Barangaroo headland hosts a large scale outdoor sculpture by local Bangarra artist in residence Jacob Nash, featuring the declaration 'ALWAYS': always was, always will be. Visit the sculpture at Barangaroo Reserve at any time during the Festival.

Artist's Statement

I look at this as a statement about Truth, Ownership and Protest. A Re-claiming of what has been taken from us and a Celebration that this land has sustained and nurtured the oldest living cultures in the world, for thousands of generations and will continue to do so forever more.

This work, ALWAYS, is as much about the future, as it is about the past. It’s also about respecting country, our ancestors the caretakers of this land and understanding that land and people are inseparable. Our people and our culture will never leave this place - we are one.It also comments that as a nation we now have a shared history. I hope this work and its associated meanings, will let all Australians consider who we are as a nation and how we want to define our ourselves and our history in the future.

As you look through the letters of ALWAYS framing the surrounding landscape, I hope you get a sense of the importance of this word, its meaning and how collectively we have an opportunity to change the future.

– Jacob Nash