Existing Art Works The Beautiful and Useful Studio has a large body of work of existing artworks, created with a range of artists from a diverse background. The collection has a particular focus on works with a First Nations narrative, Art for Children and Families, Diversity / Inclusion / LGBTQI+ themes, and the Natural World including sustainability. ​ The works reflect our love of colour, our extravagant use of print, and our Australian playful sense of humour. All works maintain our signature hand crafted aesthetic, our textiles master-craftsmanship attention to detail, a rigorous approach to engineering and safety standards, and ease of installation. ​ ​ ​ ​ LIVE FOR LOVE public art / lgbtqi+ / immersive LAGOON public art / first nations / kinetic OCEAN BLUE public art / art for children / sustainability MACROCOSM public art / immersive / natural world RED AIR public art / first nations / immersive FABULOUS: ACTS OF PROTEST AND CELEBRATION lgbtqi+ / museum / permanent MAPALI public art / first nations / immersive / performance GOWINGS public art / permanent / hotel SALT WATER COUNTRY public art / permanent / First Nations HARBOUR GARDEN public art / museum / artists with intellectual disabilities ADAPTATION public art / community / artists with intellectual disabilities LOVE, AT PARRAMATTA public art / lgbtqi+ / community UNWRAPPING gallery / community / environment SPIN ENERGY public art / community LOVE POP public art / lgbtqi+ Say Hi Proudly based on Gadigal Land, the beautiful City of Sydney We use 100% Renewable Electricity A member of the National Association of Visual Artists The Beautiful and Useful Studio hello@itsbeautifulanduseful.com Unit 2 / 414 Botany Rd, Beaconsfield NSW 2015

Adaptation Adaptation Giant reeds incorporating inflatable and solar power technology float gracefully on a lagoon. ​ Catching the wind, the reeds move - creating a kinetic dance with the breeze. ​ The works create dynamic, brightly coloured forms by day, and glowing ethereal floating lanterns by night. About: Giant Sea Urchins, ethereal sound track ​ Team: Creative Leads: Matthew Aberline with Maurice Goldberg Consulting Engineer: Beta Engineering Manufactured by: The Beautiful and Useful Studio Gallery Collaborators: The communities of: The Bathurst Regional Art Gallery Albury City Public Art Grafton Regional Art Gallery Maitland Art gallery with Mei Wel Disability Network with: Sculpture by the Sea: Bondi / Cottlesloe History: Originally commissioned by Darling Harbour and the NSW Forshore Dept, and shown on barges at Cockle Bay continuously for 4 weeks over the summer holidays. ​ Sustainability: Textiles made from recycled PET polyester. Manufactured using 100% renewable electricity (Solar). Powered onsite using 100% solar power. Internal bladders designed to be recovered and reused. All polyester waste re-recycled onshore by Sealy. Proudly based on Gadigal Land, the beautiful City of Sydney We use 100% Renewable Electricity A member of the National Association of Visual Artists The Beautiful and Useful Studio hello@itsbeautifulanduseful.com Unit 2 / 414 Botany Rd, Beaconsfield NSW 2015

Dimensions Drawing Not To Scale: Base: Circle 5m Circumference / 1.6m Diameter Main Vessel: 1.9m high Main Vessel with Spikes: 3m Weight of Vessel: 3kgs ​ Essential Info: • The work (an installation of three urchins) requires one 10 amp power point for all fans and lights • The work uses water as internal ballast - so a hose and good water pressure is essential (450 litres for the whole work) • The work must be staged on a surface that is reasonably flat, ie not a sloped hillside, but can be grass, cement, gravel etc. Files to Download Safety Work Method (SWMs) SWMs for Townsville Baby Urchins 176KB Download Engineering Certificate Engineering Certificate: 60kmph winds / 150kgs 625KB Download FR Certificate / Textile Data Sheet Info about FR rating 180KB Download Insurances $20M Public Liability $20M Products Liability $5M Professional Indemnity $250,000 Property in Care 80KB Download Frequency Asked Questions Answers to rain, covers and dirty fingerprints! 45KG Download Baby Urchins Tech Specs

Create a Project Together We love collaborating - see some of our favourite projects with organisations, museums and galleries. Explore Show an Existing Work Our existing body of work is designed to be shared with Galleries, Museums and Festivals. Explore Unlock Community Art Put the PUBLIC into Public Art with our community-focused creative process and workshops. Explore Welcome to The Beautiful and Useful Studio We are an art studio that work around the world creating projects with communities and organisations, and we share our existing body of work with Festivals, Galleries and Museums. ​ We are powerful advocates for diverse stories; LGBTQI+, First Nations, and Art for Children, and embody an inclusive approach to Art Making and Community. ​ We focus on joy and play to connect with people and share important messages through art. Sustainability is at the core of everything we do. About Us We specialise in large-scale immersive art experiences and community workshops Collaborations with: Institutions The United Nations General Assembly (NYC) The Powerhouse Museum (Sydney) The Maritime Museum (Sydney) Questacon Science Museum (Canberra) The Australia Council (At the Powerhouse Museum - Sydney) Gallaries Bathurst Regional Art Gallery Maitland Regional Art Gallery Grafton Art Gallery Bega Regional Art Gallery Lake Macquarie Multi Arts Pavillion - mima Lake Macquarie Museum of Art and Culture - yapang The National Art School (Sydney) ​ ​ Festivals World Pride (Sydney) Sydney Mardi Gras (Sydney) Sculpture by the Sea (Sydney and Perth) Real Festival (Penrith) Enlighten Festival (Canberra) Port Douglas Festival Rockhampton River Festival Ephemera Festival (Townsville) Sydney Fringe Festival Glow Festival (Melbourne) Artists & Art Studios Studio A (Sydney) Cheeditha Art (Yindjibarndi Nation) Mei Wel Disabilty Care (Newcastle) Graham Toomey (Wiradjuri Nation) Art Pharmacy (Sydney) Owen Lyons (Wiradjuri Nation) Authority Creative (Sydney) Sharon and Kaye Warrie (Yindjibarndi Nation) Corporations American Express - Museum of Contemporary Art (Sydney) TikTok - Sydney Mardi Gras World Trade Centre Oculus - Westfield - (NYC) The Marriott Hotel (Sydney) The Sheraton Grand (Sydney) The QT Hotel (Sydney) Pier One Hotel - Autograph Collection (Sydney) Councils/Government City of Sydney Port Douglas Council Wollongong City Council Albury City Council Wagga Wagga City Council Karratha City Council Wodonga City Council City of Stonnington Greater Cities Commission ACT Dept of Urban Renewal Proudly based on Gadigal Land, the beautiful City of Sydney. ​ We use 100% Renewable Electricity. ​ A member of the National Association of Visual Artists. The Beautiful and Useful Studio hello@itsbeautifulanduseful.com Unit 2 / 414 Botany Rd, Beaconsfield NSW 2015

Files To Download Here is where you can access files to download for the project. I'm a paragraph. I'm connected to your collection through a dataset. To update me, go to the Data Manager. The Data Manager is where you store data to use in your site pages, or collect data from site visitors when they submit a form. This collection in the Data Manager is already set up with some fields and content. To customize it with your own content, you can import a CSV file or simply edit the placeholder text. You can also add more fields which you can connect to other page elements so the content displays on your published site. Remember to sync the collection so your content is live! You can add as many new collections as you need to store or collect data. With Presets, we’ve handled the page set up for you, but you can create the exact same functionality in your other site pages. To connect page elements to data, the first step is to add a dataset to the page and choose the collection you want to use. From the dataset Settings panel, you can filter or sort the available items, decide how your users can interact with the page (read/write), and more. Next, select the element you want to connect to the data, and choose the field you want to connect it to. So simple! If you want to add even more capabilities, enable Developer Tools to use JavaScript and APIs to add custom interactions and functionality to your site. To see what’s possible and get answers to your questions, check out the Wix Code Forum. Previous Next

Ocean Blue Like a giant picture book, Ocean Blue creates an immersive journey targeted at young children and their families - telling the story of how Forests, Rivers and Oceans are all connected. ​ With art work tailored to the 4 - 7 yr old demographic, the work has delightful images of cheeky crabs, grumpy seagulls, and hidden octopuses to be discovered by young viewers. ​ The environmental message is also embedded into the work: 95% made from recycled PET, and created in a studio that uses 100% renewable electricity. It opens positive conversations of change, hope and sustainability for young people. About: Just like a giant picture book - the work is heavily illustrated with a narrative of how Forests, Rivers and Oceans are all connected. Much of the detail is physically quite low in the work - targeted specifically at very young people to discover. By day the inflatable art work is brightly patterned and detailed with a deliberate 'done by hand' feel, by night it becomes an illuminated landscape with internal led lighting. History: Premiere at the Rockhampton River Festival. Team: Creative Lead: Matthew Aberline Consulting Engineer: Beta Engineering Manufactured by: The Beautiful and Useful Studio Sustainability: Textiles made from recycled PET polyester. Manufactured using 100% renewable electricity (Solar). All polyester waste re-recycled onshore by Sealy. Restaging Opportunies: There is opportunity to restage the existing work, or to redevelop the artwork (ie the textile art) using the existing staging system. There is the opportunity to incorporate a new collaborating artist. Proudly based on Gadigal Land, the beautiful City of Sydney We use 100% Renewable Electricity A member of the National Association of Visual Artists The Beautiful and Useful Studio hello@itsbeautifulanduseful.com Unit 2 / 414 Botany Rd, Beaconsfield NSW 2015 About: Just like a giant picture book - the work is heavily illustrated with a narrative of how Forests, Rivers and Oceans are all connected. Much of the detail is physically quite low in the work - targeted specifically at very young people to discover. By day the inflatable art work is brightly patterned and detailed with a deliberate 'done by hand' feel, by night it becomes an illuminated landscape with internal led lighting ​ History: Ocean Blue featured at the Rockhampton River Festival in 2022. ​ ​ ​ Team: Creative Lead: Matthew Aberline Consulting Engineer: Beta Engineering Manufactured by: The Beautiful and Useful Studio ​ Sustainability: Textiles made from recycled PET polyester. Manufactured using 100% renewable electricity (Solar). All polyester waste re-recycled onshore by Sealy. ​ Restaging Opportunity: Ocean Blue was designed for rapid deployment across exhibitions and is ideal for illumination festivals

SWMs Here is where you can access the SWM details of the project. I'm a paragraph. I'm connected to your collection through a dataset. To update me, go to the Data Manager. The Data Manager is where you store data to use in your site pages, or collect data from site visitors when they submit a form. This collection in the Data Manager is already set up with some fields and content. To customize it with your own content, you can import a CSV file or simply edit the placeholder text. You can also add more fields which you can connect to other page elements so the content displays on your published site. Remember to sync the collection so your content is live! You can add as many new collections as you need to store or collect data. With Presets, we’ve handled the page set up for you, but you can create the exact same functionality in your other site pages. To connect page elements to data, the first step is to add a dataset to the page and choose the collection you want to use. From the dataset Settings panel, you can filter or sort the available items, decide how your users can interact with the page (read/write), and more. Next, select the element you want to connect to the data, and choose the field you want to connect it to. So simple! If you want to add even more capabilities, enable Developer Tools to use JavaScript and APIs to add custom interactions and functionality to your site. To see what’s possible and get answers to your questions, check out the Wix Code Forum. Previous Next

Fabric Data Sheets Here is where you can access the fabric data sheets for the project. I'm a paragraph. I'm connected to your collection through a dataset. To update me, go to the Data Manager. The Data Manager is where you store data to use in your site pages, or collect data from site visitors when they submit a form. This collection in the Data Manager is already set up with some fields and content. To customize it with your own content, you can import a CSV file or simply edit the placeholder text. You can also add more fields which you can connect to other page elements so the content displays on your published site. Remember to sync the collection so your content is live! You can add as many new collections as you need to store or collect data. With Presets, we’ve handled the page set up for you, but you can create the exact same functionality in your other site pages. To connect page elements to data, the first step is to add a dataset to the page and choose the collection you want to use. From the dataset Settings panel, you can filter or sort the available items, decide how your users can interact with the page (read/write), and more. Next, select the element you want to connect to the data, and choose the field you want to connect it to. So simple! If you want to add even more capabilities, enable Developer Tools to use JavaScript and APIs to add custom interactions and functionality to your site. To see what’s possible and get answers to your questions, check out the Wix Code Forum. Previous Next

Ocean Blue Tech Specs Ocean Blue Dimensions Drawing Not To Scale: Rectangular Base: 2.6m x 1.4m Circular Base: 6m Circumference, Diameter: 1.9m Main Vessel: 1.9m high Main Vessel with Spikes: 3m Weight of Vessel: 3kgs ​ Essential Info: • The work requires TWO 10 amp power point for all fans and lights - Please provide access to TWO Power Points ​ • The work uses water as internal ballast - so a hose and good water pressure is essential (800 litres for the whole work) - Please provide access to a FUNCTIONAL HOSE and any keys needed to access to TAPS ​ • The work must be staged on a surface that is reasonably flat, ie not a sloped hillside, but can be grass, cement, gravel etc. ​ • The client runs power to the first inflatable, and we'll run power between the works. Please provide CABLE TRAYS ​ • All electrical equipment is tested / tagged ​ • At night the works can pack down with an existing integrated cover. It takes about 15 mins to pack down or reset the works. ​ • We use water-pumps to drain our ballast. We can direct this into a drain or a garden! - Please provide POWER during BUMP OUT ​ Files to Download Site Map Elevation and Site Map Diagrams 4.4mb Download Safety Work Method (SWMs) SWMs 176KB Download Engineering Certificate Engineering Certificate: 60kmph winds / 260kbs AWAITING ENGINEERING BRIEF Download FR Certificate / Textile Data Sheet Info about FR rating 180KB Download Insurances $20M Public Liability $20M Products Liability $5M Professional Indemnity $250,000 Property in Care 80KB Download Frequency Asked Questions Answers to rain, covers and dirty fingerprints! 1.7mb Download Working with Children Check Valid to Feb 2025 1.1mb Download

Spin Energy Wollongong City celebrates people and place in a community led immersive artwork, presented as part of the Spin Cycling World Championship cultural program. About: Presented in conjunction with the Wollongong World Cycling Championship, this public art work celebrated the energy of the Wollongong community ​and the local coastal landscape. ​ Team: Creative Leads: Matthew Aberline and Maurice Goldberg Consulting Engineer: Beta Engineering Manufactured by: The Beautiful and Useful Studio Gallery Collaborator: The Wollongong Art Gallery Community Collaborators: Friends of the Wollongong Art Gallery / Workshop Program, Wollongong Tafe Graphic Design, Wollongong High School History: Commissioned by the Wollongong City Council for the Spin Cycling World Championship, in partnership with Wollongong Art Gallery. ​ The work was shown for two weeks in Wollongong's central pedestrian plaza in conjunction with an additional series of community activations. ​ Sustainability: Textiles made from recycled PET polyester. Manufactured using 100% renewable electricity (Solar). Bases and ballast designed to be reused. All polyester waste re-recycled onshore by Sealy. Proudly based on Gadigal Land, the beautiful City of Sydney We use 100% Renewable Electricity A member of the National Association of Visual Artists The Beautiful and Useful Studio hello@itsbeautifulanduseful.com Unit 2 / 414 Botany Rd, Beaconsfield NSW 2015

Salt Water Country A collaboration with Wiradjuri artist Graham Toomey capturing the spirit and history of the Sydney Harbour rocks area. ​ ​ About: Saltwater Country is a collaborative artwork with artist Graham Toomey from the Wongaibon / Wiradjuri Nations. ​ Collaborating together in a unique co-design process, we created a series of colourful lanterns that tell the story of the Saltwater People. ​ Team: Creative Leads: Matthew Aberline with Maurice Goldberg Collaborating Artist: Graham Toomey Manufactured by: The Beautiful and Useful Studio History: Installed at Sydney's Rocks for 12 months, the lanterns capture the sun during the day, and glow from within at night, representing the enduring spirit of Indigenous culture. ​ Sustainability: Textiles made from recycled PET polyester. Manufactured using 100% renewable electricity (Solar). Powered onsite using 100% solar power. Internal bladders designed to be recovered and reused. All polyester waste re-recycled onshore by Sealy. Proudly based on Gadigal Land, the beautiful City of Sydney We use 100% Renewable Electricity A member of the National Association of Visual Artists The Beautiful and Useful Studio hello@itsbeautifulanduseful.com Unit 2 / 414 Botany Rd, Beaconsfield NSW 2015