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Camera IconArtist Anton Lord in his home studio with prototypes of his sculpture. Credit: Stuart Quinn\/The West Australian<\/p>\nA Claremont artist will be returning to this years Sculpture by the Sea, this time with a huge interactive piece inspired by Australia\u2019s golden landscape.<\/p>\n
Self-described as an \u201cartist stuck in a scientists body\u201d Anton Lord is putting the final touches on his sculpture \u201cGolden Fields\u201d \u2014 a 200sqm piece spanning over six meters tall \u2014 before the famous exhibition returns to Cottesloe next month.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a fairly large piece, and encourages people to actually walk in and around it, as opposed to fold their arms and furrow their brows from afar,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
A technologist by trade, Lord has been creating exciting sculptures for years, exhibiting large-scale immersive pieces where engineering and art intersect.<\/p>\n
\u201cI come from a technical field, and audio has been a large part of my life,\u201d Lord said.<\/p>\n
Camera IconArtist Anton Lord in his home studio with prototypes of his sculpture. Credit: Stuart Quinn\/The West Australian<\/p>\n
His piece from the 2023 Sculpture by the Sea, titled Whisper Tree, was another large installation piece made up of diaphanous speakers, which would sway in the wind like a giant wind chime suspended from the tree.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve always tried to have some kind of direct technology based interaction, or even passive interactions through the wind, moving something or touching other involvement,\u201d Lord added.<\/p>\n
And this year is no different, Lord said.<\/p>\n
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Camera IconArtist Anton Lord in his home studio. Credit: Stuart Quinn\/The West Australian<\/p>\n
\u201cEssentially it\u2019s a massive grid of tall, vertical elements with some natural movement in it. So at a distance, it reads like a field but up close there\u2019s some details and a few surprises.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lord said the piece was inspired by Australia\u2019s landscape, the golden straw that exist grasses of the coastal dunes to the cereal crops of the Wheatbelt.<\/p>\n
Made out of aluminium, Lord said he fell in love with the material during a project last year incorporating an anodised piece.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt has a finish quite unlike any other material. It\u2019s got that those aerospace properties of just workability and strength and lightness.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a fantastic material to work with, and putting it on the scale it will be, with the backdrop of the ocean, it\u2019s quite a magical combination.\u201d<\/p>\n
With Sculpture by the Sea just weeks away, Lord was excited to be returning to the \u201cone of a kind exhibition\u201d after its hiatus in 2025.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are few places in the world that offer this kind of backdrop exposure,\u201d Lord said.<\/p>\n
\u201cDespite all of the hard work in getting there, it\u2019s truly amazing space to exhibit in and share.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lord\u2019s piece is one of more than 70 sculptures coming to Cottesloe Beach on March 6.<\/p>\n