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Figure 1. Ernest Street Tunnel, South Brisbane. Photo credit: Linda Carroli. The Public Art projects that Harbinger Consultants undertake always provide a curatorial framework and strategy that draws out and documents the multi-layered histories of the area/site and its communities of users (both historic and contemporary). These are central to the development of the brief for the artist/s and the ensuring collaborative process between public art curator and artist. It is essential to understand the factors that influence perceptions of place, paying particular attention to personal and community interpretations of culture and make these available to the artists so the artistic process and artworks relate in a holistic and creative way to the specific resources of the area including existing artworks in the vicinity. Public artworks are principal elements, statements and markers of place encountered by people in their everyday experience of a locale. Central to the development of the curatorial rationale is a comprehensive analysis of the merits and particularities for each site. Artwork/s scope and scale are explored to ensure fit with a sense of place through integration with the streetscaping as well as the current

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