Menu

New Tides

Pip Lewi

Betty Richards

Students from Beaconsfield and North Fremantle Primary Schools

Date and Time

  • John Tonkin Reserve, East Fremantle
  • Saturday, 6 and 13 Nov
  • 9am - 10am

Entry

  • Free

Accessibility

Date and Time

  • John Tonkin Reserve, East Fremantle
  • Saturday, 6 and 13 Nov
  • 9am - 10am

Entry

  • Free

Accessibility

What is important about a place? Over the course of six weeks, students from Beaconsfield and North Fremantle Primary Schools have worked with artists Pip Lewi and Betty Richards to explore this question. New Tides is the culmination of this process – a collaboratively designed set of sails that explore the stories deeply embedded in place.

Audiences are invited to witness the launch of these new works in two one-off performances at John Tonkin Reserve, as each set of sails is installed on a small boat and sailed around the river.  

About the artists

Pip Lewi

Pip Lewi is an artist and casual voyeur currently based in Boorloo (Perth, Western Australia) on unceded Whadjuk Noongar boodja. They seek playful disruptions in the mundane landscape, using portable materials and processes to document everyday ephemera. Their practice considers reframing the flâneur in contemporary Australiana; exploring curious narratives and smirking at visual puns. 

Betty Richards

Betty Richards is a graphic designer and artist based in Fremantle. She finds inspiration when she’s out and about. Whether it’s large lettering on container ships in Fremantle Port, the festival and exhibition banners hanging in Perth’s Cultural Centre or the tidy type on my beer bottle – it all gets noticed and appreciated. Finding the right balance of type, colour, imagery and space is what she loves about designing. She is currently working as a Designer at Chil3 and runs a small studio practice for select clients. 

Students from Beaconsfield and North Fremantle Primary Schools

John Tonkin Reserve, East Fremantle

John Tonkin Reserve, East Fremantle WA, Australia

Duration:

45 – 60 minutes

Event Locations:

John Tonkin Reserve, East Fremantle

What to bring:

The recommended viewing area is an outdoor grassed area. As this work occurs around sunset, we recommend bringing warm clothes, water, a rug to sit on and plenty of snacks.

Weather:

There is limited shelter available at this location. If appropriate, bring wet weather gear.

Latecomers:

Latecomers will be admitted but may miss out!

Access:

All-access parking and ramps are available.

Facilities:

All-access toilets, picnic tables and public BBQ’s are available at this location. There are no public water fountains, so we recommend bringing plenty of water.

Food & Drink:

Nearby food and drink includes Zephyrs Cafe–with juices, burgers, salad and cafe classics, and further down Beach St you’ll find Jetty Bar & Eats– a waterfront Mediterranean-style bar and restaurant, and the Left Bank – a riverside bar with classic pub style food.

Parking can be located at:

Zephyr Car Park

Town of East Fremantle, Public Car Park No 4

Trains:

Take the Fremantle Line to North Fremantle or Fremantle Station, from which you can walk (approx. 20 minutes) or catch a bus to the location.

Buses:

From Fremantle Station: Catch the 148 bus to stop 10439, from which it is a 12 minute walk to John Tonkin Reserve.

From Canning Bridge: Catch the 158 bus to stop 11968, from which it is a 13-minute walk down to John Tonkin Reserve.

Please see our plan your visit page for more information.

The event area is accessed along a pedestrian footpath, or grassed area. The event area is located along the river foreshore on soft sand, which may not be suitable for people using a wheelchair or people with low-mobility.

Image: Bennett Miller, Behavioural Ecologies, 2019. Commissioned for the Fremantle Biennale UNDERCURRENT 19. Photo: Duncan Wright.

Subscribe

Founding Partner

Principal Partners

Presenting Partners

Industry Partners

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.