Part of Creative Places

Follow the Creek is an interactive place-activation project exploring the water narratives of the UTS precinct. It builds on a wider body of public creative works in Sydney that seek to revitalise lost water stories by revealing hidden creeks, streams, wetlands, and histories beneath our feet through installations, wayfinding markers, and writing (Hromek, Jones, Stevens and Toland Indigenous Interpretation Strategy for Gunyama Park Aquatic and Recreation Centre, Marray (Wet) 2020; Jones Magora, Quay Quarters (fish scales), 2022; Poliness, Stream, Green Square, 2022; Roberts-Goodwin, Tankstream – Into the head of the cove, 1999–2019; Turpin and Crawford Studio, Memory Line, Fairfield, 1996).

UTS sits adjacent to Blackwattle Creek, on the edge of what was once Blackwattle Swamp—both now underground. As in other parts of Sydney, undergrounding these waterways has removed them and their histories from view, erasing social, cultural, and ecological narratives that once enlivened local spaces. This process has led to a wider disconnection from place. 

Augmented Reality Walk

Following our first public work for Water Stories History Week 2025, we are now planning for the Symposium of the Australian Academy for the Humanities

Wed, 12 Nov, 2:45pm – 4:15pm

We invite you to walk, slow down, take notice, and, to engage with the layered histories of this place.

Follow the ibis and let your imagination reclaim the swamp.