The artwork is an aerial view of Sydney, the wider homeland of the proud and rich Bulldogs Club. It represents aspects of Gadigal and Eora Country including meeting places, water holes and sacred sites.
It has elements of weather patterns and the seasons, and features a nod to sustainable living off the country.
Proud Bundjalung artist Brandy-Hall said Sydney Harbour and its foreshore and surrounds represent a meeting place where traditional owners and custodians of the land, families, national and international visitors, and the people who work and live in the local community come together to connect and celebrate.
With Sydney city’s landscape set to light up for an annual celebration of creativity over 23 days and nights this May through June with Vivid, Brandy-Hall drew inspiration for her design from the unity the cultural celebration will bring.
Vivid Festival returns to light up Sydney from May 24, the evening after the Bulldogs light up Sydney Olympic Park’s Accor Stadium for the NRL’s first official Indigenous Round match on Thursday, May 23.
This year’s Vivid will be staged across some of the Harbours’ most iconic landscapes including the Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge, both of which are featured as connecting circles and ovals in her 2024 Bulldogs Indigenous apparel designs. The festival will showcase a number of First Nations talent and much like the NRL’s Indigenous Round, will aim to inform and educate eventgoers on Indigenous history and culture.
