Geelong\u2019s Extreme Arts Walk \u2013 Mountain to Mouth 2016 announced the recipients of its major sculpture commission in a special ceremony at Eastern Beach last week.
\nPapua New Guinean artist, Leonard Tebegetu and Australian artist, Mahony Maia Kiely were jointly awarded the commission \u2013 which will enable the creation of Mountain to Mouth 2016\u2019s lead ephemeral artwork, Canoe.
\nCity of Greater Geelong mayor Darryn Lyons said the commission, made possible by the Australia Council for the Arts, would facilitate the creation of Canoe \u2013 a vessel which would carry water from the ancient rockwell at Big Rock, You Yangs, along the 80 kilometre journey to rejoin the ocean at Barwon Heads.
\nHe said Leonard Tebegetu and Mahony Maia Kiely last worked together on the Pacific Games Opening Ceremony and he was delighted they were collaborating again for Mountain to Mouth 2016.
\nLeonard Tebegetu will work with Mahony Maia Kiely over the next month to create Canoe \u2013 as well as undertake a series of workshops together for professional artists across the region.
\nMountain to Mouth is a two-day \u201cjourney of discovery\u201d across the Geelong region on May 6 and 7 \u2013 an 80-kilometre walk from the You Yangs mountain range, crossing Geelong\u2019s industrial heartland at nightfall and arriving into the city centre to collide with Geelong After Dark, central Geelong\u2019s pop up night of arts.
\nAt dawn the next day, walkers follow the Barwon River through rolling Bellarine farmland.
\nTired legs have the option of riding a historic Bellarine Railway locomotive service across the Bellarine Peninsula or to just keep walking, with all participants then walking along the ocean beach to reach the river mouth at Barwon Heads by sunset.
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Geelong\u2019s Extreme Arts Walk \u2013 Mountain to Mouth 2016 announced the recipients of its major sculpture commission in a special ceremony at Eastern Beach last week. Papua New Guinean artist, Leonard Tebegetu and Australian artist, Mahony Maia Kiely were jointly awarded the commission \u2013 which will enable the creation of Mountain to Mouth 2016\u2019s lead […]<\/p>\n