Homify creative activations

Projects

  • A Day in the Park Mural, Pop Up Park

    A day in the Park mural by Zoe Edema and Xander Edema celebrates the memories and moments of our community, the meals we have shared, family picnics, olympic achievements, walks around our beautiful natural surroundings. The vibrant colours speak to our joy, sense of belonging and our shared values of harmony, excellence, creativity and collaboration.

    This mural was created in collaboration with the Sydney Olympic Park community who helped artists paint the mural in December 2020.

  • Coalescence Mural, Jacaranda Square

    Coalescence mural by Muralisto artists Zoe Edema and Xander Edema aims to inspire a path of togetherness, where we flow side by side and lift each other up with strength and happiness. We hope these bright activations infuse Jacaranda Square with an energy that encourages connection, open-minded conversation, play and positive interactions.

  • Colourful Chairs, Jacaranda Square

    A key feedback from the community was the need for flexible seating options and for more colour and vibrancy in the public places in Sydney Olympic Park. To respond to this we have added colourful outdoor chairs and tables in Jacaranda Square. We are hoping to add more colourful furniture in the coming months.

  • Colour Locale - Yarn Bombing, Jacaranda Square

    Stripey, spotty and everything in between in this wonderful woven wonderland, “Yarn Bombing” Corridors of Colour! -soft upcycled blankets of love wrap these shady trees. Take photos. Have a picnic. Hug a tree. Enjoy. Imagine. #MySOP

    Yarn Bombing is the art of wrapping solid objects in blankets of crafty love. Yarn bombing emerged internationally in the 2000s to smother the world with love, colour, creativity, hope and peace.

    The activation was in Jacaranda Square from December 2020 to March 2021.

  • Street Library, Jacaranda Square & Abattoir Blues

  • Photo Locale, Photo exhibition, Jacaranda Square

    We have created a temporary outdoor exhibition space in Jacaranda Square to host exhibitions that inspire community building and belonging at Sydney Olympic Park. The first exhibition was held from December to February 2021.

    The current exhibition is called Hidden and it will be held from April to June 2021. Hidden captures the people, places, stories, colours and ideas that lie hidden in plain sight at Sydney Olympic Park.

    We invite you to come have a look at hidden!

    For more information 

  • Life Locale, Local community videos

    From November 2020 to February 2021, we showcased videos of interviews with local residents and retailers captured during 2019 community picnic event.

    These videos show the community aspirations from Sydney Olympic Park and how can residents and retailers work together to create community through community led initiatives.

    You can see these videos in the Homify project video gallery.

  • Fly Locale, Jacaranda Square and Pop-Up Park

    Fly Locale is an artwork by Artist Yoshiko Yoshe who has captured local birds in Sydney Olympic Park in a colourful way.

    It is an invitation to our community to take photographs with this artwork that gives you wings.

  • Snakes and Ladder Interactive Mural

    Sydney artists Digby Webster and Nadia Odlum have joined forces to create a giant, interactive mural for Sydney Olympic Park.

    Inspired by the classic game ‘Snakes and Ladders’, this artwork can be used as a life-size game board. The artwork responds to the spirit of play and competition that characterises Sydney Olympic Park.


    Come down to Sydney Olympic Park Station and reminisce your childhood with a classic game of Snakes and Ladders!

    For more information 

  • Welcome Signs, Jacaranda Square and Pop-Up Park

    A key community feedback though the Homify project was around providing signage with names of the four project sites - Jacaranda Square, Pop-Up Park, Stockroute Park and Pullman Link.

    We are reviewing permanent signage options. In the mean time, temporary signage has been added to Jacaranda Square and Pop-Up Park.

  • Street banners, various places, Olympic Park

    Community, nature, colour and pride - you can see street banners with these words in various parts of Sydney Olympic Park. These are inspired by the "A day in the life of the Park" mural in pop-up park which was inspired by the community feedback to the question - What inspires you?

    It is great to see community feedback captured in the place identity of the Park.

  • Roll interactive artwork, Jacaranda Square

    The artwork Roll is a sculptural creation by artist Nadia Odlum inspired by watching the joy of children rolling down the hill at Jacaranda Square in Sydney Olympic Park.

    Roll involved colourful pipes running down the famous mound of Jacaranda Square and allowed participants to embrace their inner child by rolling balls down the pipes, racing them down to the bottom. It was on display for the community to enjoy in March and April 2021.

    For more information 

Community participation

Two smiling female artists, with a third artist standing in the background, are painting the top of a wall which is the edge of the grass area they are sitting on. They are using yellow and peach colours and making geometric shapes.
Two female artists and a young girl sitting and painting the figures on a large mural which runs along the length of a curved wall beside a footpath.
A man and woman, both smiling and each holding a small paint bucket and a brush, in front of a large mural which they are involved in painting. There is another female artist in the background who is painting.
Three artists, two kneeling and one standing on the side of a paved area, painting the top of a wall which runs along the edge of a grassy area. They are using yellow and peach colours and making geometric shapes.

Meet the artists

Xoe Edema and Xander Edema - A day in the park mural (pop-up park), Coalescence mural (Jacaranda Square), Community banners (town centre)
Two smiling artists, a woman holding a drop sheet with headphones draped around her neck, and a man holding a tin of white paint, standing in front of a table with open paint containers with orange, pink and yellow colours.
Creative Craft Collective, Yarn bombing Jacaranda Square
Eleven members of the Creative Craft Collective, sitting and standing in a park at night, and in front of trees which they have yarn bombed. Accompanying them is Mantej Singh of SOPA.
Yosheka Yoshe - Fly locale Jacaranda Square
A smiling artist Yoshika Yoshe, painting the finishing touches on a dramatic painting of a kookaburra set against a dark background with fiery patches in the lower section. The painting is on a panel of a structure built around a tree with three other sides. On the panel to the left is a cockatoo on a green background.
Yoshika Yoshe - Street library Jacaranda Square
Artist Yoshika Yoshe holding a tray of paint and painting the roof section of a street library box, which is positioned in a park. The sides are painted green, and the roof is painted blue, with trees on the left, a black dog in the middle and a family towards the left.
Lezio Lopes - Street library, Abattoir Blues
Artist Lezio Lopes drawing the detail of a plant onto the back of a white street library box, as part of a larger image of other plants and background colours. The artist has dark hair and tattoos on his arm.
Nadia Odlum and Digby Webster, Snakes and ladder (station square)
Artists Nadia Odlum and Digby Webster both kneeling and happily presenting the finish line of their artwork, a giant snakes and ladders mural on the ground in Station Square. The stadium can be seen in the background.