As regular CFZ-watchers will know, for some time Corinna has been doing a column for Animals & Men and a regular segment on On The Track... particularly about out-of-place birds and rare vagrants. There seem to be more and more bird stories from all over the world hitting the news these days so, to make room for them all - and to give them all equal and worthy coverage - she has set up this new blog to cover all things feathery and Fortean.

Monday, 2 April 2018

City of Sydney's $912,000 bronze bird art installation unveiled



3:31pm Mar 21, 2018

Featuring 67 little bronze bird statues perched at various locations across the CBD, Sydney's newest public art showcase has been released into the wild.

Lord Mayor Clover Moore whipped the covers off the first of two new public art pieces at Macquarie Park this morning.

Starting with one bronze bird behind the Obelisk of Distances, the series of birds created by world famous British artist Tracey Emin stretches to all corners of the city.

Called The Distance of Your Heart, the art installation which has cost City of Sydney taxpayers $912,000 is meant to represent how close people are to each other, whether laying in bed together or at opposite ends of the world.

“The Distance of Your Heart isn’t just for literal distance, it’s literally for how your heart is feeling,” Emin said in Sydney this morning. 

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