I’ve been spending most of this year working with a team of artists at the Fundere Fine Art Sculpture Foundry in Melbourne, replicating a copy of my iconic costume worn over decades at protest actions both here and overseas.
It was conceived, protesting against mining for rutile/mineral sands at Middle Head beach and is now worn for the genocide taking place in Gaza.
Byron Bay being one of the main places visited on the far easterly coast of Australia, with a Green council, serving a large activist body of people, is the main reason for this choice.
This project is to help remind, empower and enhance a growing culture of peace initiatives to counter the military-industrial murdering-polluting complex.
In addition, this statue is a backdrop spelling out graphically and visually what needs to be addressed for a liveable planet.
We can see now in real time on our devices the devastation left behind by modern warfare. Our web of life is at a crossroads.
Hope that a group can get together in Byron to support and lobby this request.
For more info visit www.funderestudios.com.au/benny-zable-the-protestor.
May peace prevail on Earth.
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