A Generous Gesture Toward Mental Health & Wellbeing

Talented artist (and ex-employee!) Aliesha Aden and our CEO Stephen Armstrong have gifted sculpture Stasis III to Murdoch University as a generous gesture to mental health, positivity, and mindfulness.

Stasis III serves to provide the viewer with a space and a moment to reflect on the uncertainties and anxieties in their lives.

Following two successful displays at Sculpture by the Sea, Stasis III was put away into storage until Stephen learnt about Aliesha’s previous work as a sculptor.

As a strong advocate for mental health awareness, along with a keen interest in art, he made a commitment to help Aliesha find a permanent home for the installation.

Aliesha explains that the work shows a conversation between two sculptural works, with each consisting of four elements.

“These elements or ‘pillars’ are constructed of aluminium and appear in two states – one structure falling inward, the other opening outwards.

The four pillars reference the architecture in which we build our lives upon – love, family, trust, faith and so on. 

The pillars act as a metaphor for our inability to control existence but provide us comfort in being able to step back, observe the beauty and trust in balance.”

"I hope it finds a moment in passers-by, even if they don’t know what they are looking at, at least they had a moment to themselves which is something we do not make enough time for."

Helping people and building community are core values at Pacific Automation, instilled deep by our founder in 1969.

We’re thankful for the opportunity to support Aliesha and Murdoch University.






Read the full article from Murdoch University here.

📷 c/o Murdoch University