Committee for Lorne: LORNE SCULPTURE BIENNALE

LORNE SCULPTURE BIENNALE treats with culinary events, performances and workshops!

This March, the 2018 Lorne Sculpture Biennale (LSB) celebrates the best in contemporary Australian and international sculpture in a free, vibrant festival that enriches and transforms the stunning Lorne foreshore and surrounds on the Great Ocean Road. Over three weekends, Victoria’s most prestigious sculpture festival, now in its sixth iteration, will be an unmissable destination for arts lovers everywhere.

There is a rich program of public events and culinary treats prepared by our Biennale dining partners that span marine-inspired puppet-making workshops to tantalising gelato sculptures, suitable for art-lovers of all ages and persuasions.

CONSUME: CULINARY DELIGHTS

Slow Lunch with the Curator @ Qdos
LSB curator Lara Nicholls invites you to join her for a banquet of food and wine from the celebrated kitchen of Qdos, Lorne’s epicentre of art and culture. In this special event, she discusses the rise of the global sculpture park experience and the place of women sculptors within it.. Enjoy delicious local produce, great company and conversation.

Poseidon’s Temptation @ Gelato Gelato
Enough to coax Poseidon himself out of the sea, the best of Otway berries are transformed into a sumptuous gelato coated in organic chocolate on a crumbed caramel base, in a sweet gelato sculpture created especially for and available every day during the Biennale.

Raw Dining @ Mark’s restaurant
During each night of the Biennale period, Lorne institution, Mark’s Restaurant offers Biennale visitors a delicious dinner of raw Atlantic salmon, sourced from sustainable fish farms, served with a kaleidoscope of accompaniments and matched with a glass of local wine.

WITNESS: ARTIST EVENTS & WORKSHOPS

My Public Penance
A classic abstract sculpture points to the sky – a folly that exists for less than 24 hours. Witness Australian artist martin George desecrate his work, as he drags it along the Sculpture Trail and suspends it from the fig tree near the Lorne Surf Life Saving Club.

Dark Night
With Dark Night, Australian performance artist Jill orr creates a new site-specific work that grapples with the balance and discord that exist at the heart of relations between the human spirit, art and nature. Bring a rug as Orr performs in the evocative surrounds of the Old Quarry at night.

The Medusa Ultimatum
The spirit of Medusa emerges from its chrysalis form and approaches the inlet, with a sobering ultimatum. Presented twice during the LSB, this free, multi-disciplinary performance by Tony Yap, accompanied by trumpeter-composer reuben Lewis, is an interpretive element of David Shepherd’s Medusa sculpture.

Spirit Tree Furnace
Watch as across each weekend, Anton hasell works in tune with nature, casting aluminium sculptures using sand and scrap aluminium. Each Saturday, moulds are created before metal is cast during the night into bells and small sculptures. BYO scrap aluminium (no drink cans).

S.O.S.
Write a note to the world and make a personal pledge of action to aid the environment. Each weekend of the LSB, visitors can meet American-born artist ryan Kennedy and insert their message to the planet in one of the ten thousand glass bottles of his installation, part of the 2018 Sculpturescape trail.

Citizen Archaeologies
Geelong artist merinda Kelly invites guests to reshape and re-form a fluid sculpture that emerges over time. Bring along small items of daily clutter that can fit inside a lunch box – plastic figures, coloured lids, pegs, soft toys, etc. – and join your fellow citizens to repurpose, re-imagine and co-construct our own archaeology, live as it unfolds.

Walking as ART: ART as Walking
Suitable for all ages, join artist Nicole Voevodin-Cash as she leads visitors on a free, guided walk with a billycan. Meet at Swing Bridge Hub.

Spectacular Sea Dragon Puppets
Children can learn about Weedy and Leafy Sea Dragons – the marine emblems of Victoria and South Australia – and create a sea dragon puppet from natural and recycled material with artists Liz Walker and Avis Gardner in this two-hour workshop suitable for children aged 7+ (with adult supervision).

Collaborations With Nature
Immerse yourself in nature and engage with the natural environment in new and surprising ways in two ephemeral art workshops, led by Australian artist Shona Wilson. With an all-day intensive workshop for adults, and a shorter workshop suitable for children ten years and above, Wilson uses no tools, natural spaces, and only found materials to explore creativity and encourage mindfulness. Participants will create artworks that remain in the environment until they are blown away or dissolve back into nature.