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Sculpture finds home on Peninsula Link DRIVERS heading towards the Mornington Peninsula on Peninsula Link will now pass the pearly gates to get there, A new sculpture, titled Peninsula Pearls, has been installed alongside the road at the Skye Road exit. The artwork, by dutch-born local sculptor Manon van Kouswijk, features a giant pearl chain and beaded necklace, with more than thirty spheres suspended in the air. Ms van Kouswijk said that the sculpture “suggests the wearing of jewellery as a transient experience; the object disintegrates as one drives past. The varied views of the beaded sculpture open up a space for multiple associations, from funfair and Ferris wheel to pins on a map and a molecu-lar model.” “My proposition for this sculpture is that the Peninsula Link will be wearing one of my works for four years; my sculpture will temporarily adorn the freeway. However, in this scenario it is not the wearer who is moving with the piece or the jewellery moving with the wearer. Rather, the audience moves past the object,” she said. The sculpture replaces Michael Riddle’s piece Iconoclast. The sculptures along the road are provided as part of a partnership between Southern Way and McClelland Sculpture Park, which will see 14 works displayed four years at a time until 2037. After four years the artworks are moved to McClelland’s sculpture park. Peninsula Pearls was created by Manon van Kouswijk with support from Monash Art Projects (MAP) and Monash University and was fabricated by Robert Hook and installed by JK Fasham.
MANON van Kouswijk’s Peninsula Pearls. Picture: Supplied
Stay safe around schools WITH students going back this week, drivers are being urged to take care while driving around schools. Victoria Police have warned that “many children will be out of their usual school routine and may have forgotten basic road rules that normally come as second nature due to the disruptions to on-site learning in the last two years.” “After the summer holiday period, it is not just the students who may be out of practice, with drivers reminded that reduced speed limits of 40km an hour are back in place. Police will be actively patrolling in and around school zones to make sure everyone gets to and from school safely.” Most school zones are 40kmph from 8am to 9.30am and 2.30pm to 4pm on weekdays. Speeding through a school zone can result in a fine of $227 and the deduction of a demerit point.
Moorabbin mural in the works PAINTING on a new mural in Moorabbin will begin this month. A large-scale mural is set to be painted at the Horscroft Place pocket park. Artist Mike Makatron and creative producer Leo Gester have been chosen to undertake the project. Mike Makatron has painted several large scale murals across Victoria. Kingston mayor Steve Staikos said that he hopes the new mural will improve the look of the public park. “With the assistance of the Victorian government through the suburban parks program, council purchased 2 Horscroft Place in 2019 and demolished the old factory building, to connect it to the Healey Street Reserve and create a welcoming thoroughfare for football fans, students and community members to utilise,” he said. Cr Hadi Saab said “Moorabbin has become a bit of a hub for the arts; it is home to Kingston Arts and boasts several public murals to enjoy. We invite community members to contribute their ideas to this latest significant piece that will become iconic to Moorabbin.”
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