City of Sydney and Sydney Living Museums has announced plans to present a major new public art installation by Wiradjuri/Kamilaroi artist Jonathan Jones, spread across 2,500 square metres around Hyde Park Barracks courtyard, early next year.

Presented from 21 February until 15 March 2020 as part of the City of Sydney’s year-round Art & About program, Jones’ thought-provoking and site-specific artwork untitled (maraong manaóuwi) uses two remarkably similar symbols – the maraong manaóuwi (the Gadigal term for ‘emu footprint’) and the English broad arrow insignia (representing British colonialism) – to illustrate the vastly different stories and experiences of the same historical period.

The major installation will comprise more than 2,000 maraong manaóuwi/broad arrow designs created out of red and white gravel sourced from Wiradjuri Country and laid across the entirety of Hyde Park Barracks’ courtyard.

Image: James Horan