Save Our Souls - Sculpture By The Sea 2014
Cave Urban member Jed Long spoke with Sculpture By The Sea, about Cave Urban's most recent work Save Our Souls, currently on display at the headland above Bondi
Cave Urban member Jed Long spoke with Sculpture By The Sea, about Cave Urban's most recent work Save Our Souls, currently on display at the headland above Bondi
Cave Urban member Jed Long, spent the last week helping Georges Cuvillier build his Tunnel van de Liefde (Tunnel of Love) for the Swell Sculpture Festival. Constructed from 300 poles of Oldhamii, harvest from Crystal Waters, the piece is joined using a rope system that allows for the piece to be dismantled and the bamboo re-used once the exhibition ends.
Cave Urban photographer Kai Wasikowski recently visited us onsite at Southbank in Brisbane.
Here are a few photos from a wet day of building.
Cave Urban’s sculpture menangang (meaning ‘memory’ in Balinese) was a hit at Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi, taking out the Allens People’s Choice Prize. Inspired by traditional Balinese bird-scarers, the installation made of 222 wind-chimes is a memorial to each of the lives lost in the Bali two terrorist attacks.
The original concept for this artwork came from Lachy Brown, a journalist and member of Cave Urban who went on to form a team of volunteers within the collaborative for this particular project. Other members of the Cave Urban collaboration include: Nici Long, Juan-Pablo Pinto, Clary Akon, Kate Ratner, Jed Long, Angel Heradia, Angus Hudson, Kevin Nixon and Alice Nivison, a mix of architects, builders and artists.
More than 5,000 votes were cast for the Allens People’s Choice Prize, with Cave Urban the clear winners. The artists will receive $5,000 for the prize.
The artists will be recreating menangang at Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe 2013, held from 8 to 25 March on the beautiful Western Australian shore.
For more information on the Allens People’s Choice Prize, visit: www.allens.com.au/spons/sculpture/inde