A reaction to Australia’s summer of bushfires in 2020, prospects of increased water scarcity and the deepening concerns of the global climate emergency, Mostra presents a civic water fountain tiered for access by various wild-life and humans. Access points cater to possum and birds, to domestic pets, reptiles – as well as a safe landing pad for insects on its top, inspired by the artist’s vernacular fountains for my bee-hives on hot and smoky days.

Mostra was carved from a single piece of sandstone, re-purposed from a construction site on Gadigal land, located by the site of the commissioning Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences.