Sacrilege – Sydney Festival
Take your shoes off and head to the Festival Village in Hyde Park. Because as artist Jeremy Deller himself says, "You haven't lived until you've bounced on Stonehenge."
Overview
Sacrilege is a life-size inflatable recreation of Stonehenge. That’s right. The enigmatic monument that’s perplexed historians for years has been "reimagined" as a bouncy castle that all and sundry can hop around on.
Commissioned in 2012 by the Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art and the Mayor of London for the Cultural Olympiad, this work by Turner Prize-winning artist Jeremy Deller has proven to be a smash hit. Deller’s work frequently deals with British history and he is known for engaging the public in innovative and quirky ways.
Both adults and children are allowed to engage with this fun installation that's 34 metres long and 5 metres tall. Take your shoes off and head to the Festival Village in Hyde Park any time from 9am to 9pm, Tuesday to Sunday. As the artist himself says, “You haven’t lived until you’ve bounced on Stonehenge.”
Image courtesy of Mayor of London/ICON.
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