Join us for an onsite walk + talk with Dr Raafat Ishak and Fiona Hall, hosted by Dr David Sequeira, to celebrate their permanent artworks at the new Anzac Station. Don't miss this opportunity to walk through the concourse level of the station and see the permanent artworks while hearing the stories and inspirations behind both works, before an audience Q+A.

Printed onto the glass wall panels in the Albert Road entrance, Ishak’s Future Wall Painting acknowledges the architectural and cultural landmarks of the St Kilda Road precinct through abstract forms and geometric drawings, referencing Australian pre-contact, colonial, and military histories as well as architectural references to monuments and buildings associated with the St Kilda Road ceremonial boulevard.

Hall’s Anzac Station artwork recognises military service through the story of two Victorian-bred carrier pigeons, awarded the animal equivalent of the Victoria Cross. Bronze sculptures of the pigeons perch on either side of the station’s entrance from the Shrine of Remembrance Reserve. The artwork also includes images of plant species with links to Australia’s military history including Lone Pine, Gallipoli Oak, Gallipoli Rose, Flanders Poppy, Lombardy Poplar and Rosemary, etched on glass wall panels on either side of the pigeons. These plant species grow where Australians fought at Gallipoli and on the Western Front during the First World War.

Important information to note before you book:

This event will take place on the concourse level of Anzac Station and will not visit the platform level.
This is a standing walk + talk/tour event with limited seating available.

Art at Anzac is presented by Open House Melbourne and Metro Tunnel Creative Program.

Contact the host of Art at Anzac with Dr Raafat Ishak and Fiona Hall

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