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Starting on the
1st of May 2005, the 1st International Sculpture Festival of Kunming China
gathered 17 foreign and 13 Chinese contemporary sculptors in Daguan Park, in
the city of Kunming, Yunnan Province.
Each of us made one large-scale
outdoor sculpture.
This was my proposed design (note that the faces
used here in this image are not the ones I used on the final piece, which
you see further down the page):
I was asked to make a speech at the
Opening Ceremony in front of a large crowd, officials of the city, of the
Yunnan Arts Institute and various academics from the world of sculpture in
China.
Click
here for a text of the speech.
One of the sides of the bronze
composition created in Kunming (shown here in bronze resin, which was the
interim material for the closing ceremony). The faces are Thai, Indonesian,
Malay, Sri Lankan and Indian., the eyes are open and the faces are
smiling.
On the other side, faces have
closed eyes and the composition is more subdued
The finished Tsunami Memorial the
day of the Closing / Unveiling Ceremony - though the sculpture is not yet in
its final permanent position within Daguan Park.
It measures 2.20 metres
wide by 2.80 metres high and approx. 80 cm deep.
A tired but happy Laury next to the
finished work, before its move to the lakeside which is the permanent location
within the park
Below are a number of pictures taken during
the Festival
(click on any of the thumbnails to see a larger (600 pixel)
picture.
Opening Ceremony - I was asked
by the organizers to give a speech on behalf of all participating sculptors in
front of the crowd and the press.
Day 1 - my tent on the grounds
of the festival inside Daguan Park, Kunming
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Day 2 - making one of several
larger than lifesize busts as elements for the larger
sculpture
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Day 3 - Have now started 4
larger than lifesize busts
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That day, after working on the
sculptures, I had bought paint so we could all paint our caps in the hotel
bar
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Our painted caps! All
different... We had a great time. Mine is the red one!
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Day 4 - the wind blew down my
tent overnight... the sculptures were mostly unharmed as they were in the
center of the space!
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Day
5 - the new space I had moved into the day before...
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Taking a nap after lunch on top
of the canvas of one of the wind-blown tents |
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