Hobsons Bay council and project partners are inviting artists to create temporary public art works in response to Agnes Denes’ artwork ‘A Forest for Australia’.
Created in 1998 by renowned Hungarian-American conceptual artist, the Altona artwork involves 6000 trees of an endangered species with varying heights at maturity planted into five spirals, creating a step pyramid for each spiral when the trees are fully grown.
Using the River Red Gum, Drooping She-oak and the Salt Paper-bark, the artwork helps alleviate land erosion and desertification.
Participating artists must be enrolled in the Masters of Art – Art in Public Spaces program at RMIT University or Deakin University’s Visual Arts Internship program.
The council and project partners will commission up to ten artists or collectives to create temporary site-specific artworks that respond to the themes of the work and the surrounding landscapes of Altona and Altona Meadows.
A payment of up to $5000 and GST will be paid to participating artists and arts collectives per project.
The exhibition will be held in February 2023 alongside public programs at the Explosives Reserve in Altona.
Artists will be able to undertake a special information session at the Explosives Reserve on Tuesday, July 19 from 10am to 1.30pm to assist with their application.
Details: hobsonsbay.smartygrants.com.au/DearAgnes-EOI, 1300 179 944 or arts@hobsonsbay.vic.gov.au
Matthew Sims
