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Orange Path

AC4CA

Date and Time

  • Beach Street, Fremantle and Riverside Road, East Fremantle
  • 5-21 Nov
  • 24/7

Entry

  • Free

Accessibility

Date and Time

  • Beach Street, Fremantle and Riverside Road, East Fremantle
  • 5-21 Nov
  • 24/7

Entry

  • Free

Accessibility

Perhaps Western Australia’s longest artwork, a 500-metre walkable painted pathway will unfold in November, tracing the shoreline of the Derbarl Yerrigan, connecting Fremantle’s Traffic Bridge and the Stirling Bridge.

In their most ambitious project to date, Orange Path is brought to life by thirteen leading Australian and international artists of the AC4CA collective. A legacy artwork commissioned by the Fremantle Biennale, Orange Path is the first public artwork in WA to cross local government boundaries and it reminds us that our rivers connect us all.

Using a limited palette of only three colours, each artist has designed a 40-metre stretch of the path. AC4CA member John Nixon’s (1949-2020) signature orange colour links each of the designs, in an acknowledgement to his longstanding contribution to the AC4CA collective.

Artists: Guillaume Boulley, Julian Goddard, Daniel Göttin, George Howlett, Zora Kreuzer, Andrew Leslie, Jan van der Ploeg, Trevor Richards, Alex Spremberg, Helen Smith, David Tremlett, Jeremy Kirwan-Ward, Jurek Wybraniec.

About the artist

AC4CA

The Australian Centre for Concrete Art (AC4CA) was established by its Perth members in 2002 and was based on the ideals of Dutch De Stijl artist Theo van Doesburg and an interest in Minimalism and hard-edge geometric abstraction. The driving concept for the group is to transform outdoor community spaces with their striking site-specific, non-representational works painted directly on urban walls, often with the help of friends and art students. The works are temporary and have since been painted over to make room for new projects by someone else in the group. The works are collegial, open-ended and move with the times and conversations around public art.

Beach Street, Fremantle

Beach St, Fremantle WA, Australia

Riverside Road, East Fremantle

Riverside Road, East Fremantle WA, Australia

Duration: 24/7

Viewing Locations: Along the footpath tracing the Derbarl Yerrigan (Swan River) from the Old Traffic Bridge to Stirling Bridge.

To best appreciate this artwork, we recommend walking the path. Bring water, walking shoes, weather-appropriate clothing and snacks.

Access:

The footpath on which this artwork is displayed on is wheelchair accessible.

Facilities:

Public toilets, including all access toilets, can be found next to Beach St Co. There are several areas along the path where shade, water fountains and places of rest can be located.

Parking

1 Beach St Car Park

East St Jetty Car Park (Closed during Moombaki, 5 – 7 Nov, 2 – 10pm)

Town of East Fremantle, Public Car Park No 4

245 Queen Victoria Street Car Park (North Fremantle)

Zephyr Car Park

Train: The start of the path is approximately a 20-minute walk from both North Fremantle Stn and Fremantle Stn.

Bus: The 906 bus stops at several places along Canning Hwy, from which it is just a short walk to the path. This bus can be caught from Fremantle Station or Canning Bridge Station.

Please see our plan your visit page for more information.

More information coming soon

Photo: Trevor Richards, Untitled, 2021; Jurek Wybraniec, Untitled, 2021.

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  • Mary Hill

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The Fremantle Biennale acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people whose land we live and make on. We acknowledge Elders past, present and emerging for their part in the continuation of culture and care for Country. We are grateful for their passing of knowledge so we can move through Country with awareness and form collaborations that are ethical and rightful.