Skatable Sculpture

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Title

Skatable Sculpture

Date/s

2003

Location

Leederville, Perth, Western Australia

Discipline

Sculpture

Artist Statement

“… In 2001, the Town of Vincent, Western Australia commissioned three prominent Western Australian artists, Alexander Hayes, Graham Hay and Petter Zappa to work with young, upcoming artists in the design of a skateable sculpture, a seat, and a drinking water fountain for installation in a park adjacent to the inner city Headquarters (HQ) YouthFacility, Leederville, Western Australia. The $69,000 public art project engaged young Artists in a ‘​live-work​’ training with selection by public consultation, followed by design workshops, prototyping maquettes and computer modelling. Sadly the Town of Vincent council bowed to the pressures of the insurance consultant to the project, the sculpture was scaled down to a ‘representative’ model and the whole concept denied its conceptual function - a skatable sculpture”.

Substrate

Steel, mild steel sheet, copper, stainless steel, concrete

Dimensions

Section 1

10.5 metres (L) x 4.5 metres (W) x 1.2 metres (H)

Section 2

1.85 metres (H) x 3.3 metres (L) x 1.2 metres (W)

Status

Complete - installed at HQ in Leederville, Western Australia

Links

Hayes, Alexander; Hay, Graham (2019): 2003 Headquarters Public Art: Skateable Sculpture Project. figshare. Preprint. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.7855319.v2