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Sculpting nature for arts’ sake
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Posted on Jul 30 2005
Sculptures made from recycled materials and other media wowed judges and spectators yesterday at the 2005 EcoArts Festival ground in the American Memorial Park.
A total of 23 entries were submitted for the competition, said contest coordinator Glenn Hunter. Five were received for the Sculpture Category and 18 were submitted for the Visual Arts category.
Hunter said the turnout is overwhelming, considering that it was the first year for the festival.
One sculpture, Immortal Faith-Armor of God, pricked the spectators’ curiosity when they visited the gallery. It depicts a big cross with a half-man, half machine figure protecting the cross, using his right armored arm. The artist said his creation aims to show that, even though “robotics software and computer technology have been a part of us, we will still have this immortal faith in God.”
Another sculpture that captured the interests of the viewers yesterday was entitled Recycled Imagination. It was a mixed media sculpture rendered with plastic bottles, plastic sewer pipes, rubber tubes, and reused tissue paper, among others. The artwork is a large depiction of the coral reefs of the CNMI, considered to be one of the important resources on the three islands.
The Driftwood Imagination, another entry, signified the artist’s imagination about exploring the boundaries of his culture. The piece was carved out of driftwood that the artist had found along the shores of Saipan. The driftwood was carved into a kingfisher bird perched on a tree after a day of catching fish.
The criteria for judging the sculpture category are creativity, materials used, expression of meaning and emotions and the overall impression.
Hunter said the criteria for the Visual Arts category are the same, only without consideration for the materials used for the entries.
The judges for the Visual Arts and Sculpture competition were Arts Council’s Angel S. Hocog and Glimpses president Steve Ruder.
The winners will be announced today during the awarding and closing ceremony of the festival at the Amphitheater at 6pm.
