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The artist-designed play sculpture for the Queensland Cultural Centre is being installed on the river’s edge outside the GOMA Bistro, Gallery of Modern Art, in spring 2025.

The Big Hose, by Australian artists Tony Albert (Brisbane, Girramay/ Yidinyji/ Kuku Yalanji peoples) and Nell (Sydney), alludes to Queensland domestic architecture and is mindful of breezy verandahs and subtropical gardens. This artistic collaboration will reveal nuanced layers of meaning through local histories of First Peoples, migration and art, and is set to join Australia’s list of iconic ‘big’ things.