Ocean Cathedral, Sculpture by the Sea Bondi 2013 (Sydney, Australia)
'Sculpture by the Sea' Bondi exhibition says of itself, "Sculpture by the Sea is, we believe, the largest free to the public outdoor sculpture exhibition in the world. Over 100 sculptures are sited each year along Sydney’s scenic Bondi to Tamarama coastal walk. Last year some 500,000 visitors from around Australia and overseas attended the exhibition and experienced the diverse range of sculptures and installations at this unique location.
Ocean Cathedral is a sculpture integral to the seascape. Although suggestive of the stability of stone window tracery, it is transitory and ephemeral; the structure sways and bends with the wind; it is created on-site and then similarly disassembled. The view through, as if the magnificence of stained glass in a high vaulted Cathedral, is of the real, sparkling, deeply coloured powerful ocean, and vault of the sky. The view through, is infinite and too great for our senses to truly comprehend.
Newly cut green bamboo, lashed with plant-tie cord, 4.9m x 2.7m x 0.1m. Ephemeral.
Ocean Cathedral Sculpture by the Sea Bondi 2013 (photo S Burns)
Ocean Cathedral, Sculpture by the Sea Cottesloe 2014 (Perth, Australia)
An exhibition of over 70 sculptures on Cottelsoe Beach, distinctive and diverse.
'Ocean Cathedral' features in the book 'Sculpture by the Sea, the first 20 years 1997 - 2016'
