Soda Factory Mural

Warraba Weatherall, Tori-Jay Mordey

Acknowledging place through pop colour and plants.

Inspired by native flora traditionally grown in the West End area, this bespoke mural is a modern acknowledgment of place by local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists Tori-Jay Mordey and Warraba Weatherall.

 

Client: SCA Property, CBRE

Artists: Warraba Weatherall, Tori-Jay Mordey

 

About the Artists

Mordey is an established Indigenous Australian illustrator and artist, producing work based on her family and siblings as a way of understanding herself, her appearance and racial identity. Weatherall is an installation and street artist from the Kamilaroi Nation of South-West Queensland who contributes to cross-cultural dialogue whilst critiquing the legacies of colonisation.

 
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The artists have drawn upon the history of Aboriginal trade in the area, including possum skin cloaks, sugar bag honey and medicinal native plants. This narrative intertwines with the more recent history of Tristram’s Soda Factory, including the use of the bottlebrush flower, which was used traditionally as a sweetener for flavouring drinks. The mural aims to celebrate West End as a place of cultural diversity, dynamic creativity and unfaltering community spirit through vivid colours and strong lines.

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