Incinerator Art Award 2017 - Art for social change
The Incinerator Art Award showcases the work of 22 artists who make art to promote positive social change.
The award is inspired by the original architects of the Incinerator Gallery, Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahony, who believed that art and architecture practices are ethical enterprises that should aim to bring about positive social change.
On Friday, 6 October the award’s first and second prize recipients were announced. The Incinerator Art Award was judged by Anthony Fitzpatrick (Tarrawarra Museum of Art), Jacqueline Doughty (Ian Potter Museum of Art), and Pippa Milne (Centre for Contemporary Photography).
Winner $10,000 Boathouse Award:
Alana Hunt, Cups of nun chai, 2017, participatory memorial and media intervention involving tea, conversation, photography and text, dimensions variable
Winner $3,000 Incinerator Gallery Award:
Heather Hesterman, LOSS/GAIN, 2017, plywood, stain, water-jet cutting, native plant stock,160 x 160 x 120 cm