Atelier Anonymous & Michael Seymour
The Artist Team is comprised of designers at Atelier Anonymous, working together with the artist and designer Michael Seymour, and fabricator Stuart Towell. Atelier Anonymous and Michael Seymour have accumulated decades of international design experience, operating between the interstices of landscape architecture and conservation, installations and art.
By responding to the rich qualities of the greenway at Gilbert Road, the work proposes a didactic experience that reflects on Richmond’s cultural context to create a meaningful offering which engenders beauty, embracing notions of ‘Thresholds of Place’. A distinctive space blends a green surface ‘planted’ with fiberglass-formed ‘Wind Flowers’. These elements will provide a visual landmark along Gilbert Road, while capturing polarities of movement – created by the wind, by cars passing by, and by touch. The forms, material, and fabrication method evoke the city’s island location and manufacturing skills.