Always

The phrase “always was, always will be Aboriginal land” has long been an important slogan for the Aboriginal land rights and sovereignty movement. Bangarra Dance Theatre’s designer-in-residence Jacob Nash is creating an artwork that refers to that slogan for Sydney Festival. He’ll install a series of 7-metre tall letters across Barangaroo reserve, spelling out the word “always”. The word will stretch across 22 metres and peer out over the headlands.