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artsCape Biennial 2010

26 June—11 July 2010, Clarkes Beach Reserve, Byron Bay Australia

What happens when you bring over 65 regional, national and international artists into one of the most exquisite natural places in the world?

artsCape Biennial, an exhibition of environmental sculpture situated within the beautiful beachside parklands in the heart of Byron Bay. A free 16 day outdoor sculpture event, artsCape promotes the visual arts and cultural development in the Northern Rivers region of Australia.

Professional sculptors from the region, across Australia and overseas will create sculptures which convey messages about the environment and sustainability. Through humour, beauty, mystery and surprise, they will explore themes such as flora and fauna, ecology, marine conservation, water, air quality, the land and indigenous culture. Sculptures will vary in scale from the intimate to dramatic large scale statements framed by the back drop of Byron’s most famous beach.

Management

artsCape Biennial Incorporated, a non-profit arts organisation has been formed to provide the framework for an ongoing event. Their vision is to create a nationally significant biennial exhibition in Byron Bay showcasing high quality contemporary sculpture in local landscapes of natural significance.

The committee comprises founding chairman of Sotheby’s Australia Robert Bleakley, professional artists Ken Johnson & Allen Horstmanshof, Arts Philanthropist Jennifer Regan, business owners Ben Kirkwood & Laurel Judell, Journalist/Photographer, Louise Beaumont and Media Communications graduate Nina Hamilton. Julian Beaumont, National Gallery of Australia Foundation Board Member and former National Sculpture Prize judge acts as an advisor to the management committee.

Curators

Byron Bay residents and founders of the inaugural event at Cape Byron, Merran Morrison and Rebecca Townsend, have been engaged to curate and project manage the 2010 event. They bring extensive experience in staging successful outdoor sculpture events, including Sculpture by the Sea Bondi and Tasman Peninsula, Sculpture in the City, Martin Place, The Casuarina Sculpture Walk and The East Coast Sculpture Show.

There is endless appeal in the essentially symbiotic relationship between the host landscape and the guest sculpture, each complimenting and enhancing the other. With every change of surrounding light, shadow and movement, a new image forms, unique to that moment in time and adding a temporal dimension for the observer to enjoy.

—Julian Beaumont, 2010

—Byron Bay Sunset, photo by Tao Jones

Northern Rivers
Community Foundation

artsCape Biennial Inc. has committed 5% of all sculpture sales commissions from the 2010 event to The Northern Rivers Community Foundation, a philanthropic foundation which supports social, environmental and cultural projects in the Northern Rivers region. Visit nrcf.org.au for more information.

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