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”SAFETYNET was commissioned by the City of Darebin to reflect upon the rich history of migration to the municipality, and the many diverse cultures that make up our community. The sculpture is inspired by the motif of the Vietnamese fishing net. Whilst fishing is universal, the artist draws on his own experience of migration from Vietnam to Australia at age 8. For some of us, a fishing net cast far and wide is always charged with hope. By chance, what we get to keep or cast away continues to sustain life. 

SAFETYNET honours the journeys of those who have migrated and resettled here, their hard-fought struggles and achievements on these Aboriginal Lands. As a site where so many stories continue to be shared and imagined, it is the enduring entanglements of this Country’s First Peoples, with waves of past and future settlers, that is core to the values of this artwork.”

- Darebin Arts
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Located at GE Robinson Park, Reservoir VIC