Field of Light Avenue of Honour

An immersive art installation by Bruce Munro illuminated the Avenue of Honour at Mt Clarence, paying homage to the Anzacs with 13,000 shining spheres marking the last sight of home for 41,000 troops who departed from Albany for the Great War.
The internationally renowned UK artist’s ephemeral landscape installation will reference the national flowers of Australia and New Zealand; honouring 100 years since the First World War’s end and celebrating Albany’s unique biodiversity with thousands of lights shining in the whites, yellows and golds of the wattle and the kowhai.
The installation was commissioned by independent, non-profit cultural organisation FORM with the City of Albany and made possible by funding from the Australian Government through the Building Better Regions Fund and the State Government through Tourism Western Australia and Lotterywest.
The installation’s thousands of glass spheres on slender stems were ‘planted’ along the avenue at Albany Heritage Park and the Desert Mounted Corps Memorial by scores of local volunteers, illuminating the tree-lined path with an artwork blooming at night like wildflowers after rain. Incorporating Munro’s motif use of light on an environmental scale to create an emotional response for the viewer, Field of Light: Avenue of Honour symbolised wild beauty, sacrifice, courage and honour.