Smoke that brings healing.  
Song that carries story.  
Design that holds Country and brings all together.  

Held is a series of sculptural works designed by Yuwaalaraay Wirringgaa and Designer Lucy Simpson. Four forms designed to honour land, sky and sea Country from across each of the four pillars, in a grounded moment of convergence. 

Guided by the seasons and activated through breath, this work holds space for a powerful message lifted by winds, carried across waterways and amplified through the voices of many. 

With the support of the Sydney Festival's First Nations team and production unit, and developed in collaboration with cultural practitioners and storymakers Nardi Simpson and Uncle Matthew Doyle, Held comes to life at sunset through song and smoke during the Festival’s cultural closing on the eve of 26 January – honouring strength, continuity, belonging, relationships, cycles of regeneration – and that which was, is, and always will be.