Photo ArtsHub; sculpture by Chi Phan
To present a sculpture exhibition on the floor of a Jurassic forest that is listed as a World Heritage site is rather unique. That the site is privately owned and this sculpture festival is a private initiative is all the more remarkable.
ArtsHub caught up with siblings Anthea and David Hammon, members of the family who own Scenic World in the Blue Mountains, located about two hours out of Sydney. The site has been in the hands of the family since 1945 when it took over a mining lease; the patriarch Harry Hammon saw an opportunity when a jeep of American soldiers pulled up and asked where that steep railway was, only opened on weekends. “Godarn it, we drove all the way up from Sydney for a ride on that thing and it’s closed.”
