Integreat Queensland launched the Ignite Community Art – A multicultural mobile art installation – project at the Flourish Festival on Saturday night. We are so proud of this project with art contributions from more than 150 community artists from Gladstone, Rockhampton, Biloela, Agnes Water, Yeppoon, and Emerald.

The community created separate artworks which as you can see have now become a multi-cultural mobile art installation that will travel throughout Central Queensland and be made available for other festivals, events, and local exhibitions. Next event – Flourish Festival in Biloela on June 11.

Elmira Esfahani was the designer and architect of this project so lets hear from her as to what inspired this creative and fantastic artwork.

“The inspiration for this sculpture was nature,” Elmira said.

“I compare a community to nature. In my view, both community and nature are collectives defined by the elements that make them up and their relationship. The community’s character primarily comes with the layering of stories, values, diversity, and the relationships between people. Based on that, the idea was to show unity in diversity.”

Elmira said she designed the project in the form of a unique Architectural installation made up of small pieces/parts.

“This art has three levels,” she said.

“The first level is the statue or the overall sculpture, inspired by nature, shoreline, and sea on one side and the desert on the other. The central shape is a symbol the mountains. As you zoom in, the second level is five primary art formats: resin, paint, sculpture (recycling material), glass, and ink paints on teabag. The third level is each individual artwork done by community members—the stories behind them.”

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Office for the Arts Festivals Australia Program.