Cave Urban is teaming up with the University of Tasmania to create The Hothouse for this years Dark MOFO festival in Hobart.
We will be down in Hobart all of May constructing the pavilion which will play host to Clemenger's Hothouse and Dark MOFO's Winter Feast.
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’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
