EOI - Echuca District War Memorial Artwork

Submissions must take into consideration the following:

• Designs must provide the opportunity to display the names of 1,691 fallen and returned servicemen. Names will be provided to the successful artist and quotes should include the cost of installing these names.
• The design shall aspire to be both a major statement by the artist and appropriate to the subject and context of the environment, highlighting the service and sacrifice of local servicemen.

The artist’s key responsibilities will include (but are not limited to):

• Meetings and engagement with Council staff, RSL representatives, relevant community members, project stakeholders and contractors throughout the process; 
• Design, development, research and materials;
• Creating small maquettes and/or detailed concept design plan drawings of the life‐sized sculpture; 
• Designing and coordinating the production of the sculpture’s base (if required);
• Site meetings for preparation and installation of the artwork; and
• Other tasks as required.

• The proposed concept and design must conform to Campaspe Shire Council planning requirements around frangibility, environmental impacts, visual impact and common‐sense public sculpture requirements including an appreciation of its location and its public setting; 
• The work will be installed outdoors and must be built with sound materials with a reasonable maintenance‐free life for more than 20 years and to be maintainable in perpetuity;
• Consideration should be given as to how the sculpture could be lit for evening viewing;
• The work must conform to normal engineering standards and specifications, and an engineer’s report will be required validating the construction methodology and materials, prior to construction for the selected artwork commission; and
• Public Liability Insurance will need to note Campaspe Shire Council as an interested party. 

The application must include:

• a brief description of the proposed work;
• sketches and visual documentation adequate to convey the qualities of the proposed work, this may also include computer generated images;
• description of proposed construction method and materials;
• a current artist’s CV; and
• images of three recent works by the artist.

Council will consider the following criteria in evaluating your EOI listed in descending order of importance:

It is important that you ensure that your EOI addresses the above criteria for Council to properly assess your EOI.

From the initial applications received, a shortlist (maximum of 3 (three)) artists will be selected. Each shortlisted artist will be:

• contracted under a standard Shortlist Artist Agreement
• required to provide further concept development; and 
• provide preliminary detail relating to construction details and materials.

Upon receipt of the concept development from the shortlisted artists, each shortlisted artist will be provided a fee of $2,000 (GST exclusive) to develop a maquette and/or detailed concept design plan drawings.

The full budget for the commissioned sculpture, including, artist fees, materials, delivery of sculpture to site, and installation, is anticipated to be a maximum of $100,000. Artists are to take this into consideration when responding to this EOI.

Council reserves the right to reschedule, postpone or cancel the project, or full implementation at any stage of the outlined process.