Front Beach, Back Beach art project across Mornington Peninsula
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Deakin University academics have partnered with the Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery (MPRG) to curate an ambitious collection of artworks for public display in November.
Front Beach, Back Beach (FBBB), will see 15 site-responsive artworks by leading Australian artists displayed at locations across the peninsula from 4–27 November 2022 to celebrate and mark historical events significant to those sites.
Deakin University School of Communications and Creative Arts Professor David Cross and Associate Professor Cameron Bishop are co-artistic directors of the event. Professor Cross said he and Associate Professor Bishop grew up on the peninsula and were thrilled to work on the project, which includes guided narrations explaining each artwork’s significance on the FBBB website.
Sites of significance include Monmar (Point Nepean), a location of great importance for the Bunurong and Boonwurrung peoples. It is also where the first official cannon fire was recorded at the beginning of World War I, and is the location of former prime minister Harold Holt’s disappearance in 1967.
Other sites and projects include a migrating building at Coolart Homestead and Wetlands in Somers, films at The Dromana Drive-in, and an installation at Wonga (Arthurs Seat).
For more information on the artists and program, visit the Front Beach, Back Beach website.