Emerging for Isolation – Finley

Emerging from Isolation is a project created by South West Arts, aimed to provide a youth-focused interactive public art space in Finley. The vision for the project is to create an artwork that centres around the recent events of COVID-19, floods, and fires, and explore how young people are recovering from these disruptions and challenges. Our goal is for this project to encourage them to speak out about how these events have affected them, especially their mental health, and provide an area where they can connect with others who have shared similar experiences.

Young people from Finley are invited to participate in this project, which will be able to be found in various public areas across Finley.

For this project, a trailer will be set up as a representation of a teenager’s bedroom, an area in which many young people spent large amounts of time in during the COVID lockdowns. This room will act as a blank canvas, which will eventually be covered with stickers.
Youth will be provided with stickers, on which they can write a short description of their experiences over the last few years. They will then be able to decorate the room with their stickers. We hope this will enable them to express their reactions to these life-changing events and generate discussions surrounding mental health and building communities.

This project was made possible by the Multicultural NSW Compact Program.