Calendar 2022

Official opening of Lorne Sculpture Biennale 2022.

Welcome to Country and smoking ceremony by traditional Gadubanud custodians in rear garden at Mantra before we move to the convention hall for the official opening.

All welcome.

Deborah’s work – Ghost – will recall Lorne’s iconic Wild Colonial Club from the mid 20^th century. Utilising a timber construction, the sculpture will be enhanced by performances, projections and happenings each weekend.

She'll be joined by special guests Spectrum and the pioneer of light projection, Hugh McSpedden. Details of Spectrum's performances can be found on our calendar.

Meet the artist Clayton Blake to hear about his inspirations and process involved in the creation of his work 'Beach Box'.

On-site at the Fig Tree precinct (adjacent to Lorne SLSC), or in the event of inclement weather, meet at Community Connect. Booking essential.

Fragments is a projection artwork that draws together scattered pieces of time, textures, emotions and feelings from the rich woven fabric that is Lorne. 

This work will be on display each evening from 7pm in the front window of Josh Crosbie Architects near In the Skies Gallery.

Domenico de Clario's contribution to the Lorne Sculpture Biennale (Spirit of Place) consists of four performances. Three of the performances focus on the enigmatic presence of D. H Lawrence, Mark Twain and Rudyard Kipling in Lorne, during a period spanning the end of the 19^th century and the beginning of the 20^th.

The fourth performance homages the life and work of Albert Namatjira, and begins at sunset on the full moon evening of March 18. 

Performance One takes place on the remains of the old Lorne Pier and consists of a translation into keyboard sounds of D. H. Lawrence’s description of his first encounter with the Australian bush (Kangaroo, page 11).  

Performer: domenico de clario (translator / keyboard).

Upon dusk over the four weekends of the Biennale, Lorne Cinema and the sand in front of Lorne Surf Life Saving Club will come alive under Nick’s projections.

Chris will host two workshops that will both start with a rock ramble to find your materials.

The first workshop will show attendees how to use seaweed as a sculptural material (recommended for ages 12 and up).

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Join Lorne Historical Society members and other special guests as they share the quirky, the fascinating and incredible stories of Lorne.

Meet the artist Robert Hague on site and hear about the inspirations behind Robert's work for Lorne Sculpture Biennale 2022.

On-site at the Golden Mile precinct, or in the event of inclement weather, meet at Community Connect. Booking essential.

Join Lorne Historical Society members and other special guests as they share the quirky, the fascinating and incredible stories of Lorne.

This solo improvised saxophone performance seeks to draw together the array of sculptures within the environment through a sonic envelopment driven by the signifier ‘E’: exploring, encountering, embedding, excavating, examining, extrapolating, ecstatic, environment (the earth and all its inhabitants, human & non-human).

Be the envy of all your Instagram followers and join us for a tour of some of the most Insta-worthy vantage points of the Biennale. Tag your socials with #LSB2022 and we’ll re-post the best offerings to our social media feeds. The best post receives a prize.  

Domenico de Clario's contribution to the Lorne Sculpture Biennale (Spirit of Place) consists of four performances. Three of the performances focus on the enigmatic presence of D. H Lawrence, Mark Twain and Rudyard Kipling in Lorne, during a period spanning the end of the 19^th century and the beginning of the 20^th.

The fourth performance homages the life and work of Albert Namatjira, and begins at sunset on the full moon evening of March 18. 

The second performance begins at 7 pm (sunset) on Sunday March 13 in the Ballroom of the Mantra Hotel, on the Hotel’s grounds between Mountjoy Parade and the Lorne seafront. 

In Roman mythology, Genius Loci is the ancient practice of the worship of the spirits of place that reside in the natural landscape.

Follow The Keeper – a benevolent and mysterious giant neither human nor animal - along the foreshore where a fire effigy awaits awakening. Place your wish in the hands of The Keeper who, upon lighting the Effigy, will make an offering of these wishes to the spirits in an act of transformation that will release the Chimera, a hybrid creature of Otway animals: tiger snake, bat, and wedge-tail eagle. Gather around the cleansing flames and come together in a celebration of the spirits that still occupy the natural beauty of the Otways: its forests, waterfalls, and the ocean.