Djilba - Dellas Bennell - Subi East Six Seasons Bidi Marker

Djilba
Dellas Bennell
2023
Client: DevelopmentWA
Location: Subi East Redevelopment
The blossoms of Djilba are captured by the intricate bronze surface of Dellas Bennell’s sculpture, Yandi Wildflowers. Djilba (August-September) is a transitional time of the year, with some very cold and clear days combining with warmer, rainy and windy days mixing with the occasional sunny day or two. It is a time of wildflower blooms, beginning with the yellow flowering plants such as the acacias.
“The ‘Yandi Wildflowers’ artwork itself displays the collection of those wildflowers, which are a definition of beauty, abundance, strength, and grace, and is a significance of our continuous rich culture.
You can see the following plants represented in my artwork:
-Lilac Hibiscus / Native hibiscus (Alyogyne huegelii)
-Native Iris (Patersonia occidentalis)
- Blue Orchid (Cyanicula gemmata)
-Geraldton wax (Chamelaucium uncinatum)
-Spider orchid (Caladenia pectinata)
-Donkey orchids (Diuris corymbosa)
-Eucalyptus gum leaves
-Peppermint gum leaves (Agonis flexuosa)”
- Dellas Bennell
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