Turner prizewinner heads next month's SCAPE line-up
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This neon by Martin Creed
was installed in Milan, Italy
this year, a commission from
the
Nicola Trussardi Foundation. |
From 30 September this year Cantabrians will be entertained, inspired and challenged as the Art & Industry Biennial Trust launches its fourth SCAPE Biennial of Art in Public Space.
SCAPE 2006 will offer a range of new, temporary public artworks, including a hybrid installation of ping pong and country music, a mapkin that presents a personalised map of the city’s highlights and an interactive jigsaw of Canterbury’s sky. These are among 45 indoor and outdoor artworks to be displayed during the six-week (30 Sept-12 Nov) event.
Martin Creed, winner of the prestigious 2001 British Turner prize for artists, heads the line-up of international artists which also includes contributions from Finland, Sweden, Singapore, the United States and Australia.
The theme and title for SCAPE 2006, don’t misbehave!, playfully alludes to the unspoken rules surrounding art in public places. It aims to alert audiences to how art might alter their behaviour and experience of public spaces.
Curated by Natasha Conland (NZ) and Susanne Jaschko (Germany), don’t misbehave! will centre around an outdoor and indoor exhibition located throughout Christchurch’s Cultural Precinct. Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu will be the hub for SCAPE 2006 and will host the indoor exhibition and symposium.
Other artists installing temporary works during SCAPE 2006 are Korean Choi Jeong Hwa; Australians James Angus and Emil Goh; Otto Karvonen and Anu Pennanen from Finland and New Zealanders Mladen Bizumic, David Clegg, Adam Hyde, Ronnie van Hout, Dane Mitchell, Eve Armstrong, Simon Denny and Sriwhana Spong.
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