Amanda was the City of Sydney Assistant Curator of Public Art for the Sydney Sculpture Walk program and other new artworks being commissioned as major City of Sydney initiatives in the lead up to the 2000 Olympic Games and 2001 Centenary of Federation.

Nigel Helyer's Dual Nature is a sound sculptural installation alongside Woolloomooloo Bay in The Domain. The sculptural forms resemble industrial machinery, naval structures and marine forms, in particular the corten steel elements partially submerged in the harbour. These structures are intentionally eroding within their marine environment, a metaphor for history and the passing of time. The structures installed on land can be entered into in order to hear the sound piece entitled Ebb and Flow, which is a melange of historical voice narratives that relate to the social history of the site, in particular the arrival of immigrants in ships to Woolloomooloo Bay throughout the last century.

The Sydney Sculpture Walk consists of ten public artworks by international and Australian artists throughout Sydney's CBD, East Circular Quay, the Royal Botanic Gardens and The Domain. The Sydney Sculpture Walk consists of ten permanent public artworks by international and Australian artists throughout Sydney's CBD, East Circular Quay, the Royal Botanic Gardens and The Domain. Amanda worked closely with esteemed Curator, Sally Couacaud and each of the artists to develop, project manage and realise the public art program that address historical and cultural aspects of the many high profile and beautiful sites throughout the CBD in which they are housed. Originally commissioned for 10 years, Dual Nature formed part of the City of Sydney’s Sydney Sculpture Walk and public art collection for nearly 20 years.

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