Located at the centre of a health, education and research precinct in Murdoch, Fiona Stanley Hospital will not only be Western Australia’s flagship health facility, it will be one of the best public hospitals in Australia.

The 783-bed hospital will be the major emergency centre servicing Perth’s southern suburbs and regional Western Australia, and will offer the most up-to-date medical technology and a full range of acute medical and surgical services.

Among its numerous services and facilities it will include a state-of-the-art emergency centre, the State burns unit, a mental health unit, WA’s first comprehensive cancer services south of the river and a 140-bed State rehabilitation service.

The Fiona Stanley Hospital is the largest building of its type ever undertaken by the State and has already drawn international acclaim.

The project included 10 individual percent for art commissions from prominent Western Australian Artists.

Jo Darbyshire‘Underwater Worlds’

A series of paintings and digital images on glass within

the Rehabilitation building that reference the healing

power of water and that uses light as the symbol of

regenerative force.

Tony Jones - ‘Fold’Located in Lake Park at the main entry to the hospital, it is 15-metre tall sculpture whose elegant vertical form has a primary purpose to act as a distinct and memorable wayfinding device.

Peter Farmer ‘Wardan-Noorn ‘A design that is traditional in its imagery; it changes from day to night, engages with its landscaped surroundings and readily identifies North Park as a meeting place.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSArtists: Olga Cironis, Jo Darbyshire, Mark Datodi, Peter Farmer,

Judith Forrest, Stuart Green, Kidogo Art Institute, Anne Neil, Tony Jones

Art Coordinators: Malcolm McGregor, Andra Kins, Maggie BaxterPhotography: Michael WearneArchitects: Silver Thomas Hanley, Hassell, Hames SharleyClient: Western Australian Health DepartmentProject Management: Strategic Projects and Asset Sales; Department of Treasury

Judith Forrest ‘Personal Growth’These artworks form four distinct groupings - tower, game, pod and lift that are integrated into the linear park landscaping. Each have their genesis in abstracted plant shapes that have morphed into unexpected structures that include details and references to sci-fi, illustrated novels, surrealism and computer gaming worlds.

Mark Datodi ‘Plant Remedies’The artwork screened onto the aluminium panels around the main lecture theatre draws its inspiration from the traditional use of Australian native plants for medicinal purposes.

Government of Western AustraliaPERCENT FOR ART SCHEME

FIONA STANLEY HOSPITAL 2014

Stuart Green - ‘In Between and All Around’The main wayfinding beacon within the hospital concourse the sculpture is intended to provide visual intrigue and memory offering the chance of discovery and a visual delight in interacting with the form and the way in which it engages with the space.

Anne Neil ‘Sound of an Orchid Flower Opening’Located at the key decision point adjacent to the administration building at the northern end of the main hospital courtyard and obvious day and night from the main public circulation corridors within the ward towers it is a simple, contemporary, abstract work which is aesthetically pleasing (particularly a ground level); of a substantial scale it acts as one of the main wayfinding beacons. The orchid is said to symbolise love, beauty, refinement and thoughtfulness.

Olga Cironis ‘Handle Me Gently’The sculptures are based on children’s drawings of animals. They are located in the central hospital courtyard adjacent to the visitors and staff dining area. They are fantasy like hybrid animals that invite human interaction and timeless play. The can be ridden, sat on, sat under and stroked even polished by constant human touch.

Kidogo Art Institute -‘Welcome to Country’The work on glass represents the grasses and plants which are features of the local wetlands within the Nyoongar land on which the Fiona Stanley Hospital is located. The artists group would like Aboriginal patients and visitors to experience spiritual and cultural wellbeing and a sense of healing from the artwork. The work on canvas represents aboriginal stories from across the state.

Anne Neil ‘Garden Nooks’To seek to create simple but beautiful and engaging artworks based on ordinary everyday backyard ‘things’ that are integral with the landscaping and that most patients, visitors and staff can relate to.