A flake of rust from the barbie at Wanstead Reserve, a casuarina seed cone, a Sydney cockle shell, a piece of plastic from the lid of a water bottle. Collected on a series of walks along the Cooks River, from Yagoona to Botany Bay, these small silver objects reflect a desire to draw attention to the river and to consider things around us that are easy to overlook.
These sculptures were cast as mnemonic tools for a walk on the river in 2019. Each walker took one home to put on their bookshelf, forget in their pocket or lose down the back of their couch, only to see it again at some point and remember being a part of a group of people walking along the river. These sculptures and walks are part of an ongoing body of work called, A Week on the Cooks River.
special silver
8 x silver castings (2 x 4 x 2 cm each)
Finalist
Clare Britton, in conversation with Sebastian Goldspink, discusses her work A Week on the Cooks River. Recorded on 7 November 2021 at the 20th Anniversary Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize exhibition, Woollahra Gallery at Redleaf.
Judges of the 20th Anniversary Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize: Dr Lara Strongman (Director Curatorial and Digital, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia), Joanna Capon OAM (Art Historian, Curator and Industrial Archaeologist) and Jenny Kee AO (Artist and Fashion Designer).
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