Two finalists in this year’s Sculpture by the Sea have turned a satirical eye on Sydney’s overheated property market.
Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time.Perched high on the cliff above Tamarama beach is a new home that claims to take “ocean-front designer living to the next level”.
However, if you’re tempted to put in an offer sight-unseen, be warned this “shiny showcase” looks suspiciously like an oversized, rusty tin can. In fact, that’sis a witty comment on the crazy Sydney property market where even the tiniest spaces command eye-watering sums, and the super-rich and wannabes alike clamber to secure prestigious ocean views.
Like so many great ideas, the concept for the three-metre by two-metre sculpture began life when the two friends were chatting over a beer.“We were discussing how nature resolved the problem of housing, and that’s how we went into the idea of the hermit crab,” Pinto says. “These animals, they actually find an object and they take it as their own home. And also they need to move houses as well. So when they grow, they need to look for other shells.
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