Call to Peace OPENING EVENT (Free)
Sun, 27 Mar
|South Melbourne
Call to Peace, a dramatic sculpture by Soviet-born, St Kilda-based artist, Nina Sanadze, will be unveiled Sunday 27 March, 2-3pm, on the corner of Clarendon and Coventry Streets, South Melbourne.


Time & Location
27 Mar 2022, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
South Melbourne, 258 Coventry St, South Melbourne VIC 3205, Australia
About the Event
Call to Peace, a dramatic sculpture by Soviet-born, St Kilda-based artist, Nina Sanadze, will be unveiled Sunday 27 March, 2-3pm, on the corner of Clarendon and Coventry Streets, South Melbourne. It is designed as a backdrop for grassroots performances, gatherings, rehearsals, jamming, meeting, talking and just being together.
The sculpture, an Amazonian-looking windswept woman with outstretched arms calling for peace, replicates and revives an historic, Neo-classical Soviet post-World War II monument of the same name. One of six winning artworks in the City of Port Phillip’ s Reimagine – Activation Design Competition, it will remain in situ for six months and involve performances from musicians, dancers, and poets, with the aim of “bringing a sense of hope, beauty, empathy and unity,” Sanadze says. The award-winning artist started working on the monument in November 2021.