PROFILE - Public Art - Milne & Stonehouse

MILNE & STONEHOUSE Pty Ltd
PO Box 500 Avalon
NSW Australia 2107
mob 0429428813
e milnestonehouse@bigpond.com
www.milnestonehouse.com
PROFILE - Public Art
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Thoughts on our Approach
The site specificity of artworks places them within the context of cultural milieux. It is
the investment in a place rather than the purchase of a signature artwork. This holistic
approach reveres the interaction between diverse communities and their places and
predicts the ongoing flux of real space and cultural production. The signature of
communities recognizes the integrity of place and ensures the longevity of its signifiers.
One result of a fluent approach to the planning process of place making is the coauthorship
of the space. This ownership of place celebrates collaboration and all
contributions.
The engagement of artwork within the public arena imprints its presence into the fabric
as cultural memory and an integral part of the locale. The artwork’s intervention and
exchange are both dissipated and yet nurtured by the repetitiveness of experience.
Public Art Profile
Susan Milne and Greg Stonehouse have been practising artists for 20 years, in both the
public domain and galleries. Their interdisciplinary approach enables them to respond
to diverse environs, to develop artworks, which are site specific, integrated and yet also
intervene meaningfully to reinforce and build upon the cultural layers of the locale.
They have extensive experience in the process of collaboration with communities,
architects, Councils, engineers and fabricators, are highly committed, and have
achieved a high quality outcome for all projects.
Gallery Work
using found materials
Legge Gallery
Performance Space
Casula Powerhouse
Auckland Museum
Public Art Practice 2010 MILNE & STONEHOUSE artists

This artwork responds to the sense of vulnerability of early colonial Parramatta where surveillance, harsh justice and a military rule was
imposed. These notions are mirrored in contemporary society where a similar fear governs prejudices and reactions.
Sentry Box
with Michael Flynn Parramatta River
Parramatta City Council September 2009
Public Art Practice 2010 MILNE & STONEHOUSE artists

This artwork both inside and outside responds to the changing identities of libraries from reserves of cultural knowledge to portals for
accessing information. This glass work is overlaid with computer code, Aboriginal language, maps and old heritage buildings.
Glass Water wall
with Marie Stucci and Axolotl
The Hills Shire library The Hills Shire Council
October 2009
Public Art Practice 2010 MILNE & STONEHOUSE artists

The blue objects in the ground plane within the Bower were developed by extensive community consultation with the local residents.
The sculpture explores the courtship drama of the bowerbird who attracts the female with the objects and a dance performance. The everyday
drama of residents walking through the feathers is enacted here.
“Bower” Regent & Redern Street, Redfern
City of Sydney
Artist
Public Art Practice 2010 MILNE & STONEHOUSE artists

The artworks have developed from collaboration with the landscape architect as part of the design of a residential suburb. The Entry
Statement arcs the existing rail tracks as a geometric progression into the air, retaining the sleeper staccato rhythm of carriage sway. This
kinetic work is experienced by motorists, pedestrians and cyclists and integrates with the rhythm of plantings and sweep of pathways.
Built from reuse materials, rails from the sites.
Public Art Practice 2010 MILNE & STONEHOUSE artists
“Spine” Ropes Crossing
Delfin Lend Lease
Artist

With the awareness of climate change, the element of water has been transformed from an anticipated resource to a precious spring. In this area creeks meandered
between ponds, invigorating the land and nourishing life. In dry times, the ponds stored the remaining water and waited patiently for rain. This artwork focuses upon
the archaic rhythms of season in contrast to an insatiable thirst for virtual speed and megapixels.
The umbrellas open upside down like flowers to the sky. As a colony of sculptures in the roundabout, their inverted form transforms their function from sunshade and
rain shelter to light receptor and water collector.
At night the umbrella skins and skeletal frames are made transparent by internal LED lights, which are programmed to run a number of stories depending upon season,
atmosphere, colour choice and timing. When it rains, the umbrellas respond with a light dance in celebration of the return of water flow and the swelling of the ponds.
Public Art Practice 2010 MILNE & STONEHOUSE artists
“Float” The Ponds
Landcom
Artist
with Marla Guppy and Associates

Winter seasonal lighting program
Public Art Practice 2010 MILNE & STONEHOUSE artists

In a city air, light and water are mediated, subject to the removal of the sky. “Tiers” projects away from the shelter of its host and in direct attitude to the sky
and these primal elements.
The geometric progression of materials, including a magnified glass image of trees reflected in water, ascends in sympathy with the axis of the former building.
As the sculpture captures the sun’s arc with varying reflections, absorptions, and projected shadows, perspectives alter throughout the day. From a distance,
the sculpture’s scale and relationship with the building are apparent and each element is read as a segment of the whole.
Public Art Practice 2010 MILNE & STONEHOUSE artists
“Tiers” Brisbane CBD, Department of Public Works
Art Built - in, Queensland Government
Artist

This cenotaph cradles a metal obelisk in a granite saddle pointing towards eleven o’clock.. The contrast of materials is achieved through a finely
honed black granite for the saddle and a polished finish for the stainless steel. Lest We Forget is inscribed on the top of the obelisk, which is
internally lit at night transforming the sculpture into a light box.
An amplified shadow of the sculpture using a darker tone of granite is projected on the ground plane up to the memorial wall. This physically
connects the two elements of the memorial and compels the passer by to walk within the formal, sacred space.
This wall contains the insignia of the five Defence Force arms allowing for the laying of wreaths.
Public Art Practice 2010 MILNE & STONEHOUSE artists
Cenotaph
Ryde Regional Park, Blaxland Road, Ryde
Community consultation with Ryde RSL
City of Ryde
Artist

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Opening ceremony at Ryde War Memorial

A bridge is a fragment of a journey, a momentary crossing between worlds. To stand on a bridge is significant because the sense of stillness is a stretch into mid air joining disparate points,
communities and pathways.This cycle and footbridge spans the Parramatta River and is part of the Public Art program for Parramatta City Council. The seamless integration of artwork within
the bridge infrastructure ensures the bridge is an artwork and the artwork spans the river.The kinetic movement of elements transforms twenty-four pairs of oars into wings. The narrative of the
artwork/bridge responds to the journey of each crossing offering diverse experiences depending upon time of day and the scale of the travel. On the bridge the traveller is inside the ribs of a boat
or skeleton. On a bicycle the oars move as one gesture.
There are two bridge crossings, one in daylight and the other a powerful interaction at night. The lighting of the oars from blue to purple alters each element dramatically and yet renders the
sculpture as one rhythmic movement. At night the oar elements lighten and float the bridge through the air.
Public Art Practice 2010 MILNE & STONEHOUSE artists

Elizabeth St Foot/Cycle Bridge
Parramatta City Council
Artist
“Award of Excellence, 2003” Lighting Design, ies - Lighting Society
“Urban Design/Landscape” Design Excellence Award 2003, Parramatta
Commendation for Design in Landscape Architecture 2004
Riverside South, Parramatta
Australian Institute of Landscape Architecture
Award of Excellence 2004
Category 1 Design & Construction of Local Government / Public works Project
Institute of Public Works Engineering Australia
Public Art Practice 2010 MILNE & STONEHOUSE artists

Prior history revealed a continuity of use of the heritage building and surrounds as a convict barracks and then hospital for over a hundred years. The heat of the courtyard
area required the use of water as a cooling agent in the new environment.
The sculpture refers to the toppling of bed heads and includes mist within the hollow of the metal. The geometric threading of wires added a third element to the sculpture
referencing the beds as a symbol of nurturing and suspending the bed ends in a taut configuration. Some of the nurses saw the artwork as acknowledging the site as a
traditional healing place for the community.
Public Art Practice 2010 MILNE & STONEHOUSE artists
Digital
models
“hospital beds”
Hawkesbury Cultural Precinct, Windsor
Hawkesbury City Council 2005
Artist
elements: mist, cables, lighting

The response to a linear space once underwater makes reference to geology, Aboriginal languages, mining and industrial tension. The sculptural walls are waves along the
shore with the concrete pathways made turbulent by this action. The segmented blade wall which slices through the waves reveal the diverse cultural layers which have
constructed this place. As a play space, the boundaries between play, function and art are difficult to separate.
Public Art Practice 2010 MILNE & STONEHOUSE artists
Integrated Art Play Space
with Zenscapes Landscape Architects
Honeysuckle Development
Newcastle

Public Art Practice 2010 MILNE & STONEHOUSE artists
Kids imaginatively using the
space.

This artwork combines tread fragments in reference to the old tyre factory with plant prints from the prior creekline. Both leave imprints, one as tyre treads and the other as
fossil prints embedded in strata. At night the sculptural elements become light boxes with the internal volume stretching the patterned skin.
Public Art Practice 2010 MILNE & STONEHOUSE artists
Artwork
with Place Design Landscape Architects
Axolotl finish
Lindsay Bennelong Developments
Rushcutters Bay

Public Art Practice 2010 MILNE & STONEHOUSE artists
Artwork at night with internal lights and filters

Floating above the heads of the piazza, the skeletal veins cast intricate shadows in the groundplane. The experience has the feel of the forest with the floating leaves nourishing
as the canopy overlays and shelters the forest floor.
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Artwork
with Guppy and Associates
Top Ryde
Bovis Lend Lease

CURRICULUM VITAE
ARTIST DETAILS
Name: Susan Milne and Greg Stonehouse
Directors
Company: Milne & Stonehouse Pty Ltd
Postal Address: PO Box 500 Avalon 2107 NSW 2084
Mobile: 0429428813
Email milnestonehouse@bigpond.com
Website: www.milnestonehouse.com
ABN: 117 734 166
ACN: 19 117 734 166
GST: registration - yes
Insurance: Public Liability Insurance up to $-10,000,000
Local Community Insurance General Public and Products Liability
Artworkers Alliance
Policy Number: 60 A202253 PLB
Currency 07/08
Workers Compensation Insurance GIO - 327389
Education Susan Milne
Graduate Diploma of Visual Arts 1992 - 1993
Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney
Ceramics Certificate 1984 - 1986
Southern Sydney Institute of TAFE
Greg Stonehouse
Master of Art, College of Fine Arts, University of NSW 1992 - 1993
Ceramics Certificate, National Art School, Institute of TAFE 1983 - 1984
Diploma of Education, Sydney University 1977
Bachelor of Arts, Sydney University 1974 - 1977
PUBLIC ART PROJECTS
• Artist/Artist Planner - Stage 1 & 2 North Penrith, Landcom 2010 - 2011
• Shortlisted - Icehouse Project, Melbourne Docklands, ING Real Estate Development 2009
• Foreshore Parramatta River Upgrade, Parramatta City Council 2008 - 2009
• Artwork, Top Ryde Redevelopment, Bovis Lend Lease & Guppy & Associates 2009
• Artwork, Susan Street Car Park, Auburn City Council 2009
• Grand Castle Public Art Project, Baulkham Hills Library, Baulkham Hills Council 2007 - 2009
• Artwork, Advanx Project - Mixed Development, Rushcutters Bay with Place
Planning & Design, lindsay bennelong developments 2008 - 2009
• Artwork, Mt Druitt & Blacktown, BP Solar, 2008 - 2009
• Eveleigh Market, art signage & branding, Australiian Technology Park 2008 - 2009
• Artwork, Moruya Riverside Park, Moruya, Eurobodalla Shire Council, 2007 - 2009
• Fiveways Upgrade, Ryde Council 2008 - 2009
• Integrated Playspace, with Zenscapes, Honeysuckle Development 2006 - 2009
• “Bower”, Redfern Sydney City Council 2008
• “Tiers” sculpture, David Longland building Brisbane Project Services 2008
• “Float” Entry Statement “The Ponds” Landcom with Guppy and Associates 2008
• Cenotaph and memorial integrated design, Ryde City Council 2008
• Entry Statement and Artworks Ropes Crossing, Delfin Lend Lease 2006 - 2008
• Entry Statement Ryde Regional Park, Ryde City Council 2006 - 2009
• Tweed Town Centre and Jack Evans Boat Harbour Public Art Strategy, Tweed Shire Council 2006
• Fairfield Parks Refurbishment Fairfield City Council 2005
• Fairfield Town Centre, Artist Planner Fairfield City Council 2004-2005
• Winnererremy Bay – Art Plan, Pittwater Council 2003 – 2004
• Art Plan - Ferndell Street, Granville Australand Holdings Limited 2004
• Orphan School Creek Cycleway, Fairfield City Council 2003 – 2004
• Art Plan - Campbell Street, Parramatta Jammal Holdings Pty Ltd 2004
• Hawkesbury City Library & Art Gallery, Windsor, Hawkesbury City Council 2003 – 2004
• Public Art Strategy, Avalon Village Centre Masterplan, Pittwater Council 2003
• Public Art Strategy, Mona Vale Town Centre Masterplan, Pittwater Council 2003
• Harris Park Neighbourhood Centre Improvement Program 2003
• Public Art Strategy – Artist / Planner, Parramatta City Council
• Art Plan - Roxy Theatre, Parramatta 2003
• Carrington Place, Katoomba Town Square, Katoomba 2002
Artist/Planner collaboration with Design Team
Won Silver NSW Premier’s Public Sector Award for Community Development 2003
• Elizabeth Street Foot/Cycle bridge, Parramatta City Council 2001 - 2003
“Award of Excellence, 2003” Lighting Design, ies - Lighting Society
“Urban Design/Landscape” Design Excellence Award 2003, Parramatta
Commendation for Design in Landscape Architecture 2004
Riverside South, Parramatta
Australian Institute of Landscape Architecture
Award of Excellence 2004
Category 1 Design & Construction of Local Government / Public works Project
Institute of Public Works Engineering Australia
• “Pavement Art” Solander Art Public Project Erskineville 1999 – 2001
Solander Park Public Art Projects, South Sydney City Council Budget: $150,000
Won IPWEA Excellence Award 2002 for SQIRTS Solander Park
• Tender - Concepts Designs Erskineville Urban Village 1999 – 2000
Public Art Project, South Sydney City Council Initiative
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EXHIBITIONS
Greg Stonehouse
May 2009 Exhibition Manly Art Gallery
July 2005 Collaborative Installation Hawkesbury Regional gallery
October 2001 Collaborative Installation, mixed media
Legge Gallery, Redfern
May 1999 Collaborative Installation, mixed media
Legge Gallery, Redfern
August 1998 Sydney Park Sculpture Symposium
HIGHLY COMMENDED
South Sydney City Council
September 1997 Collaborative Installation
Legge Gallery, Redfern
August 1995 “Intervention Project”
with Russell Dumas / SBS Television
Video Installation / Performance
Collaboration with Susan Milne
Art Space, Woolloomooloo
October 1994 Collaborative Installation
The Performance Space, Sydney
June 1994 Invitation Group Exhibition
Opening of the Powerhouse Art Centre Casula
July 1993 Mid-year Post Graduate Student Exhibition
College of Fine Arts, University of NSW
September 1992 Selected for “National Ceramic Award” Exhibition
Canberra ACT
April 1992 Sculpture Exhibition
Mura Gallery, Sydney
February 1990 Solo Exhibition, Gallery 460, Gosford, NSW
December 1989 Group Exhibition Breewood Gallery, Katoomba
May 1989 Group Exhibition Breewood Gallery, Katoomba
May 1988 Group Exhibition Breewood Gallery, Katoomba
November 1987 Exhibition, Gallery 460, Gosford, NSW
November 1984 Final Year Student Exhibition Cell Block, East Sydney TAFE
October 1984 Installation MacMasters Beach, Central Coast NSW
November 1983 Student Exhibition Cell Block, East Sydney TAFE
May 1983 Exhibition at Gallery 460, Gosford, NSW
Susan Milne
May 2009 Exhibition Manly Art Gallery
July 2005 Collaborative Installation Hawkesbury Regional gallery
November 2004 Installation, Legge Gallery, Redfern
October 2001 Collaborative Installation, Legge Gallery, Redfern
July 2000 Collaborative Installation, Legge Gallery, Redfern
May 1999 Collaborative Installation, Legge Gallery, Redfern
August 1998 Sydney Sculpture Symposium
HIGHLY COMMENDED, SSCC
September 1997 Installation, Legge Gallery, Redfern
December 1996 Group Show, Legge Gallery, Redfern
August 1995 ‘Intervention Project”
with Russell Dumas / SBS Television
Collaboration with Greg Stonehouse
Video Installation / performance,
ArtSpace, Woolloomooloo
October 1994 “I tell you . . they are inside”
Collaborative Installation with Greg Stonehouse
The Performance Space Sydney
February 1994 Installation, work represented
Legge Gallery, Redfern
December 1993 Post Graduate Exhibition
Sydney College of the Arts,University of Sydney
June 1993 Selected for “The Fletcher Challenge Award”
Received Judges “Commendation”,
Auckland Museum, New Zealand
Sponsored by The Australia Council for the Arts
April 1992 Group Exhibition, Mura Gallery
March 1992 Group Exhibition, Breewood Galleries, Katoomba
January 1992 Solo Exhibition, Breewood Galleries, Katoomba
April 1991 Group Exhibition, Bridge Street Gallery, Sydney
December 1991 Group Exhibition, Breewood Galleries, Katoomba
December 1986 Walkers’ Ceramic Award Exhibition, Melbourne
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