Reflecting Hope
Spectacle Sculpture, laser show, DJ, Artstate Festival, Wagga Wagga, 2020
Infinity + 1
Stage, set and lighting design, Earthcore Music and Arts Festival, Victoria 2016
The Uncanny
Spectacle Sculpture, Big Day Out, nationwide tour 2010
The Installation is suggestive of an archaeological discovery. A monumental skeleton emerging from the ground and coming to life again. Two towering spines made of reflective vertebrae form glimmering DNA strands as they spin on the giant pelvic bone. An egg shaped cavity inside the pelvis holds an infinite laser matrix. At night powerful beams of light shoot straight up the spines and endlessly into space as if sending out a message.
Rotating Mirror Spire
Spectacle Sculpture, Laser animation, Splendour in the Grass 2008
Chung Ling Soo’s Double Dragon Spirit Show
Spectacle Theatre Show, Splendour in the Grass 2006
This massive sideshow installation pushed Festival Art into the theatre of spectacle and grand illusion. The show is based on the famous Victorian era magician Chung Ling Soo and his traveling magic show. The stage is shaped like a giant cauldron, amidst the smoke, two red dragons majestically rise up to clasp a spinning crystal. This ghostly realm is inhabited by a surrealist performance troupe of beautifully costumed Peking Opera style dancers and circus acrobats that float, disappear and reappear under the phantasmagoric powers of Chung Ling Soo.
Between the trees
Fire Sculpture, Rivers of Light, Lismore Lantern Parade 2004
The Hand of Glass
Canberra Festival Australia, Hong Kong Arts Festival China, Glastonbury Festival England, 1997 – 2000
The ghostly transparent hand seemed to come alive with haunting super natural powers, radiating light from the palm as if trying to communicate. The idea of a hand with two thumbs was intended to symbolises future human evolution. The installation was originally commissioned by the Canberra Festival as a public artwork for the civic square fountain. It was then mounted at the Hong Kong Arts Festival as part of the “Hand Over” celebrations, and the next year at the Glastonbury Music Festival and the Circus 2000 Festival in England.
The Regenerating Phoenix
Canberra Festival 1998
This Spectacle Installation was inspired by the ancient myth of an immortal bird that builds a nest of fire once every thousand years and is reborn from its own ashes. As a New Years Eve Spectacle. the regenerating Phoenix is symbolic of the old year passing and the new year beginning. The design creates the mesmerising illusion of a shimmering Phoenix appearing and disappearing within the giant golden fire nest. The installation featured a customised laser animation which generated suspense towards the climatic midnight pyrotechnic finale.
Time Tunnel
Fire Sculpture, New Years Eve Spectacle, Bondi Beach, Sydney, 1997
Clint Hurrell is a professional Installation Artist at large scale and modest festival events. His work is adventurous, and theatrically presents fine art to huge crowds of people. His designs combine monumental sculpture with advanced lighting effects. Clint’s’ signature style has been described as Spectacle Art. The installations are beautiful, and create memorable moments that unite the audience in a shared experience.
Clients include directors from major Arts and Music Festivals, National Museums, Fashion Shows, Circus Troupes, Rodeos, Speedways and New Years Eve safety committees. Event promoters can also approach Clint, to design and operate customised shows that meet the budget and stylistic brief. For over twenty-five years his work as a Lighting and Stage designer has been used to captivate audiences, attract media publicity, and celebrate important occasions.