Live Sculpture in Wellington

Sculpture taking place in a Wellington Symposium - January 1999 Alongside the municipal area on the waterfront area in Wellington are some small "parks" used for outdoor displays and productions. This time they were creating a display of sculpture and we found several dozen artists carving vast blocks of limestone with all manner of tools both mechanical and power. In some cases parts of the sculpture had already emerged whilst in other parts of the blocks were being attacked enthusiastically with axes, pneumatic drills, saws and hammers and chisels. It is difficult to convey the contrast between a serene head at the top of a block being attacked by enormous swings of a huge axe