Peter Mann
Discobolus
Artist Robert Owen has created a landscape that links Sydney Olympic Park to the Olympic Games in Ancient Greece, and celebrates the Greek origins of many Australians.
Within a grove of olive and cypress trees, the apparent remains of an ancient temple emerge, with five column drums - the number of Olympic rings. The large disc is embedded in the ground as though it has been hurled from Ancient Greece by a discus-thrower (discobolus). It has become a contemporary disc - a CD or CD-ROM.