Birak - Rubeun Yorkshire - Subi East Six Seasons Bidi Marker

Birak
Rubeun Yorkshire
2023
Client: DevelopmentWA
Location: Subi East Redevelopment
Birak(December/January) is the first summer of the six seasons. During Birak season the rain eases and the warm weather really starts to take hold. The afternoons are cooled by the sea breezes from the south west. An almost clockwork style of easterly winds in the morning and sea breezes. Creating a Marker for Birak was for Rubeun a journey of connecting the elements boodjar (earth), mar (wind), kep (water) and karla (fire), as each holds its place within each season. Rubeun’s sculpture is a representation of the land, drawing inspiration from contour maps, slightly titled to suggest the flow of wind, and positioned to face towards the culturally significant site of Galup (Lake Monger).
Rubeun celebrates the love and respect that provides for our mother boodjar and that she will in return provide rich sources of food, water, and shelter as long as we listen to her and continue cultural practices, she will provide more through each season including Birak. Rubeun’s work is about observing and listening to Boodja, it represents the power and beauty that it holds.
Subi East Six Seasons Markers
Client: DevelopmentWA
Six Seasons Artists: Dellas Bennell, Kamsani Bin Salleh, David Jones, Jarni McGuire, Lea Taylor, Rubeun Yorkshire
Art Consultant: Apparatus
Aboriginal Development Manager: Karrda
Specialist Artist Mentors: Susan Flavell and Stuart Green
Mentors: Delwyn Everard, Ron Bradfield, Paula Silbert and Nina Levy
Artwork Fabrication: Big Spoon Art Services
Artwork Casting: Dan Gentle Art Foundry
Landscape Design: UDLA + OCULUS
Landscape: Landscape Elements and RJV
Photos: Frances Andrijich Photography
Video: Andrijich Muntz Productions