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2014 Catalogue 10 - 18 May
2014 Catalogue | 10 - 18 May
Mayor’s Message
As the Mayor of the City of Rockingham it
is my pleasure to welcome you to the 2014
Castaways Sculpture Awards. Now in its seventh
year, Castaways highlights two
areas of great importance to the
City: providing arts and cultural
opportunities for our community,
and raising the profile of
recycling and environmental
sustainability. All artworks in
this unique outdoor exhibition
have been created with a
recycled component, and
it is intriguing to see
how participants
adapt their work
each year to
best express the
recycling and
sustainability
message which
is of increasing
importance
to present
and future
generations.
Castaways is
open to the public
from Saturday 10 May to Sunday 18 May. Entry
is free and visitors can enjoy the award-winning
Rockingham foreshore as they walk among this
year’s fascinating sculptures.
Works by local students are showcased in the
Primary and Secondary Schools’ exhibitions
between 14 and 18 May. I am delighted to see
our schools engage so enthusiastically with the
messages and principles behind Castaways, and
I encourage everyone to explore the vibrant,
stimulating works our students have created.
The BHP Billiton Nickel West Schools Education
Program held during the exhibition reinforces
the important messages of recycling and
sustainability.
In keeping with the City’s aspiration to provide
educational, artistic and cultural opportunities
for our community, Castaways 2014 includes
exciting cross-art components such as the
Castaways Poetry Prize and Photography
Competition, providing opportunities to engage
with different art forms.
I invite you to vote for your favourite sculpture
in the People’s Choice Award. The artist who
receives the highest number of votes will receive
$500. This year we are pleased to introduce
the Schools Choice Award. The school entry
that receives the highest number of votes will
be awarded a trophy. By voting you also have
the chance to win one of two $500 vouchers
courtesy of Rockingham Shopping Centre.
Most artworks on display are available to
purchase. Full details can be found at the event
Information Tent. Prices are included in this
exhibition catalogue.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank
our generous sponsors: Alcoa Australia; BHP
Billiton Nickel West; GDF Suez Kwinana;
Street Hassle Events; Waste Authority; Artcom
Fabrication; Camera Electronic; PhotoCoffee and
Rockingham Shopping Centre. Thank you all
for making this wonderful local event possible.
Special thanks also go to the City Officers and
staff of the Artist’s Chronicle who have worked
on the exhibition.
I trust you will enjoy the imagination and
the artistry of the 2014 Castaways Sculpture
Awards.
Cr Barry Sammels
MAYOR, CITY OF ROCKINGHAM
City of Rockingham Proudly Presents
Castaways Sculpture Awards
Rockingham Foreshore | 10 – 18 May 2014
$5000 ALCOA MAJOR AWARD
for recycled sculpture with an
in
Non-Acquisitive Prizes
$3000 STREET HASSLE EVENTS
SUSTAINABLE LIVING AWARD
aluminium component
$3000 ALCOA SECOND AWARD
for recycled sculpture with an
$20,000
aluminium component
$1500 WASTE AUTHORITY
COLLECTIVE ART AWARD
for sculpture by community and
educational groups
$3000 CITY OF ROCKINGHAM AWARD
for recycled sculpture
$1000 ROCKINGHAM SHOPPING
CENTRE VOTER’S PRIZE
$3000 GDF SUEZ KWINANA
INNOVATION AWARD
for innovation in recycled sculpture
$500 PEOPLE’S CHOICE PRIZE
Sponsor’s Message
The Castaways Sculpture Awards have been
a keystone in the Alcoa Kwinana Community
Partnership calendar for the past seven years
and we are once again proud to work with
the City of Rockingham in bringing this
important exhibition to the local community
for all to enjoy.
My congratulations go to all artists for their
sculpture and it is amazing to see how their
visions and ideas are portrayed through the
use of various recycled materials in their
sculptures. I look forward to being inspired by
the artists’ imagination in 2014.
The Castaways Sculpture Awards promotes
a fantastic artistic avenue to promote the
importance of recycling and it is wonderful
to see many artists choosing to work with
aluminium for their recycled component.
The focus on the use and re-use of recycled
materials in everyday life is an important part
of the sustainability message and continues to
bridge the gap between industry, the arts and
our community.
Eugenio Azevedo
Kwinana Refinery Manager
Alcoa of Australia
Sponsor’s Message
BHP Billiton Nickel West is privileged to be
involved in the 2014 Castaways Sculpture
Awards at Rockingham Beach. Each year we
are captivated by the diversity and innovation
shown by young artists to create mesmerising
artwork using recycled material.
Nickel West is committed to operating
sustainably. It is, and remains our first charter
value, and is critical to the success of our
business.
This programme captures the importance of
creating a sustainable future by highlighting
the importance of recycling and the positive
impact this has on our environment.
Sustainable environment and education
programs, like the one held during the week
of Castaways, are an important focus for
ensuring we leave behind the legacy of a
healthy environment for others to enjoy.
We are pleased to sponsor this exciting
programme that is focused on making
a difference by teaching young people
to respect the environment while also
encouraging creativity.
Congratulations to all those who have been
involved in this year’s programme.
We look forward to viewing your innovative
and unique pieces of artwork.
Gary Frampton
Nickel West Kwinana General Manager
Curator’s Statement
Now in its seventh year, Castaways continues as
a beacon of ingenuity and reuse. Ever-expanding
and refining its scope, visitors to the event can
engage in the recycling message directly through
interactive works, as well as additional events
such as the Castaways Poetry Prize. Now in its
third year, entrants to the Prize use images of
Castaways’ sculpture as inspiration, articulating
the personal impact of a work. This year, entries
were received from across Australia, and from as
far afield as New Zealand and Canada, spreading
the Castaways’ ethos globally. Also in its third
year, the Castaways Photography Competition
provides an opportunity for all exhibition visitors
to become part of Castaways by submitting their
best images of the show.
Castaways is a major event in the region’s
calendar. Visitors can expect the unexpected
and delight in the way art speaks like no other
medium, resonating visually and psychologically
with viewers long after the last sculpture has left
Rockingham’s pristine, award-winning beach.
Entry in Castaways is by a selection process,
with fierce competition every year. As with each
annual exhibition, the blend of literal, poetic and
humorous works will have wide appeal. Among
entries this year is BBQ Baroque, an external
transformation from the ugly and discarded
to the lavish and beautiful. Take a peek inside this
BBQ and the flourish of Baroque continues with a
dense scene of abundance.
In a first for Castaways, the work Now that I have
wings I can… has its own Facebook page, where
visitors can post photos of themselves, family and
friends in front of a set of wings.
An education program for Schools runs during
weekdays of the exhibition. Coupled with the
Schools Competition opening mid week, it aims
for far-reaching influence on children in their
formative years by instilling the ethics of recycling
through art. For the second year, Secondary
Schools in the region will also take part in the
Competition.
As part of the nine-day exhibition, a free forum,
Sculpture with a Conscience takes place Tuesday
13 May at Gary Holland Community Centre, 19
Kent St, Rockingham, encouraging new notions
in art-making with presenters from wide-ranging
backgrounds. This year we welcome visiting
Victorian artist Luciana Perin, Capel artist Helen
Seiver - both participants in Castaways this year,
and well-known artist Nalda Searles. All presenters
are award-winning artists and offer a rare insight
into their practice.
Major sponsors Alcoa and BHP Billiton have
supported Castaways since its inception,
acknowledging its cultural innovation matched
uniquely with the principles of recycling and
sustainability. They join an ever-increasing list of
sponsors which now includes: GDF Suez Kwinana,
Waste Authority, Artcom Fabrication, Street Hassle
Events, Rockingham Shopping Centre, Camera
Electronic, and Photocoffee.
There are many who bring Castaways to fruition.
My thanks are extended to Lee Battersby, Donna
Cochrane, Chantal Husk and Rebecca Stuart
at the City of Rockingham, the Castaways
installation crew, Castaways Schools Competition
judges Jodine McBride and Claire Davenhall, and
Castaways Sculpture Awards judges Dr Stefano
Carboni, Director of the Art Gallery of WA and
Stephen Bevis, Arts Editor at the West Australian
newspaper, who have graciously loaned support
to Castaways 2014.
Lyn DiCiero
Curator
1. Self-Reflection - Vaughn Bisschops
2. BBQ Baroque - Jenny de Bruyn
“I have always been fascinated by small
mannequins and how people are drawn to
them and interact with them. By making a
larger-than-life, movable mannequin from
highly-polished, mirror-finish aluminium, I am
explicitly inviting people to configure it in any
way they wish. I envisage people interacting
with the bare humanoid in different ways perhaps draping an arm around its shoulders
and posing for the camera, and shaping it.
Consciously or otherwise their actions will be
a reflection of themselves.”
“Challenging the perception of the barbeque
as merely modern day functional object;
taking it into another dimension which is
whimsical and fun in keeping with the spirit
of the iconic Australian BBQ picnic. During
bulk collection week, our verges are littered
with the objects our voracious consumer
society is discarding - including this barbeque
rescued from a nearby verge side.”
Found objects, paint, onlay
Touch Friendly
Cast aluminium
Touch Friendly
$NFS (Not for sale)
$700
Castaways 2014
Recycled Sculpture with an Aluminium component
Recycled Sculpture with an Aluminium component
3. Hand Stands Go! - Sheryl Chant
Castaways Sculpture
“Children frolicking in the water at
Rockingham Beach evoke childhood memories.
‘Handstandsgo!’ was the cry as we tried to
perform the best underwater handstand. Legs
and feet protruding, toes pointed, you could
never tell where your legs were as long as
they were out of the water. The colours are in
honour of my dear friend’s childhood nickname
of Lorna Lally Lolly Legs and her precious
memories now dancing with dementia.”
Mannequin legs, industrial discards, steel,
wood, aluminium
Touch Friendly
$3,000
4. Mr HD PEacock - Jacq Chorlton
“An abandoned, broken, cantilever umbrella
stand bowing its head, a pile of discarded
flywire, sheets of aluminium litho plate once
used to print colourful news stories, and a
sackful of plastic HDPE lids. The umbrella
stand becomes the perfect shape when
wrapped with pieces of aluminium; the lid
no longer a humble bottle top, it is now
melted, fused and shaped together with over
a thousand more, then fixed to flywire to
recreate glorious plumage. From thrown away
waste comes beauty - a magnificent and
proud peacock.”
Aluminium, litho plates, recycled umbrella
stand, bottle tops
Not Touch Friendly
$1,500
Recycled Sculpture with an Aluminium component
“All our life we have challenges that we
must face. We can accept them and rise to
the challenge or turn away and live with the
consequences. It can be very hard at times,
but when the task is completed successfully,
we feel empowered and a weight lifts. A
course can be changed and deviated from,
a new beginning shines ahead, a decision is
made…”
Please leave a message on the wire sculpture
for ‘now you have wings you can…’
Take a photo of yourself in front of the wings,
and upload it to the Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/now.that.i.have.
wings.i.can
Plastic milk bottles, wire, aluminium cans,
steel cans
Touch Friendly
$1,200
6. Linked - Jeff Cork
“There’s so much linking us all together, every
human on the planet is linked by the chain of
life. While life always changes, the connection
to electronics keeps us more linked than ever
before.”
Steel, aluminium, electric circuit board
Touch Friendly
$500
7. Indulgence - Anne Crawford
Indulgence : gratify, give free course to
entertain; take one’s pleasure freely.
“These giant cupcakes are an interpretation
of contemporary society and the extremes
people will seek to satisfy their desires for
entertainment and pleasure.”
Aluminium, bamboo, golf balls, wire mattress
base, pool sheeting, air conditioning flue, wire
and plaster
Touch Friendly
$1,200 each
Castaways 2014
5. Now that I have wings I can…
- Carol Clitheroe
Recycled Sculpture with an Aluminium component
Castaways Sculpture
8. Parasols - Tich Dixon
9. Balance - Tich Dixon
“A familiar sight on Asian beaches is the
brightly-coloured parasol. These parasols have
been created from recycled materials, not only
to evoke memories of exotic holidays, but
to remind us of our geographical link with
Asia and our interdependence on trade and
tourism. The wheels further represent the
necessity of shared environmental protection
for continued mutual prosperity.”
“This work relates to the interdependence,
and the necessity of nurturing structures
which support our existence. This can
be viewed from the macro to the micro
perspective. Whether we are looking at the
importance of environmental conservation,
protection of the marine food chain or
political and social structures, the importance
of the symbiotic relationship is paramount.”
Bike wheels, paint, dowel, aluminium
Touch Friendly
$180 each
Fibreglass, aluminium and plastic spheres
Touch Friendly
$3,600
10. Second Wave - Lisa Dymond
“This work relates to the second wave of
migrants who came to Perth and Rockingham
in the post World War ll period. Many
were Dutch, Italian and other European
nationalities, together with a large influx of
British, bringing skilled workers to the oil
refinery, chemical processing plants, alumina
refinery and steel mills in the local area.
The large robust suitcase reflects the tough
decisions made, the size of the journey
embarked upon, the security of protecting
past lives and the holding of a place for future
hopes.”
Marine ply, recycled aluminium cans
Touch Friendly
$2,000
11. Surf - Anne Grotian
“Women in pioneer times turned clothes into
quilts in an early form of recycling. I’ve used
the method of patchwork and quilting to turn
the very Australian invention of the wine cask
into ‘surf,’ shimmering in the sun, deceptively
solid, yet reflective.”
Aluminium wine cask bladders
Touch Friendly
$1,800
Castaways 2014
Recycled Sculpture with an Aluminium component
Recycled Sculpture with an Aluminium component
Castaways Sculpture
12. Turn off the Light - Chas Hauxby
13. Wind Sculpture - Simon James “The light bulb symbolises ideas, innovation
and the ‘eureka’ moment. In this work,
the foreshore is transformed into a surreal
ceiling for a huge light bulb in order to
deliver a serious message of the need for
global awareness, the saving of energy and
sustainable living.”
“This work is a statement about our society’s
many contradictions. We constantly clamber
after the latest technology and callously
discard what was perfectly good five minutes
before. Yet at the same time we ignore the
threat of our rights being eroded through the
misuse of our personal information, which
can be eavesdropped on directly through such
technology - hence the use of satellite dishes
in the work. The cables represent the tentacles
of our spy networks while the dinnerware
represents the intrusion into our private lives.”
Plastic (PVC), aluminium, steel
Touch Friendly
$2,000
Aluminium, steel
Touch Friendly
$7,000
Recycled Sculpture with an Aluminium component
Aluminium, wood
Not Touch Friendly
$4,000
15. Octopus’ Garden - Eileen
Macpherson “This sculpture has been inspired by the
underwater world of Ningaloo Reef and its
mystical sea creatures.
It shows my passion for recycling, here using
recycled aluminium, broken bottles and
glass.”
Aluminium, glass
Touch Friendly
$5,500
Castaways 2014
14. Transformer - Thomas de MunkKerkmeer
“This work is constructed with branches of a
Eucalyptus tree and aluminium pipe from old
TV antennas. It’s called Transformer because
it changes shape each time the piece is put
together. It is an abstract work, but it could
be ‘a being,’ partly organic, partly robotic, or
a contemplation of the human obsession for
transforming matter. This work is designed so
it can be transported easily on foot, by bicycle,
by train and by bus.”
Recycled Sculpture with an Aluminium component
16. Every Little Ship - Rob Manning
Castaways Sculpture
“Recycled, in part, from someone else’s ceiling
sculpture which was pulled down from a
shopping centre, I’ve re-launched the work as
Every Little Ship which is just that - how many
ships can one see in it? A sailing ship, steam
ship, a maritime wreck, a barque? Maybe a
junk or a Chinese sampan, or just one big
anchor?”
18. Chronodiver - Dan and Steph
Moses
“This work represent the essence of time and
design - and how we can reflect on our past
to improve our future.”
Copper, brass, glass, steel, aluminium
Touch Friendly
$5,000
Recycled metal
Touch Friendly
19. Recollection - Bridget Norton
$9,500
17. Untitled - Fleur Marron
“In this work, I’ve explored the concept
of building resilience and continuance
of the human spirit through simple and
considered encounters with nature - of which
beachcombing is one.”
Rockingham jetty timber, reclaimed mulberry
wood, stainless steel, glass, aluminium
Touch Friendly
$NFS (Not for sale)
“My interest is in people, the planet, and
the delicate balance of sustaining life with
the precious resources we share. Constantly
questioning human nature, my aim is to make
art which provokes, engages and sparks
positive change.
Recollection is about human evolution a maze of memories wrapped in bedsprings,
intermittently lit with internal solar powered
LED’s.”
Aluminium, polycarbonate, digital image,
bedsprings
Touch Friendly
$NFS (Not for sale)
Recycled Sculpture with an Aluminium component
Metal, wood, aluminium, rock
Touch Friendly
$7,000
21. Calamari Dinner - Trisha Powell
“Living near the South Coast, the attraction of
the ocean with its beautiful bays punctuated
by rocky outcrops, home to interesting
animals, was the catalyst for this sculpture. I
wondered, while enjoying a shared meal of
Calamari, if such animals enjoyed sharing a
meal with others of their species.”
Aluminium, porcelain
Touch Friendly
$985
22. Lugh (Lu) - Grahame Roddis
Lugh, Master of Skills.
“Lugh is a Celtic god honoured for his skills
as craftsman. He is the god of blacksmiths,
metalworkers and artisans.”
Steel, aluminium, copper foil, brass
Touch Friendly
$3,000
Castaways 2014
20. Rebirth - Andrew Pickering
“When new life is brought back from the
obsolete. Recycled from the demolition of an
old bridge, aluminium offcuts, veranda railing
from a 1950s home and driftwood found on
Albany beaches from long-gone boats, to
wooden packing crates which have travelled
the world. All have come together and found
a nesting ground to express a new form of
artistic life, and illuminated for its Rebirth.”
Recycled Sculpture with an Aluminium component
23. Whale Shark 2 - Olivia Samec
Castaways Sculpture
“Inspired by swimming with the whale sharks
I wanted to create something small, tangible
and lasting in contrast to my previously
large, ephemeral, multimedia whale shark
installations. I continue to be drawn to the
beauty and mystery of the whale sharks at
Ningaloo in Exmouth, and the creative science
that goes into protecting them. The recycled
element of this work is in keeping with
preserving the oceans to protect these largest
fish in the sea.
Working in wood is new for me, but an
avenue I want to explore, as my father and
grandfather were both gifted wood carvers.
My grandfather carved religious sculptures for
churches in Austria and Australia. My father
turned to architecture, finding it difficult to
make a living from sculpting.”
Wood, aluminium
Not Touch Friendly
$700
24. Something fishy about this kayak
- Paul Stanwick-Wright
“Made form a battered old kayak, aluminium
drink cans and mini orb sheeting, I enjoy the
honesty of not trying to disguise component
parts and prefer to leave my sculpture
unpainted.”
Aluminium cans, fibreglass, mini orb
Not Touch Friendly
$3,000
25. Way of the Wind - Yuko Takahashi
“When I was a child I would make origami
pinwheels and hold them up in the breeze
as I ran. I loved to see them spinning round
and round. This artwork is inspired by
this childhood memory. By installing this
sculpture on the foreshore of Western
Australia, famous for its unyielding and
powerful winds, I attempt to harmonise
aspects of my Japanese culture with the raw
power of nature in my
current home, Australia.”
Recycled aluminium cans, metal
Not Touch Friendly
$POA (Price on application)
26. A Drop in the Ocean - Joyce Tasma
“Years of walking the beaches of WA,
especially Exmouth Gulf, yielded an untold
amount of man-made stuff which had
traversed the environment - and in some
cases become the environment. Reshaped
and recycled in its own right in the sea, it was
thrust back onto the shore, particularly during
Cyclone Vance - at once destroying my home
and giving me a new passion to tell stories of
the sea and WA coast. What I picked up was
but ‘a drop in the ocean’ compared to the
rubbish landing in our waters.”
Cane, aluminium, flotsam and jetsam
Touch Friendly
$2,500
27. Strata - Don Walters
“Layer upon layer upon layer.”
Recycled aluminium, recycled painted
plywood
Touch Friendly
$4,000
28. Thragos (Motorcycle/Recycle
Series) - Robin Yakinthou
“The transformation of one object into another
is limited only by the imagination.”
Aluminium recycled motorbike parts
Touch Friendly
$9,500
Castaways 2014
Recycled Sculpture with an Aluminium component
Recycled Sculpture
Castaways Sculpture
29. Bark - Richard Aitken
He has a silent bark. He is made of bark.
“I made a rough wire frame to which I added
a couple of layers of paper. I soaked the bark
for half an hour in water, making it pliable,
then glued and layered it. There are five to ten
layers of bark in certain spots. One day I was too
lazy to pack up properly and I left the bark in
water for about three weeks. When I eventually
emptied it out, I found the tannins had stained
the bark a dark colour. What a find - the nose,
eyes and mouth! The teeth are paperbark too.
He is a play on words.”
Wire, bark
Not Touch Friendly
$NFS (Not for sale)
30. Ploughman’s Lunch - Leslie Barrett
“Made from ‘stuff’ collected from a friends
farm...’stuff’ never goes to waste on a farm…
always recycled.”
Wood, steel
Touch Friendly
$NFS (Not for Sale)
31. Untitled (V) - David Brophy
“Drawing upon personal experience David
Brophy utilises appropriated objects in an
attempt to articulate the phenomenology of
surfing. In the work untitled (V) the artist has
reconfigured fibreglass surfboards, shifting
their intended function and transforming the
everyday into the sublime.”
Recycled fibreglass surfboards, polyester resin
Touch friendly
$650
32. For the LOVE of Sculpture - Claire
Davenhall
“Inspired by the simplicity of a bubble in a vivid
display of optical illusion of forever-changing
colours. On closer inspection this sculpture
reveals a few Australian loves…For the Love of
Sculpture.”
Fibreglass resin, bottle tops, chameleon paint
Touch Friendly
$3,000
Recycled Sculpture
Mixed media, metal, plastic components
Touch Friendly
$7,000
34. Mediate - Gail Marie Farquhar
“A look at the influences and manipulation by
man on nature and the point between the two
worlds with myself as the mediator. A wooden
chair from the past is given back to nature with
the intention of a cross pollination between the
two forms.”
Wood
Not Touch Friendly
$2,200
35. Tower - John Grono
“This work was inspired by natural patterns
such as neurons, bone cell structure, and the
large-scale structure of the cosmos.”
Reclaimed Jarrah from Midland Railway
Workshops.
Touch Friendly
$2,500
36. Crab - David Johansen
“We eat a lot of crabs. We even have Festivals
dedicated to the culinary consummation of this
curious creature. We hunt them all along this
coastline. But what if we were confronted by
a crab - a large one. Here you are face to face
with one. What if it came to life? The hunter
becomes the hunted, perhaps.”
Recycled freezer panels, guttering, crab nets,
down pipes
Not Touch Friendly
$5,000
Castaways 2014
33. A subordination to the carnival of
discorporation that was inevitable
- Jon Denaro
“This work is created from collecting
components from a curbside council pickup
and transforming it into sculpture.” Recycled Sculpture
Castaways Sculpture
37. Umbrellas, Bats and Balls - Joan
Johnson
“The name brings to mind summer activities,
but I have been sadly conscious of all the
fruit bats dying in the extreme heat this past
summer.
I have always looked at the green market
umbrellas, thinking how much they look like
trees. In the same vein, I look at small black
rain umbrellas, thinking how much they look
like bats, with a folding mechanism so much
like bat wings. Bats go with balls, and these
red balls look like fruit. My idea is to show how
we replicate nature.”
Umbrellas and balls
Not Touch Friendly
$4,500
38. Swimwear for the Dedicated
Ocean Swimmer - Christine Morton
“The pieces for this sculpture arose from
the idea of using leftover fabric pieces from
dressmaking and my related artworks. I have
utilised recycling and art in several pieces at
the school where I work as the art specialist, as
well as in my own work, in order to promote
the ideas of re-use, recycle and reduce. The
idea of ocean-related pieces came together
after a beach walk. I used fabric and ‘pavapol’
(a brand name mixture akin to PVA that
dries weather proof) to make weatherproof
outdoor sculptures. I was also given discarded
shop-dummies, which I have used as the base
form to make the swimwear. As a result, the
idea of swimwear overtaken by the ocean
environment was born in this collection.”
Textile, mixed media
Not Touch Friendly
$320 each
Recycled Sculpture
“Each time our City has a bulk rubbish collection,
I drive the streets searching for waste which is
multiple and fits within the narrative of living
on a windy coastline. The last few years I have
collected fold-out washing lines and have been
interested in how they reflect the relationships
between domestic survival and survival of the
natural, local environment.
In this work, the washing lines are lashed
together (a tying technique used to make bush
furniture in survival training) with simple cotton
string to make a structure which takes on a
weblike cocoon form, the technique beginning
to imitate natural habits of local insects. This
work also reveals my interest in repurposing
waste using traditional crafting procedures and
skills. The contrast existing between thriving
economically and surviving environmentally, in a
modern domestic context, drives my choice of
materials.”
Found steel washing lines, cotton string
Not Touch Friendly
$1,000
40. Revived - Holly Pepper
“The scrap saved from a housing-development
skip-bin flowers into a new sculptural
form. This work attempts to give a precious
hardwood the life and value it deserves.”
Recycled jarrah floorboards and pallets,
steel frame
Not Touch Friendly
$7,000
Castaways 2014
39. Lashing - Stella Onderwater
Recycled Sculpture
Castaways Sculpture
41. Reclining Form (Venus) - Luciana
Perin
“Inspired by the cylindrical sea sponge ‘Venus
basket,’ a natural marine form found at the
base of the ocean, its graceful form reminiscent
of long female limbs. Its perforated, geometric
walls suggest a delicate and intricate woven
fabric, yet it’s quite sturdy and resilient and in
this work, prickly to touch. I have made this
form using left over metal strips of industrial
grade stainless steel mesh. Before the mesh is
discarded it is used in manufacturing to make
small filters for filtration, a process of removing
impurities and extracting an essence. It’s a
metaphor - the material doing the filtering
and discarding the impurities becomes the
discarded.”
Stainless steel mesh, nylon
Touch Friendly
$2,800
42. IKB - Kate Koivisto Wheeler
“This is a development of work I exhibited
in 2012 and 2013, using multiple, recycled
white ceramics: minimalist forms which
simultaneously represented domestic and
urban spaces, and collectively formed
a miniature city. For Castaways 2014, I
responded to the beachfront location,
experimenting further with the ceramics:
first drawing them, filling them with sand
and water, then coloured water, and finally,
plaster. I was thinking about oceans and water,
which led to thoughts of seaside swimming
pools, David Hockney’s Californian swimming
pools, blues, and the French artist, Yves Klein.
International Klein Blue (IKB) was developed
by Yves Klein, in consultation with chemists,
in his quest for a specific colour to convey his
concepts.”
Recycled ceramics, plaster, wax, pigment
Not Touch Friendly
$POA (Price on application)
Recycled Sculpture
Recycled plastic bags, chicken wire
Touch Friendly
$1,500
44. Outback - Andrew Wilmott
“My love of the bush inspired me to create
Outback, from recycled mesh wire and farm
parts. This very material, mesh, in a different
form, is restricting our national emblem, the
emu, from getting to their natural pastures,
and thousands of these majestic birds die along
the rabbit proof fence each year.”
Recycled mesh wire
Touch Friendly
$17,150
Castaways 2014
43. What the Grey Whale Told Me Helen Seiver
“This work concerns domestic responsibility
for the disposal of plastic waste and the
devastating impact it has on marine life in our
waterways and oceans. Plastic shopping bags
can float without breaking down for up to ten
years. This partially-submerged reef constructed
from recycled shopping bags recreates marine
life such as corals, sponges and barnacles. The
notion of a plastic bag reef implores the viewer
to consider the impact of the inappropriate
disposal of the offensive plastic bag.”
Collective Art Award
Castaways Sculpture
45. Seahorse Chariot - Bunbury
Regional Prison PRU Arts Collective
“This sculpture references the pedal carts used
along the Rockingham foreshore, and taps into
the dream of a Utopian peaceful existence living
under the sea. The Rockingham foreshore has
the ideal laid-back, free, fun-in-the-sun family
atmosphere, and this sculpture provides some
hands-on entertainment.”
47. Channel Surfing
Livewire, Starlight Children’s
Foundation
Reclaimed exercise machines, scrap steel,
aluminium
Not Touch Friendly
Steel, televisions, paint
Touch Friendly
$1,200
46. Coelenterata - Challenger
Institute of Technology
“Coelenterata is a playful exploration of recycled
materials using the technique of weaving to
represent the layers of history evident in the
unique environment of the Point Peron peninsula.
The woven forms reflect underlying cellular
elements visually present via the sedimentary
profile of the coastal cliff.”
Found materials, recycled cellophane,
aluminium, cane
Touch Friendly
$1,500
“Teenage patients escape the clinical environment
of the hospital by utilising their imagination
to transform piles of analog televisions into a
giant wave of sea creatures - and in the process,
are encouraged to reflect on the effects of
technology, consumerism and the environment.”
$POA (Price on application)
Castaways Schools Competition 14 – 18 May
48. Gelatinous Bloom - Atwell Primary School
“Scientists worry about the serious increase in jellyfish numbers and their
potential damage to the marine food chain as they generate more carbon
than the oceans can handle. The increase is due to climate change, over-fishing
and the run off of agricultural fertilizers. Can we reverse the damage man has
caused to the delicate balance of nature on our planet?”
Plastics, metal
Touch Friendly
50. It’s up to you - Koorana Primary School
“Year six and seven students have worked collaboratively (with the support of
their families and other students across the school) to collect recycled materials
and to transform them into our entry. They hope to raise awareness of the
impact that human activities have on our marine environment and organisms.
Our students feel strongly about this as they wish to enjoy the beaches in our
region and have wildlife to care about in the future.”
Wire, plastic
Not Touch Friendly
$NFS (Not for Sale)
$NFS (Not for Sale)
51. Rainbow Aquarium - Living Waters Lutheran College
49. Horse by the sea - Charthouse Primary School
“Students at Charthouse Primary School have been studying the Chinese
Lunar New Year calendar as part of Asian Studies. As 2014 is the year of the
horse we have been looking closely at the horses and have decided to make
our own wood horse.”
Wood frame, chicken wire, papier-mâché
Not Touch Friendly
$NFS (Not for Sale)
“Students from Year 2 to 5 used tools new to them, such as rasps and chisels,
to design their fish. This work represents our school philosophy – Living Waters,
and the coastal environment where we live.”
Recycled Hebel block, limestone block, wood
Touch Friendly
$NFS (Not for Sale)
Castaways 2014
Primary Schools
Castaways Schools Competition 14 – 18 May
Castaways Sculpture
52. We are all part of a set - Makybe Rise Primary School
54. Milky Way - Waikiki Primary School
“Created by students from all year levels, the message behind this work
shows we are all different, but we are all part of the same set. The pencils
represent our students, and the box represents inclusion, pastoral care, a
sense of belonging and a celebration of the diversity at our school.”
“This work is a whole-school art and technology project, with each student
collecting, recycling and attaching their own plastic milk bottles to the
recycled fencing from our Early Childhood playground – a visual reminder of
how much plastic is used every day.”
MDF, paint, varnish
Not Touch Friendly
Pool fencing, milk bottles
Touch Friendly
$NFS (Not for Sale)
$NFS (Not for Sale)
53. Money Tree - Singleton Primary School
“Our school started Nude Food Days last year, where children learnt
the monetary and environmental value of reducing packaging waste by
bringing unpackaged food to school. The children have learnt to appreciate
the importance of economising, and the fact money does not grow on
trees!”
Secondary Schools
Wood, plastic bags, fabric scraps, bubble wrap, aluminium cans
Touch Friendly
$NFS (Not for Sale)
55. Acid Drops - Baldivis Secondary College
“Every day, industry and motor vehicles spew out gases, which, when hit
by sunlight, change into acids. The acids collect on clouds and when it
rains, come straight down on us. This is a serious worldwide environmental
problem. Our sculpture symbolises the harmful effects of acid rain on our
world.”
Metal and plastic
Touch Friendly
$NFS (Not for Sale)
58. Coffee Break - Jordan Jewell, Malibu School
“A little world of scenarios. Top secret! Do not touch!”
“Every weekend Jordan has been busy with trips to the tip. He wrote a
letter for the school noticeboard asking for help in collecting as many used
coffee pods as possible, colour coding his collection to help decide a pattern
to use.”
Cabinet, found objects, wire, papier-mâché
Not Touch Friendly
$NFS (Not for Sale)
Recycled plastic table top, plant pot, cardboard, foil, coffee pods
Not Touch Friendly
57. The Wave - Kolbe Catholic College
“Students have been working collaboratively, with the support of their
families, to collect recycled materials to transform them into our entry.
Students have been learning about the different types of sculpture and
have constructed a wave using a ladder, wire and coloured recyclables. Our
structure responds to the devastating amounts of rubbish that has selfishly
been dumped in the ocean by mankind. Students feel strongly about this as
they fear the future of our beautiful beaches.”
$NFS (Not for Sale)
Mixed media
Not Touch Friendly
59. Specease - Rockingham Montessori Adolescent Program
“Compounded from the words ‘species’ and ‘cease,’ this work is a study of
vulnerable, endangered and extinct species, some pretty and others yet to
be loved.”
Recycled chair, chicken wire, plastic bags, cable ties, general recycling
Not Touch Friendly
$NFS (Not for Sale)
$NFS (Not for Sale)
Castaways 2014
56. Do Not Open! - Baldivis Secondary College
Castaways Schools Competition 14 – 18 May
Castaways Sculpture
60. Sir Nigel Percival Peli-Can of the Dump - Rockingham
Peel Homeschool Group
“Wow, what a name; what a gentleman! He’s a can-crushing, Nemofinding, dump-living, trash-eating fisherman.”
Child’s ride-on toy, chicken wire, plastic bags, steel reo, plastic milk
bottles, assorted recycled products
Touch Friendly
62. Who’s Killing Who? - Rockingham Senior High School
“We oppose the culling of sharks because as humans, when we swim in
the ocean, we are entering the shark’s environment. Stop culling the sharks,
we say!”
44 gallon drum, chicken wire, plastic, bottle lids
Not Touch Friendly
$NFS (Not for Sale)
$NFS (Not for Sale)
63. Cane Toad Carnage - South Coast Baptist College
61. Catch of the Day! - Rockingham Senior High School
“We should think more about the over-fishing of our seas and the effect it
is having on the world.”
Plastic, pipes, metal, bric-a-brac
Not Touch Friendly
“Cane Toads have become a menace in modern Australia and are creeping
ever closer to the borders of WA and beyond. Although Rockingham has
been spared so far, it might not be too far away when we have them
lurking in our back gardens. Just like the junk we discard in the bush, they
are toxic to both flora and fauna. This work shows the toad in all its gross
glory, surrounded by its own tadpoles ready to wreak havoc wherever it
goes.”
$NFS (Not for Sale)
Recycled BBQ, chicken wire, plastic, metal
Not Touch Friendly
$NFS (Not for Sale)
“As CASP (Creative Arts Specialist Program) students we have worked
towards achieving success. We follow our dreams, are hopeful, optimistic,
grow our courage and aim to inspire those around us. The dreamcatcher
is part of traditional Native American culture originating with the Ojibwe
people. It is believed they were given to children as a symbol of protection,
to filter out all bad dreams and only allow good thoughts to enter the
mind.”
Bird cage stand, screen doors
Not Touch Friendly
$NFS (Not for Sale)
Castaways 2014
64. CASP Away - Warnbro Community School
How to
purchase artworks
Conditions
of purchase
Artworks may be purchased at any time during the exhibition. Sales
forms are available at the information tent. Please fill this form out with
the relevant details and present with full or part payment to the City of
Rockingham cashier at the City of Rockingham Administration Centre,
Civic Boulevard, Rockingham from 9am to 4pm Monday to Friday
during the exhibition.
A deposit of at least 25% of the catalogue price is required to confirm
purchase of the artwork. Artworks will only be considered sold once full
payment has been received.
A red dot attached to an artwork label indicates the work has been sold.
Purchased artworks may be collected on Sunday 18 May between
2pm and 4pm at the direction of a City of Rockingham representative.
Artworks may not be collected before this time.
Full payment is required by 2pm, Friday 16 May 2014 to secure
purchase.
No artwork will be released until proof of full payment is shown to a
City of Rockingham representative.
Payment for artworks may be made by cash or personal/bank cheque.
Credit card facilities are available only at the City of Rockingham
Administration building between 9am and 4pm weekdays. No financial
information can be accepted by phone.
Artworks held on deposit and not collected by 4pm Sunday 18 May
2014 will be returned to the artist. The purchaser will have no further
claim on the City of Rockingham or the artist with respect to the
artwork. The deposit will be considered non-refundable.
For sales and further information contact the curator, Lyn Di Ciero on
9336 1861 or 0421 376 114.
Castaways Forum:
Sculpture with a Conscience
Tuesday 13 May
Gary Holland Community Centre, 19 Kent Street, Rockingham
3pm – 4pm LUCIANA PERIN Castaways 2014 interstate artist,
studied visual art at the University of Melbourne and gained a Master
of Fine Art at RMIT University in Melbourne. She has exhibited in Italy,
France, Sydney, and regularly in Melbourne. Perin has taught art at
secondary schools and also at tertiary level. She also worked in theatre
designing costumes and manufactured one off garments. Materiality is
an ongoing interest, and her latest sculptural works are ephemeral using
domestic material. In this session, Perin introduces her art practice with
a PowerPoint presentation, demonstrating the evolution of her art from
painting to sculpture and installation, using recycled materials, and will
discuss (with supporting images) several key projects where recycled or
discarded materials were used, including the work Reclining Form (Venus)
on show in the 2014 Castaway’s Sculpture Awards.
4.15pm – 5.15pm NALDA SEARLES is a highly respected artist
whose work began with weaving but became much more when she
began using natural materials recycled from the land and found objects.
For nearly thirty years she has been an innovator in the use of native
fibres and found objects from the environment for the production of
fibre-textiles, sculpture and installation artworks. Her practice draws from
the unique landscape of Western Australia to express the contradictions
of post-colonial identity and the complexities of her relationship with
the land and its inhabitants, both Indigenous and non-Indigenous. She
uses salvaged and recycled materials which are converted into social
statements. Her skills have developed to deal with these materials and as
a result some of them are quite unique. Searles will discuss various artists
and their use of salvage/recycling materials.
FREE ADMISSION
TO ALL SESSIONS
Includes refreshments and light dinner
6pm – 7pm HELEN SEIVER works with found objects exploring their
unique quality of concept, time, place and era. Her practice includes
sculpture, installation and painting, and is collected both publicly and
privately. Seiver’s work functions as a review of socio-political and cultural
values while attempting to find processes which investigate and explore
these issues from a female perspective. Recycled materials from her
locality in the South West town of Capel dominate her work, including
Peppermint tree sticks from her property, and recycled domestic goods
from local Op shops. This session includes a hands-on component where
participants as a group will create a sculptural structure. The work will
be made of bamboo, cable ties and binding with reclaimed materials.
Participants are invited to bring recycled materials to add to the structure,
such as plastic bags, fabric, wool, etc. for binding and any other
recyclables easily added to the sculpture with cable ties.
How to Register
Free entry. To register for any or all sessions contact the City’s
Community Development Officer (Arts and Culture) on 9528 0333 or
[email protected]
Castaways Poetry Prize
The 2014 Castaways Poetry Prize attracted over 170
entries from every state in Australia, as well as from
countries as far afield as Canada and New Zealand,
making it a truly international component of the
Castaways Sculpture Awards.
All entered poems were inspired by, drew upon, or used the theme
of images in the City of Rockingham Castaways Online web gallery,
and were previously unpublished. Poems were limited to 24 lines.
1st prize: $200 + 2 copies of the
Castaways 2014 catalogue
Two commended prizes: $100
Winner:
The Process of Giving Back by Rafael SW, (Vic).
Inspired by Castaways 2013 entry Migration Messages
by Claire Davenhall
2nd prize winners
Sculptures Mummy, Mark Dyer (WA);
The Lactose Monster, Ian Pettit (NSW)
The Process of Giving Back
Take every ex-lover you’ve had and throw them into the sea.
Little notes attached to their feet, like cadavers of the meetand-greet. Look for the limpid blue to fill their eyes, free
yourself from those shared pasts, erode any old deceit.
Teach a small child penmanship, or how to deal with loss.
An after-school care of glass shards, transformed to calligraphy,
scratchy handwriting addressed to dead grandparents or dogs.
A smile softened, a mind sharpened, a heart reconnected via 2B.
Talk with birds, and treat people like momentarily lost migrations.
Learn as much from listening, as living. As humans, we’re poor,
wingless things, nostalgic lovelings, caught in our contemplations.
In your new flight of fancy, float your body towards a foreign shore.
Artwork: Migration Messages by Claire Davenhall, 2013
Photography: Kingsley Klau
2014 Castaways
Photography Competition
Categories ‘Raw’ or ‘Digitally Altered’
1st prize: $400 2nd Prize: $225 3rd prize: $125
Curator’s Choice: $300 vouchers courtesy Camera
Electronic and Photocoffee
Closing Date Sunday 1 June 2014
Raw: photographs with no level of post-production alteration,
showcasing the photographer’s skills behind the camera on location.
Digitally Altered: photographs which have been treated with
post-production, including colour and exposure alterations, HDR
techniques, digital filters and effects, the addition and manipulation of
the shape or form of content within the photograph or similar levels of
manipulation.
Curator’s Choice: the photograph, from all submissions, chosen by
the Castaways Sculpture Awards curator as best representing the spirit
and/or nature of the Castaways Sculpture Awards.
2014 Castaways Photography Competition Guidelines
• Each image submitted for entry (by email) must
be an original image produced by the entrant.
• Entered photographs must be of artworks or
exhibition surrounds, taken during the exhibition
period of Saturday 10 May until 2pm, Sunday
18 May 2014.
• The competition is open to visitors to the
Castaways exhibition. City employees, their
relatives, event sponsors and event contractors
are ineligible to enter.
• Entry to the competition is free.
• No more than 3 entries per entrant.
• School groups entering should agree to apply
normal school guidelines appropriate to
supervision and behaviour of students whilst
capturing their entry.
• Any type of camera may be used.
• Any style/genre of photography is accepted.
• Any photograph subjected to post-shooting
manipulation, enhancement or alteration must
be entered into the ‘Digitally Altered’ category.
• All entries must be sent via email to
[email protected]
• Entries must be attached to an email with
the subject line ‘Castaways Photography
Competition. Body of the email must contain:
category; photo title; name, phone and email
address of the photographer. Entries to the
‘Digitally Altered’ category must indicate
the nature of alterations performed to the
photograph (eg: colour enhancement, digital
manipulation, etc).
• Each email must be no larger than 5MB due
to City of Rockingham filtering restrictions.
Multiple emails are allowed.
• All photos entered are automatically eligible for
the Curator’s Choice prize.
• Prior written consent must be sought from
human models featured in a submitted entry.
• Prior written parental consent must be sought
if images submitted feature children under the
age of 18. Winning submission must be able
to prove they have consent of any children
(under18) featured in the photograph.
• Submitted entries must be in jpg format with a
minimum size 500kb or 200 dpi, and maximum
of 5MB.
• Winning entrants will be informed via email and
will be contacted by telephone.
• All submitted images will be used for
the purpose of promotion of the City of
Rockingham events and activities.
• By submitting your entry to the Castaways
Photography Competition, the photographer
retains full copyright of the work and grants
the City of Rockingham the non-exclusive right
to copy, show, exhibit, broadcast, advertise,
market and disseminate the image throughout
the world via any medium (existing or to be
invented). Note that the photographer will be
accredited by the City of Rockingham.
• All entries must be submitted by Sunday 1 June
2014. Late entries will not be accepted.
• Award is not negotiable or transferable.
The decision of the judges is final.
• The judges’ decisions are final, and no
correspondence will be entered into. Any
attempt to lobby judges or City of Rockingham
employees, or influence decisions, may result in
disqualification.
For more information please contact us:
Phone: 9528 0333
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.rockingham.wa.gov.au
www.rockingham.wa.gov.au