Port Campbell Art

The project involves six cast metal tiles through Lord Street that Dr Couzens has designed to tell stories about the local fauna and seaside location. Dr Couzens’ family oral history speaks of cultural connection, belonging and history with Port Campbell.

She has also has been working with the community on creating a mosaic for the foreshore. The mosaic is called Kooweetpa-yee - ‘Story Place’.

The Mosaic design and install is a collaborative work between the Artist Team and local artists and community members through workshops involving the community in the creation process.

The following statement is from the Artists:

"The Mosaic now speaks to Country, to the ever-presence of Keerray Wooroong Ancestors, Elders and community, to our other than human Kin, the Meerteeyt Meerreeng (Sea Country) and Mornong Meerreeng (Sky Country). It is interwoven in its intention to be a visual communication of the Shared History of Keerray Wooroong and the settler community. 
Deep spiritual and cultural meaning sits within some of the imagery in particular Koontapool (whale) and the Possum cloak figures- all images are made with purposeful intent to express love and kinship with Country and all our relatives."
-Vicki Couzens Keerray Wooroong Project Lead Artist, Lee-Anne Clarke Keerray Wooroong Mosaic Artist, Libby McKinnon Mosaicist specialist (settler)

 Artist link:  Dr Vicki Couzens