Public art, permanence and decay with Nigel Helyer

Podcast: Creating New Spaces: Interviews with artists redefining spaces through technology · Robin Petterd

Opublikowano: 2026-08-08

In this podcast, Nigel Helyer explains how public artworks are designed for specific lifespans, how media installations can be maintained as their technologies age, and why contracts are central to the long-term maintenance of art in public spaces. Nigel Helyer is an internationally acclaimed Australian sculptor and sound artist who creates public artworks, sound sculptures and interactive media installations. His interdisciplinary practice connects art, science and technology through projects involving environmental research, acoustic mapping, biological systems and spatial sound. In this conversation, Nigel draws on decades of public art practice to question the idea of...