SWELL ART FESTIVAL - GOLD COAST, 2021
Last year we visited the Swell Art Festival for the first time and absolutely loved it. Love how it is also set up on the foreshore and the beach with the ocean as a back drop. This year the art work was totally different to what was on display the previous year.
In fact a lot of the works this year were statements about the environment, the pandamic and although different was equally enjoyable. We didn't have Maxie with us this year so could take more time to enjoy and appreciate the artworks.
We started at Currumbin Creek and made our way down the beach to almost the surf life saving club. By the time we got there it was lunch time so we found a little cafe across the road where we stopped and shared lunch together before heading back along the foreshore towards the car to see the rest of the installations.
We have decided that the next time we come, we will actually camp down at the Gold Coast as we have only been during the day. The sculptures and beach are all lit up at night so it would be a totally different experience to see them all again then. Also there are several other locations on the Gold Coast with smaller displays and there would definitely be worth checking out also.
This is the first whole day that Steve and I have spent together just the two of us in weeks so we were pretty excited about having a day to ourselves and exploring this beautiful part of the Gold Coast.
With all the state lock downs due to Covid, there were several installations that did not make it this year which is really a little sad for the artist who would probably have been working on his piece for several months before hand.
Big Photo share with all the details of the sculptures....
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| Sojourn |
02 SOJOURN
Artist: Karl Meyer. S.A.
$26,500
This piece of work seeks to explore how vessels are an archetype of human aspiration and imply a desire to journey. Within the visual language of the beached vessel, the form expresses the potential to travel, appearing to be in a duality of being partly finished or in the process of decay.
The open and transparent form seeks to interplay with the immediate coastal environment, using the light and shadow during the day, and internally illuminated at night.
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| Brain Freeze |
04 BRAIN FREEZE
Artist: Jen Mallinson. N.S.W.
$42,000
Like fragments of brain coral washed ashore, this multidimensional work is aimed at bringing awareness of the effects of warming waters on our coral reefs. Brain corals are important reef builders: a ‘robust’ coral with the unique capacity to generate an essential amino acid. New research suggests that this makes them more resilient to the impacts of bleaching, providing more hope for the survival of coral reefs globally. With penetrative patterning, this sculpture shows its resilient life force through a slow, breath-like internal illumination.
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| Industrial Wildflowers |
06 INDUSTRIAL WILDFLOWERS
Artist: Carolyn Donovan. QLD.
POA
Inspired by the balance of progress and nature, this depiction of native Australian wildflowers takes up the perfect imperfection of every fold and bend of their unique shapes. Many of them spring up and bloom in the harshest of conditions, regardless of the attention given to them. The installation uses discarded and recycled industrial material that has been moulded and repurposed, allowing shapes that burst back into a radiant new life when colour is applied.
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| Pigface. |
08 PIGFACE
Artist: Parthenopi, N.S.W
$1,800
The Artist has collected and arranged everyday household rubbish to imitate the Australian native pigface flower that can often be found weaving itself along the sandy coastline in pops of hot pink. She is passionate about eliminating single-use plastics and wanted to bring this to the forefront while still making festival goers smile. At first greeted by those bright and cheery flowers, the audience might then stop and ask themselves; “how much plastic have I used lately and where has it ended up.”
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| Transmuting beyond Uncompassion for the Other of Up or Forward |
09 TRANMUTING BEYOND UNCOMPASSION FOR THE OTHER OF UP OR FORWARD
Artist: Anthony Baker, QLD
$5,000
The late Kenneth Snelson’s tenseqrity sculpture suspend solid objects using interrelated points of tension holding together the form of the object. Before this threshold of equilibrium, there is nothing. If a part is over-tensioned, the object collapses. Transmuting Beyond Uncompassion for the Other of Up Or Forward takes its cue from Snelson. The poetics of such a structure’s physical attributes are particularly relevant when considering global relations during this pandemic. We are melancholic, suffering the loss of the world we knew. As we look to new horizons or the constellations, we must consider our responsibilities as global citizens when asking how are we to construct our futures.
10 HOLLOW BY NATURE
Artist: Suzi Lucas, Steve Collom, QLD
POA
We cut down trees for our own financial gain, peace of mind or convenience. The need to stop and think about the reasons for this action is more important and urgent then ever. Can we preserve or replace what we intend to cut down? Have we looked closer and discovered who inhabits the trees and hollows? Habitat loss comes at a huge cost to animals, ecosystems and environment. In this universe everything is connected.
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| Safe |
11 SAFE
Artist: Philip Darnton, Willem Scheepers, QLD
$5,000
A calm space, one that can offer safety and security amid all of the chaos. Align with the ocean and keep an eye out on the horizon. Stripped back, this is an elaborate ephemeral construction which captures sea and sky and imports them down below the surface, playing out as an illusion, yet juxtaposing two very different orientations.
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| The Spiral of Life |
12 THE SPIRAL OF LIFE
Artist: Melissa Carey, QLD
$70,000
The helical spiral, as found in nature, is essentially the transmission of energy, radiating out and drawing in, infinitely and eternally. Therefore, we exist in nature, flowing with energy, and as we connect with each other it creates an infinite flow of energy and unity – the very essence of life itself flowing through us. From the front, viewers will see a spiraling circle, where the ocean meets the sky – a portal into another world.
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| Passing Through |
13 PASSING THROUGH
Artist: Rae Saheli, QLD
$7,000
The patterns are inspired by the various materials, shooting techniques and styles adapted throughout Rae’s career as a competitive clay target shooter and coach. Passing Through is a series of tube aluminum sculptures made using the artist’s distinctive art making technique, a 12-guage shotgun fired at different surfaces, Inspired by the sea and the distinct patterns left behind by waves in the sand. Rae is fascinated by the distinctive patterns when the light passes through her sculptures.
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| I Really Want To See You |
14 I REALLY WANT TO SEE YOU
Artist: Shelly Kelly, QLD
$15,000
This work operates on two levels out of choice and out of necessity to a broader audience. On a visual level, the seductive exterior is enthralling, yet others may be drawn to the objects to satiate a need. Some sensory children feel the need to look closely and experience their reflections in a mirrored surface. This provides the sensory feedback that allows them to stay calm and relaxed. However, of others, this self-reflexive work may make us question our place amid a climate crisis.
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| Monolith |
15 MONOLITH
Artist: Clayton Blake, QLD
$42,000
Blake’s Monolith is a visual tribute to the 1950’s post war Brutalist architectural movement. Seen as modern architecture at it’s most radical and driven by a functional approach toward design. Brutalism is characterized by minimalist construction techniques that showcase bare building materials and structural elements over decorative design. The Brutalist genre consists of exposed concrete, bold abstract forms, geometric shapes and a predominately monochrome colour pallet.
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| Lockstep |
16 LOCK STEP
Artist: Michael Greve, NSW.
$40,000
The original sculpture carved from timber was called Nureyev’s Foot depicting the damage Nureyev’s art form inflicted upon his feet. Greve has used an old traditional technique of sand casting to create Lock Step. The cast iron sculpture originates the same form with a vastly different feeling. The change of medium is hard and unbending resonating with diverse stances, Lock Step emanates a vision of jackboots and freedom lost, maybe not dissimilar to the world Nureyev’s feet encountered inside the ballet shoes.
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| Ulysses' Shipwreck |
17 ULYSSES’ SHIPWRECK
Artist: Irene Messia, QLD
POA
Ulysses’ Shipwreck represents a journey towards self-discovery inspired by Homer’s Odyssey and the portrayal of Ulysses as a traveler on the path toward enlightenment. The ocean evokes our innermost self, which is deep and dark in the sense that we rarely visit there, while the shipwreck is symbolic of the moments in life when we feel hopeless and list. However, it is precisely these times that allow us to discover our truer self and sense of purpose, if we have the courage and conviction of Ulysses to take the path less travelled.
18 STANDING WAVE 2
Artist: John Nesirky, QLD
$18,000
Standing Wave 2 is Nesirky’s response to a changed world. During the pandemic lives have altered rapidly; even our vocabulary; Isolation, lockdown, safe distancing and Covid Wave. This bold blue sculpture aims to reclaim the word “wave” as beautiful, ceaseless energy. As the tide ebbs, the shore is refreshed with new hope.]
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| Meaningless But Lit AF |
19 MEANINGLESS BUT LIT AF
Artist: Daniel Clemmett, NSW
$15,OOO
Put your helmets on – the future is coming, get off the main roads, ditch your social media, influence nobody. It’s no time to be rich and famous, fill your tanks, cash in your equity, previous inhabitants have been extirpated. It’s maritime denial or bust. Nobody’s got a redekker plan. It’s no longer philosophy. It’s math’s, get good seats, bear witness, repression invokes fear and retreat, controlled, divided and conquered, cults driven by a singularity, the God of Google, hijacked by surveillance capitalism, keeping slaves, consenting to torture. When does willful ignorance become complicity?
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| Being Tree |
20 BEING TREE
Artist: Clare Harris, NSW
$4,250
This sculpture is inspired by the artist’s desire to invite people back to the lessons contained in nature as a means to overcome feelings of anxiety, despair and separation. Such feelings stem from a sense of not knowing who we are beyond the roles we play. These roles are often based in the identities we form from early childhood and continue to develop by worshipping false idols of materialism and constructed beauty. Instead we need to celebrate the beauty if self-acceptance and of Being in and of nature. The artist’s wish is to help people find peace withing the challenges of contemporary living.
22 THE LIGHTBRINGERS
Artist: Monte Lupo Arts, QLD
$12,000
What goes bump in the night? It is not as scary as it sounds. The Australian landscape is filled with many wonderful creatures, but some of them do not operate in plain daylight. As we sleep, an entire network of creatures carries on around us. Can you spot them and their own little beacons of light? The Lightbringers is a celebration of our natural world and the many native creatures that call it home.
24 M-THIRTYSIX
Artist: James Parrett, NSW
$35,000
Like all of his works, M-Thirtysix started with a motion – a feeling related to the physical form of a simple arc. It continues his desire always to examine the aesthetic potential of the circular form but it is also different to all of his previous work for many reasons. M-Thirtysix is quite complicated. It investigates points of intersections and the positive and negative lines they can create.
26 WHALE PLAYGROUND
Artist: Sam Gowing, QLD
$5,000
Gold Coast based sculptor, Sam Gowing is a keen amateur cetologist – she loves studying whales. During migration season, Sam spends lags logging whale behaviour also moments of interaction along our coast. With Whale Playground, Sam brings the elegance of these magnificent creatures ashore, capturing the exhilaration of five fleeting moments of interaction. They have entered our realm, so we can be part of their play. Using translucent materials that let sunlight illuminate their intricate internal structures, Sam also hints at the fragility of these massive creatures in our world.
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| 15,000 Declarations of Love |
27 15000 DECLARATIONS OF LOVE
Artist: Miles Allen, QLD
$4,000
We all have a need to express love in one form or another. This installation allows people to write a declaration of love on a brightly-coloured tag to whoever and whatever they wish. A large heart made from fallen branches into which people can walk and attach their message creates a place for viewers to reflect on love and to read and share messages. The colour and the love expressed in the heart grows daily as more declarations of love are added until there are 15,000.
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| Reflection |
28 REFLECTION
Artist: Dion Parker, QLD
$3,800
When reflecting upon how he began his career as a sculptor, ion realized that the sunbathing lady, Sun Spirit by Frank Miles, was a big influence. Sun Spirit resides permanently at Currumbin Beach, a place Dion loves, where she has become part of the landscape. Reflection is Dion’s homage to the work, captured in his unique style and deliberately placed opposite the lady, mimicking her pose. Reflection encourages the viewer to take a seat between the two works and take a moment to reflect upon the differences, similarities, and what influences them.
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| Lifetime |
29 #LIFETIME
Artist: Hooman Jaffar, Taylah Jardine, Owen Thompson, QLD
$15,000
The Outer ring of the sculpture represent a clock: Twelve vertical sticks set out in a radial display. The inner circles symbolize ordered chaos, a time warp, a series of vertical sticks to depict a relative, comparative version of time. A mirrored prism in the centre of the circle is a reflection of time. We are all a reflection of time. Mirrors are spaced within and around the sculpture to force perspective. These are strategically placed to reflect off each other to encapsulate an infinite reflection of oneself.
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| Blue Bottles |
30 BLUE BOTTLES
Artist: Erica Gray, QLD
NFS
As a tween she would run along the shorelines loving the popping sound of the sundried jellies under her heels. For her it’s the sound of summer – the fun times enjoyed with family and friends down at the beach.
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| The Five Point Portal |
31 THE FIVE POINT PORTAL
Artist: Jasmine Mansbridge, VIC
$18,000
The Five Point Portal is an interactive piece, designed to be a portal, of sorts, for your thoughts. Once viewers step inside they are bathed in neon light which comes from the top of the work. This neon light also interacts with the reflective interior and exterior of the piece, adding to the ambience of the overall experience. The sculpture is inspired by the lights present in the sea: the buoys and lighthouses, and how they represent safety and the direction of home. Being with this sculpture is a way to come back to one’s own thoughts and reflect on one’s place in the world.
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| Look Bike |
32 LOOK BIKE
Artist: Village Bike, QLD
$1,500
Their work started with repairing bikes, till they started using bikes as a medium. They represent a material, and a form with both mechanical and aesthetic dimensions. They like to deconstruct and reconstruct, repurposing the mechanics to create kinetic responses. Their development of wind generated movement is simple, yet it continues to get more enthusiastic as they go. Look Bike is a reminder on road safety, to be aware of riders on the road. The rider will pump legs and arms; head will move with eyes that flash red, giving you a reminder to look.
By the time we had got through checking out half of the installations it was lunch time, and we also both needed to make a pit stop. Finding some toilets up on the Esplanade we decided to walk a little further along until we found this great little cafe. We figured it must be OK as it was pretty busy.... usually a sign that the service and food are good. We signed in and were able to find the last spare table out on the street which suited us fine as it looked out over the foreshore and the beach.
The menu looked interesting and was pretty reasonably priced but when ordering we were told there was a half hour wait on food arriving on the table. This didn't concern up too much as they had prepared us for the wait, and also, we were in no particular hurry as the day was ours to enjoy. We decided to share a meal... as they looked to be a pretty good size meal and neither of us wanted to overeat and feel uncomfortably full, especially when we still had quite a bit more to see.
We were served our drink order not long after being seated, so were able to enjoy this whilst waiting for our meal. As they didn't serve hot chocolates, we made do with a lovely cup of tea instead.
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| We shared lunch - massive burger |
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| View from our table |
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| Back to the beach front... |
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| The Guardian |
34 THE GUARDIAN
Artist: Michael Van Dam, QLD
$43,000
The Guardian
Uncertain World, Uncertain Times.
He watches, He protects.
His strength, His comfort.
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| Cast |
35 CAST
Artist: Lincoln Austin, QLD
$22,000
Cast: to put forth – to shed/moult – to deposit – to place by throwing. Poetic allusions to natural and manmade environments distilled into an elegant form of minimal material. Seemingly incongruous to it’s beach location, the work is alien, a castaway. Evoking a shipwreck of bones of a deceased creature, the skeletal form is seemingly emptied out. Turned onto its send and partially buried, it is simultaneously poised and anchored encouraging audience movement through its stillness, drawing infinities against the sky and marking time as the day’s shadows pass.
35 CAST
Artist: Lincoln Austin, QLD
$22,000
Cast: to put forth – to shed/moult – to deposit – to place by throwing. Poetic allusions to natural and manmade environments distilled into an elegant form of minimal material. Seemingly incongruous to it’s beach location, the work is alien, a castaway. Evoking a shipwreck of bones of a deceased creature, the skeletal form is seemingly emptied out. Turned onto its send and partially buried, it is simultaneously poised and anchored encouraging audience movement through its stillness, drawing infinities against the sky and marking time as the day’s shadows pass.
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| Sea Shore A See Saw |
36 SEA SHORE A SEA SAW
Artist: Christopher Trotter, QLD
$35,000
In recognition of the teetering balance between nature and industry, the artist has creatively constructed a seesaw using recycled materials to promote sustainability. These unmodified industrial objects have been re-imagined into an organic form inspired by the sea shore and celebrating colour and material integrity.
37 UNEVEN PLAYING FIELD.
Artist: Greg Quinton, QLD
$3,200
1% of the world’s population owns 50% of the world’s wealth. Many holding up the few.
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| Bullshark - What Lies Within... |
38 BULL SHARK (WHAT LIES WITHIN)
Artist: Robert Guenther, NSW
POA
Bull Shark
What “lies” beneath the surface.
The shark is such an icon of fear.
Its dorsal fin rising up – ominous and foreboding
Its jaw open with wild intent.
Its wake, strong and powerful.
Now look at this sculpture and think of your own fears and insecurities.
Say the affirmation – “I am brave and unafraid”.
Release your fear and go forth.
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| Intrude |
INTRUDE
Artist: Amanda Parer, TAS ( Swell Guest Artist)
NFS
Some very large white rabbits, illuminated in stark white light, have been invading the planet. The bunnies of Intrude stand enormous, yet relaxed in their given new homes.
Rabbits in artist Amanda Parer’s nature Australia are a feral species, they leave a trail of ecological destruction wherever they go and defying attempts at eradication. First introduced by white settlers in 1788, they have caused a great imbalance to the country’s endemic species.
Yet, the rabbit is also an animal of contradiction. They represent the fairy-tale animals of our childhood, of furry innocence, frolicking through idyllic fields. Intrude deliberately evokes this cutesy image and strong visual humour to lure you into the artwork only to reveal the more serious environmental messages in the work. The bunnies of Intrude are huge, the size referencing “the elephant in the room”, the problem, like our mismanagement of the environment big, but one that we too easily ignore.
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| Uprooted |
40 UPROOTED
Artist: Christian Newton, NSW
$1,000 - $2,000 each
Uprooted comprises fifteen individual gastropod creatures. Altruistic in nature, the shell animal forms can be seen clustered together, exploring their immediate surroundings. These creatures encapsulate our adaptation as a community to the unprecedented changes and challenges placed upon us in recent years.
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| Damien Hirst Looking for Sharks... |
41 DAMIEN HIRST LOOKING FOR SHARKS
Artist: Danger Dave, Lisbon
$25,000
Damien Hirst Looking for Sharks is a reference to Hirst’s most impactful work in which he captured and placed a large tiger shark in formaldehyde. This was later sold for $12 million. Considering that the shark was captured on this same coastline, it seemed appropriate to imagine him in his pink snorkeling gear, on the hunt for his first million.
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| Way |
42 WAY
Artist: Torin Francis, QLD
NA
Torin Francis considers the devices we use to quantify, navigate and comprehend the way in which a passing of time is perceived and experienced. Our engagement with these mechanisms is explored through poetic relationships between objects and space in site-responsive installations, kinetic sculpture, assemblage and moving image works. Francis re-evaluates and recontextualizes weather-related objects in both outdoor and indoor spaces. Natural phenomena such as wind, weather and the environment, are used as a way to harness material outcomes. The resulting work unpacks the complex interrelationships of spatio-temporal experience.
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| Reflection |
Artist: Phillip Piperides, QLD
$35,000
Piperides latest work begins to explore the pure form, in particular the bust. The work is cast bronze and has a mirror finish which is meant to allow the viewer to reflect upon themselves. Using the reflection of the polished material, the undulations and the landscape of the face become more confronting.
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| Boom Boom's Boom Box... |
44 BOOM BOOM’S BOOM BOX – AN INTERACTIVE SELF PORTRAIT ENVIRONMENT
Artist: Leonie Rhodes, QLD
$25,000
DJ Boom Boom Boom Selecta (BBBS) is a feline avatar for artist Leonie Rhodes. This mischievous misfit, music making cat character loves to help people come together and dance. Boom Boom’s favourite things are baselines, friends, sound systems, and the ourdoor! You are invited to play your own favourite song through the speakers and to write a message to a person or creature who you love, who might not always fit in because in the end the coolest cats are the strangest kittens.
45 BIN CHICKEN
Artist: Kirsten Baade, QLD
$5,000
This sculpture is build out of reclaimed rubbish as an ode to ‘Bin Chicken’ and a reminder of the impacts of habitat destruction. Bin Chickens, aka the White Ibises, are an Australian icon. Their dirty feathers, leathery heads and pointy beaks can be seen scrounging through trash and stealing chips. Despite their poor reputation, ibises haven’t always been filthy trash birds. Native to Australian wetlands and grasslands, they have been forced into our city environments due to urban and agricultural development. Scavenging from binds and landfills is one way that ibises adapt to survive.
This next one is one of my favourites. Unfortunately the photos don't really do it justice. It reminded me of one of my favourite children's book "Rainbow Fish" with the CD discs used to make this instillation as they reflected the colours of the rainbow with the sun shining upon them. The wave also made out of the rubbish collected from the oceans made this piece very thought evoking.
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| Drowning in Plastic... |
46 DROWNING TO PLASTIC
Artist: Gail Dawson, QLD
$9,000
Approximately 5 trillion pieces of plastic are estimated to be floating around the world’s oceans. The total weight of plastic in the ocean is projected to outweigh marine life by 2050. In the last century, mankind has moved away from reusing and repurposing objects, embracing a high-consuming throwaway culture. Every piece of plastic that every individual has ever used is still here and the world is choking on it’s own waste. This piece, created from non-degradable waste, is a monument to the overwhelming volume of plastics we discard.
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| If You Weren't Born Here Go Home... |
47 IF YOU WEREN’T BORN HERE… GO HOME!
Artist: Filthy the Bear, NSW
$22,000
On the ‘front line’ one of Australia’s feral inhabitants fights to keep back the influx of another. Can the rabbit really claim any more right to the land than the toad? He thinks he can. Meanwhile koalas watch the battle, marveling at the irony.
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| Give a Little.... |
48 GIVE A LITTLE
Artist: Trebor (AKA Rob Stephenson), QLD
$8,500
When two different worlds come together, be they people, cultures, environments or ecosystems, if they each agree to bend and twist ever so slightly, that little bit of ‘give’ will allow them both to exist as one harmonious, endless flow of ‘being’. This is expressed here as a Mobius Strip, a sculptural form that has only one surface and only one edge that loops around on itself infinitely. The iconic heart shape is beautifully balanced, representing gratitude, togetherness, life and love.
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| The Constellation I See In The Sky... |
49 THE CONSTELLATION I SEE IN THE SKY
Artist: Jodesa Donley, QLD
$30,000
The Constellation I See in The Sky is inspired by the artist’s childhood memories in the Philippines when she loved to dream and wonder while she looked p into the night sky. It also relates to her life now in Australia liken then her family and friends go camping, they create wonderful memories together. In this instillation, she thinks about people like stars. Grouping ourselves together through finding commonality and understanding our differences. The connected dots suggest that we are all connected and that we belong to one family.
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| Coral Fluorenscence... |
50 CORAL FLUORESCENCE
Artist: Nadine Schmoll, QLD
$4,900
Coral Fluorescence explores the impact of plastic waste and climate change on our marine environment. Translucent coral polyps shine with fluorescence at night, a phenomenon some corals exhibit to protect themselves from rising sea temperatures. Time spent living on the Great Barrier Reef has proved invaluable if we observe closely, nature illuminates’ possibilities towards building resilience, sustainability and strengthening the connections between ourselves and our planet. This artwork is made by hand sculpturing and dyeing single use plastic bottles into coral polyp forms, lit from within by solar powered LEDs.
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| Inner City |
51 INNER CITY
Artist: Frederick Beel, QLD
$2,500
The artist is concerned about urban sprawl and how this can negatively impact on the environment. We need to address the mass clearing of trees and/or the use of prime agricultural land for housing development. For some time, engineers and architects have been promoting smarter use of space in our cities build up instead of outwards; green tower buildings already exist; working from home is the new normal. Inner City highlights the usable negative space in our cities that could be used to greater advantage.
52 THRUST
Artist: Gabe Parker, QLD
$10,000
Gabe Parker works primarily in steel and draws a connection between the rawness and physicality of the medium and the natural world. Central to the personal and creative process is the way the pieces interact with the environment. The effects of weather, shifting shadows cast by the sun, and the collaboration between the work and land are part of the work itself. Living close to the ocean and wetlands. Parker is inspired by the natural surroundings of Moreton Bay and shares perspectives on our fragile environment.
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| Sway.... |
53 SWAY
Artist: Shirloh Perry, QLD
Single $16.50. All birds (1300) $21,000
Sway is an artwork to be experienced initially Sway was inspired by a Japanese legend. ‘Senbazuru’ meaning folding 1000 origami cranes in a year to be granted a wish. However, after spending time on the work it has become something much more. The artist has taken a post-modernist approach in the art work and like Bernard Tcshumi’s Parc De Villette in Paris, the viewer’s experience and interaction has become the main focus. This piece is to be watched and enjoyed for as long or as little as the viewer chooses.
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| Delimitation |
55 DELIMITATION
Artist: Russell Solomon, Blair Garland, QLD
POA
Throughout history, borders have separated and protected us from ‘Others’. Australia’s rabbit proof fence and dingo fences have served to protect livestock and livelihoods at a cost to the freedoms of many. Since March 2020 enforced border closures have served to protect us both physically and economically yet have separated loved ones and divided communities. Delimitation is a temporary delineation, a physical obstacle using plastic road traffic barriers, conjuring questions around freedom. This work attempts to address the moral problem with border walls and border fences.
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| Inmost |
56 INMOST
Artist: Jessica Harris, NSW
$4000
The COVID-19 pandemic has offered the opportunity to reflect critically on how we occupy and inhabit space. Inmost plays with an intimate scale relative to a singular user and encourages people to reflect upon their isolation experience. The envelope of the pavilion is not a definite barrier, rather the layers of translucent fabric screens allow for interaction with the external environment. When inside, the viewer is encapsulated and the subtle movement of the fabric also symbolizes a common element of the residential environment that hosted the self-isolation experience, the curtain.
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| Art Round About... |
58 ART ROUND-ABOUT
Artist: Yanni Van Zijl, In Collaboration with Noosa Open Studio Artists, QLD
$24,000
Noosa Open Studio artists have collaborated to bring you iconic original paintings for you to enjoy. These deck chairs have been crafted by the Cooroora Woodworkers made from locally sourced timber. These hand painted unique feature chairs can be your to enjoy and be a talking point for years to come. They look brilliant wall mounted too.
As we got back to the car we noticed a Children's park across the road, that had some more sculptures there, so Steve decided to head across there and photograph them for me.
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| Development |
DEVELOPMENT (POP-UP INSTALLATION)
Artist: Daniel Clemmett
This work is designed to engage on different levels with intent to question contemporary human actions and global development. Some developments good…. Some bad: this is open to interpretation and often realized only in retrospect.
Being a vehicle that most people can relate to, Development encourages each viewer to examine their own preconceptions of the car, its role in our lives and, possibly our downfall. Once a symbol of progress and prestige, it is becoming one of profligacy and destruction. Dwindling global resources interpretations of a carbon crisis, paralleled with the unusual use of recycled materials.
SWELL KIDS ELEMENTS
SWELL Kids Elements is the curated project dedicated to KIDS ART and PLAY. An interactive sculpture park for children to marvel at elements of art, science and the environment. The Kids Elements is set up at Wallace Nicoll Park, across the road from the main Currumbin Beach.
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| Views from the lookout on top of Elephant Rock. |
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