This quirky event is a chance for residents and visitors to immerse themselves in the fun and celebrations of the Games.
Participants from all levels of experience are welcome and can walk, jog or run with everyone becoming a winner of this race receiving a medal on completion.
"Andrew Baines is one of those artists who creates incredibly fun work that is inspiring on many levels - from his ability to create these zany photoshoots to his commentary on the slavery of office cubicles and corporate culture.
"Andrew’s work brings a taste of the unexpected to Festival 2018; a mass of suits racing along the beach is not what you expect to see on a typical day," Ms Fell said.
Famous for his trademark surrealist style, Baines puts politicians, orchestras, cows, Hills Hoists, dachshunds and masses of suited volunteers in the sea for photoshoots.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is just one of a handful of politicians to have participated in Baines’ human sculptures by the sea.
Having staged numerous installations at iconic Australian beaches since 2005, Baines’ work deals with notions of escapism - inspired by his own exit from ‘office slavery’.
Based in Adelaide, Baines is represented by leading commercial galleries around the world and has exhibited in Australia, Italy, USA, Canada, UK, Switzerland and Singapore.
He has been included in a European encyclopaedia of surrealism, Lexikon der Surrealisten; a Portuguese book on Surrealism, International Surrealism Now; and is the only Australian artist featured in a European travelling exhibition of the same title.
In 2017 he was commissioned by United Nations Association of Australia to create a photoshoot-inspired painting for official UN ‘70th year anniversary’ envelopes, as well as a two-metre-high ‘peace message in a bottle’ to be sent around the world.
To register as a participant or for further details, email [email protected]
For full program details and more information on Festival 2018 visit gc2018.com/festival2018.
Bronwyn Bender: +61 481 907 056
Arts and Culture Communications and PR Specialist
Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation (GOLDOC)
Cassie Grace: +61 466 023 291
Arts and Culture Marketing and Communications Lead
Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation (GOLDOC) ---
