Beijing Olympics Sculpture Exhibition - opens Sun 9th Sept ROSE GARDENS
The Beijing Sculpture Exhibition is arriving in Gisborne this week feature 110 landscape sculptures made by sculptors from 56 countries to depict Olympic themes of international unity and the realization of dreams. The sculptures were first shown at the 4th Beijing 2008 Olympic Cultural Festival in Wangfujing in China in July and a selection of them are now touring major cities around the world.
That Gisborne will be the first city in the Southern Hemisphere to host the exhibition is a true coup!
Gisborne will celebrate the arrival of the Exhibition with opening ceremonies in three different locations. Fittingly, for the first city in the world to see the sun rise, the celebrations will begin with a dawn ceremony on Sunday, 9 September at Whangara. New Zealands current kapa haka champions Whangara mai Tawhiti will perform for the occasion - a nice synergy given that they are tipped to be New Zealands ambassadors for the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Whangara mai Tawhiti will go on to accompany Beijing Olympic organising committee delegates to the official Pohiri at the Te Poho o Rawiri Marae and then the ribbon-cutting ceremony will take place late afternoon at the exhibition site itself - the Rose Gardens on the Taruheru River.
Nick Tupara, the Exhibition curator and Maori Liaison Officer for the Gisborne District Council says of the event 'The quality and scale of the 110 sculpture collection makes it the most extensive sculptural exhibition to come to New Zealand and possibly Australasia..This will be inspiring for our up and coming artists, arts community and interested viewers. The variety of the exhibition pieces is stunning and offers something for everyone.'
Viewers from around the world will have the opportunity to vote for their favourite sculpture, 29 of which will then be awarded gold, silver and bronze medals - The Beijing Olympics being the 29th Olympics held.
This is a free event.
Timetable for Sunday 9 September
0630 Dawn ceremony at Whangara
1000 Official powhiri at Te Poho o Rawiri
1400 Exhibition open to media for filming/interviews
1700 Official Opening at Rose Gardens
That Gisborne will be the first city in the Southern Hemisphere to host the exhibition is a true coup!
Gisborne will celebrate the arrival of the Exhibition with opening ceremonies in three different locations. Fittingly, for the first city in the world to see the sun rise, the celebrations will begin with a dawn ceremony on Sunday, 9 September at Whangara. New Zealands current kapa haka champions Whangara mai Tawhiti will perform for the occasion - a nice synergy given that they are tipped to be New Zealands ambassadors for the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Whangara mai Tawhiti will go on to accompany Beijing Olympic organising committee delegates to the official Pohiri at the Te Poho o Rawiri Marae and then the ribbon-cutting ceremony will take place late afternoon at the exhibition site itself - the Rose Gardens on the Taruheru River.
Nick Tupara, the Exhibition curator and Maori Liaison Officer for the Gisborne District Council says of the event 'The quality and scale of the 110 sculpture collection makes it the most extensive sculptural exhibition to come to New Zealand and possibly Australasia..This will be inspiring for our up and coming artists, arts community and interested viewers. The variety of the exhibition pieces is stunning and offers something for everyone.'
Viewers from around the world will have the opportunity to vote for their favourite sculpture, 29 of which will then be awarded gold, silver and bronze medals - The Beijing Olympics being the 29th Olympics held.
This is a free event.
Timetable for Sunday 9 September
0630 Dawn ceremony at Whangara
1000 Official powhiri at Te Poho o Rawiri
1400 Exhibition open to media for filming/interviews
1700 Official Opening at Rose Gardens
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