Discover the Sculpture Garden at Boomerang Festival
Boomerang Festival is delighted to present a unique celebration of creativity and sustainability through our Sculpture Garden exhibition. This exciting competition showcases the talent of artists who have transformed ordinary repurposed materials into extraordinary works of art.
Visitors to the festival will have the chance to explore the Sculpture Garden over three days, admiring these installations. The expert art jury will choose the best artwork to give it a cash prize of €1,000, sponsored by Malta Daily.
2. Three Golden Graces
Three Golden Graces
Made from 2-litre plastic water bottles covered in sack and sprayed gold. It depicts 3 female dancers balancing on their toes
Artist: Joseph Barbara
Materials: Plastic water bottles.
3. Monument to Equality for the Balance of Power for Women
Monument to Equality for the Balance of Power for Women
This installation is made from cardboard bicycle boxes, cut to shape and fitted on each other. Then covered in recycled calendar sheets with my paintings from some years ago. This installation depicts equality for women as shown at the top with the female hand holding the balance straight.
Artist: Joseph Barbara
Materials: Mixed media of recycled materials.
4. Futuristic Tree
Futuristic Tree
This artwork is signifying the importance of trees for shelter from the sun. It is mostly made from plastic water bottles.
Artist: Joseph Barbara
Materials: Plastic Water Bottles.
5. Apollo and Daphne
Apollo and Daphne
This installation consists of broken mannequins, plastic water bottles, bark of a chopped tree and various other materials. The story of Apollo and Daphne from Greek Mythology. When Apollo tries to grab Daphne and she calls Daia, the forest goddess to help her and the goddess turns her into a tree.
Artist: Kim Barbara
Materials: Mixed media recycled materials.
6. The Mummy
The Mummy
Made from plastic water bottles depicting a mummy rising from the dead.
Artist: Kim Barbara
Materials: Plastic water bottles.
7. Time Machine
Time Machine
This installation was created from discarded found objects and covered in old leftover calendar pages, with my paintings of Feasts of Malta.
Artist: Kim Barbara
Materials: Plastic water bottles.
8. Catharsis Tshomen & Fireworm
Catharsis Tshomen & Fireworm
Fire & Water. Transmutation & Liberation. A Fireworm power animal and the divine female Tshomen hybrid encounter. The divine female hybrid.Fearless, powerful, radiating light codes & energy, transmuting & liberating. She encounters the Fireworm power animal. Both reflect like mirrors their fire/water nature to each other. Their energy intertwines. A connection and profound love led to tantric enlightenment. The divine female channelling energy to the Fireworm whose deep green & red hues represent eye colour and contrast of both water and fire elements. The essence of love itself pours through this immense and intense hybrid. Pure yet audacious the winged Tshomen holds the vow to liberate all sentient beings! The Fireworm being close to her heart!
Artist: Rigdzin La Creations
Materials: Fabric Bubble Wrap, cds, huge carton rolls, pallets, shells buttons, mannequin, rough paper magazines, cartoon, old hanging wires.
9. Jellyfish
Jellyfish have drifted along on ocean currents for millions of years. These invertebrates have no blood, no bones, no heart and no brain as we know it. Despite their stingy defences, jellyfish are eaten by other sea creatures. Sadly, our plastic waste in the sea can become a threat. Many sea turtles die when they ingest plastic they mistook for jellyfish. Dealing with waste is a major problem we all face every day. Each one of us, as humans, have the responsibility to take care of our planet. We have to be aware of our actions and do our best to reduce our ecological footprint.. It’s main aim is to help us reflect on our impact on the environment.
Artist: The Recycled Art Club students at Maria Regina College, Ex lily of the Valley Secondary School Mosta under the guidance of Art Teacher Denise Muscat
Materials: These mobile sculptures were part of the stage set. They are made up of broken umbrellas. The tentacles are mostly T-shirt yarn (old t-shirts cut into thin strips) and paper painted with left over paints from the art room. The reflective paper is from food packaging. Re used yarn was used for the crotchet bits embellished with beads from broken costume jewellery.
10. Black Gold
Black Gold
This works forms part of Archers’ independent style known as ‘Dynamic Constructivism Artform’. This consists of two pieces wall wall-mounted V-Jet Black and Gold based on wood gold gliding inspirations with metal as three-dimensional impressions.
Artist: Archer Charles
Materials: This consists of two pieces wall wall-mounted V-Jet Black and Gold based on wood gold gliding inspirations with metal as three-dimensional impressions.
11. Spina Dorsale
Spina Dorsale
This work forms part of Archers’ independent style known as ‘Dynamic Constructivism Artform’. This free-standing structure manifests connections for straight vertical power full of movements.
Artist: Archer Charles
Materials: Made of bianco carrara marble base structure, 10mm discarded mild steel.
12. Woman on Top
Woman on Top
This artwork forms part of Archers’ independent style known as ‘Dynamic Constructivism Artform’. This freestanding structure can be swivelled and manifests the idea of Playing Games on Deep Grounds.
Artist: Archer Charles
Materials: Made of wood, high tense in style steel, base metal.
13. High Direction
High Direction
Artist: Archer Charles
Materials: the base is made of marble polish and the main structure is made of mild steel connected by 10mm metal rods.
13. Power of Giving
Power of Giving
As an artist, Francesco uses what is already available around him, with the scope to build structures to help others and the environment around him. His statement is ‘Help me, as I can help others back’. He believes on the idea of value as exchange to nurture. In this case, if the judges choose his artwork, all the money would be donated to Puttinu and he hopes for the festival goers to create, help nature and help each other’s in life in or outside the festival
Artist: Francesco Amoroso
Materials: Jablo, found plastic, bits of found metal, found wood
Experience the fusion of art and sustainability at Boomerang Festival and be inspired by the extraordinary transformations of repurposed materials into stunning works of art.
