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Be Here! Public Art Installations

The B-Line Project team and Transport for NSW are excited to announce Be Here! a public art display on selected utility boxes located at B-Line bus stops along the corridor from Mona Vale to Neutral Bay.

Be Here! explores the faces and places that define the Northern Beaches and Lower North Shore. From indigenous foundations of the sacred land, local species of animals, birds, plants and vistas that exemplify our unique beauty, to the people who have made and make us – this is Sydney’s north; this is who and what we are. Be here to know our stories, to know us, to see our faces.

Working with an experienced art consultant to provide thorough research and guide the public art process, twenty-two unique artworks have been selected which embrace the creative vision of Be Here!

Thirteen professional artists have applied their creative visions to each of the boxes which represent a significant connection and relevance to the Northern Beaches and Lower North Shore.

To connect each utility box along the 27km stretch of main roads, a linear theme has been developed by artist, Elliott Routledge, who has applied a consistent story using vibrant colours and patterns to complement each singular piece.

Look out for these new artworks located on small and large ITS cabinets at your local B-Line bus stop. Check out the Gallery HERE

Selecting the artwork

Be Here! is on display at B-Line bus stops between Mona Vale and Neutral Bay towards Sydney’s CBD and is in line with the key objectives outlined in Transport for NSW’s Creativity Guideline Principles.

Working closely with local Councils, curation of the artwork selected aims to:

enliven the experience of travel, engaging transport customers and pedestrians and making every-day journeys pleasant and interesting
enhance the transport environment, responding to places, vistas, urban landscapes and buildings through subject, form, scale, materials, lighting elements and colour
respond to the culture of travel and enable distance responses to community, culture, city demographics, working life and local heritage
contribute to the provision of safe, durable, easily maintained transport infrastructure
be an integrated part of the design, construction and operation of transport precincts and infrastructure.

Find out more about the artworks and artists here.

Find out more about the linear and local artworks

Linear artwork concepts on 22 cabinets along the corridor

Elliott Routledge created the linear artwork concepts to tie in each local artwork as part of the Be Here! theme.