vince frost: ‘wonderland’ installation at sculpture by the sea

‘wonderland installation’ at sculpture by the sea by frost design

for this year’s sculpture by the sea held along the coast of sydney’s bondi to tamarama beaches, vince frost and the frost* team created a site-specific installation using their signature typographic approach.

138 fluorescent orange letters spell out a verse from the introductory poem all in the golden afternoon from lewis caroll’s famous book ‘alice in wonderland’. the verse stretches across more then 600m of the tamarama beach fence. the low impact nature of the installation encourages the audience to re-consider how they look at the environment.

the team was interested by the history of tamarama. the idea for the installation is based on the controversial theme park ‘wonderland city’ that was built on the beach over 100 years ago. to prevent the public from entering a fence was erected. the fence became a symbol of rebellion, with residents cutting through it to gain access to the beach.

they researched the history of the site and explored various concept designs. the words of the verse came together in a playful display that follows the natural coastline at tamarama beach. frost’s wonderland artwork will be on show until 15 november 2009.

‘wonderland installation’ at tamarama

‘wonderland installation’

the verse taken from ‘alice’s adventure in wonderland’

on october 29th, it was announced that 91 year old artist may barrie was awarded first prize for the 2009 sculpture by the sea event, for her ‘time and tide granite monolith II’ sculpture.

may barrie with her prize winning ‘time and tide granite monolith II’ sculpture

here are just a few of the 113 sculptures that are currently being exhibited.

‘scooter girls’ by frank malerba

‘a symbolic inscription of the imaginary’ by nicholas elias