SCAPE Public Art

SCAPE Public Art is a producer of public art in Christchurch, New Zealand.[1] Deborah McCormick started SCAPE Public Art in 1998.[2]

History

Deborah McCormick, in her first year after graduating in 1988 from the University of Canterbury School of Fine Arts set up a trust chaired by Sir Kerry Bourke. Founding board members included Dame Adrienne Stewart.[3] SCAPE Public Art season was a biennial event until 2016 when it went annual, the first one was in 2000.[3]

By 2017 SCAPE Public Art was responsible for over 214 temporary and 12 permanent artworks since their inception in Christchurch.[3]

In 2023 Richard Aindow was appointed executive director of SCAPE taking over from Deborah McCormick who was in the role for 25 years since it began.[4]

Activities
Vaka 'A Hina sculpture

Artworks in Christchurch include the kinetic sculpture Nucleus by Phil Price installed on High St in 2006 with council providing $40,000 of the $110,000 cost.[5] STAY by British sculptor Sir Antony Gormley is in the river near the corner of Gloucester St and Cambridge Tce installed as of the Scape Public Art festival 2015.[6] VAKA ‘A HINA by Sēmisi Fetokai Potauaine was installed in 2019.[7]

The 6th SCAPE Christchurch Biennial of Art in Public Space was delayed due to the 2010 Canterbury earthquake and again because of the 2011 Christchurch earthquake.[8][9]

The SCAPE Public Art Season in 2016 selected Mark Catley and Janna van Hasselt to have their art produced for the Re:ACTIVATE exhibition from over 60 artists who attended an earlier SCAPE Public Art Development Workshop. Re:ACTIVATE was curated by Paula Orrell of CoCA.[1] There was also Re:ACTIVATE Kids by artist George Lewis.[1] In 2016 also included in the season were a SCAPE Public Art Walkway, exhibition Presence curated by Heather Galbraith's and a series of artists talks.[1]

Public art invokes a response and we've had all manner of responses, but in the end, it is a platform for a conversation. (Deborah McCormick, director SCAPE Public Art 2017)[3]

References
  1. "Emerging Artists to Re:Ignite the City in Re:START Mall during SCAPE Public Art Season". creativenz.govt.nz. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
  2. SCAPE Public Art 1998–2018. SCAPE Public Art Trust. 2019. ISBN 978-0-473-45708-2.
  3. Feeney, Warren (12 November 2017). "Scape Public Art's Deborah McCormick looks back at the last 19 years". Stuff. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
  4. "Campbell lands SCAPE gig". 20 April 2023.
  5. Gates, Charlie (18 April 2018). "Christchurch kinetic sculpture Nucleus returning soon after nearly a year's absence". Stuff. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
  6. Gates, Charlie (21 September 2015). "Antony Gormley's sculpture for Christchurch city centre revealed". Stuff. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
  7. "Towering new Pasifika sculpture for Christchurch's city centre". Newsline. 1 October 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
  8. "Parts of SCAPE Past and Present Still Standing". creativenz.govt.nz. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
  9. "SCAPE Christchurch Biennial announces new dates". creativenz.govt.nz. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
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