Artify was engaged by the City of Kalamunda as public art consultant for a series of interpretive, play-based sculptures at Hartfield Park in Forrestfield, on Whadjuk Noongar boodja. The opportunity invited a Noongar artist to create work that illustrates cultural narratives and stories through design, pattern, form and colour, contributing to a significant and well-loved community space.

Hartfield Park holds a layered history. For thousands of years the Kalamunda area was a place where Aboriginal tracks crossed in the sandy foothills, where people, mainly from the Beeloo sub-groups, came together to observe and celebrate culture, tradition, lore and custom. At the turn of the twentieth century the area, then known as Maamba, became an Aboriginal reserve and ration depot, and people from surrounding places were moved there against their will. Despite this profound impact on people and Country, the park remains a living cultural site with a strong and enduring Noongar connection. It is also home to Banksia woodlands that provide habitat for species including the endangered Carnaby's Black Cockatoo, and today serves as a busy hub for sport, recreation and community life.

Two curatorial themes were developed for the commission. A place to learn invites artists to honour and interpret the cultural and ecological history of the site, sharing Noongar stories and highlighting the significance of the Banksia woodlands. A place to gather and play draws on the site's long history as a place of movement, journeys and coming together, exploring pathways, shared experiences and the memory of footprints left across this land over thousands of years. The artworks are envisioned as imaginative, playful and lightly functional, striking as standalone pieces while inviting exploration.