An artwork comprising almost 25,000 colourful metal discs now adorns the new Critical Services Building at the Canberra Hospital. Subscribe now for unlimited access . $ 0 / (min cost $ 0 ) Login or signup to continue reading Continue with Email Continue with Google Continue with Apple See subscription options It is the work of Ngunnawal, Wiradjuri and Kamilaroi artist Lynnice Church and one of the traditional custodian" artworks that have been commissioned by the ACT government.
The building, which includes a larger emergency department, more operating rooms and more intensive care beds, is due to open later this year. The government "engaged closely with the traditional custodians, the Ngunnawal people and Canberra's local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community to make sure that the new Critical Services Building at the Canberra Hospital is a welcoming and safe space for these communities". "This has been achieved both through the design of the new building and the commissioning of new Traditional Custodian artworks, which are located prominently in what will be the new main entrance and reception for the building - the Welcome Hall," according to the government's Major Projects Canberra group.
Artist Lynnice Church's work on the new Critical Services Building at the Canberra Hospital. Picture by ACT government The building design includes an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander lounge - a first for the Canberra Hospital - comprising an outdoor space and a yarning .
