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Hundreds of people have flocked to Sydney's most famous shoreline to welcome back the annual art exhibition Sculpture by the Sea. This year its showcasing the eccentric works of 112 artists from more than 20 countries across the world.

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00:00 The coastal walk from Bondi to Tamarama is renowned as one of the most aesthetic in the
00:06 world.
00:07 But once a year, those pounding the pavement are rewarded with something a little extra,
00:11 when it's transformed into an outdoor art gallery, to the delight of locals.
00:15 I think I was like maybe three when it started and I think I've come pretty much every year.
00:19 My parents used to walk me up and down here in a pram to get me to sleep.
00:23 Now, Sophie and Max have entered their own sculpture, made almost entirely of post-consumer
00:28 plastics, inspired by a shared love.
00:32 Last year we had a dinner party and ate lots of oysters and we all sat together and chose
00:35 the most beautiful shell that we scaled up and then we used that 3D model in the computer
00:40 to create an aluminium mould.
00:42 Australian artist John Petrie has entered his work 11 times since the event began, this
00:48 year taking out the major prize for his rock sculpture representing the Earth's axis.
00:53 The whole world is in this sculpture and if you look into the pattern, they look like
00:57 stars.
00:58 If you look around the other side, you can see the Milky Way.
01:01 To celebrate 25 years of bringing art to Sydney's iconic coastlines, some fan favourites have
01:06 been brought back to mark the occasion.
01:09 Like this one, the popular melting ice cream truck by artist James Dive, which first debuted
01:13 in 2006.
01:15 While others feature a more modern twist.
01:17 Chasing the Sun is a phygital sculpture, it not only resides in the physical but also
01:21 in the virtual.
01:22 If you can't make it down to sculpture by the sea physically, you can also digitally
01:27 access it through an app.
01:29 Taking art to the people.
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