldor Public Art Projects, Australian artist Jonathan Jones, himself of Aboriginal origin, created an exhibition entitled “Barrangal Dyara” (“Skin and Bones”), to bring what was lost back to life for a new generation and to commemorate the priceless links with the past that were turned to ashes all those years ago.