A giant golden monkey has been installed on the side of a historic Ballarat building.
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Lisa Roet created the public art installation in 2016, in the year of the monkey
It has been featured in Singapore, Hong Kong, Edinburgh and Melbourne
The golden installation is part of an art series imitating endangered monkeys
The work by renowned Melbourne artist Lisa Roet has travelled to the regional Victorian city for the Ballarat International Foto Biennale — and it's stopping passers-by in their tracks.
Roet first created the inflatable art installation for Melbourne Town Hall in 2016, during the Chinese Zodiac year of the monkey, continuing her 30 years of art-practice focused on primates.
It has travelled across the globe since, featuring on buildings in Hong Kong, Singapore and Edinburgh, and is part of a series featuring different endangered monkeys.
"They are touring to global locations to talk about biodiversity loss and encroaching urbanisation and the relationship between nature and humans and our urbanisations models," Roet said.
The golden monkey in Ballarat is an imitation of the snub nose monkey found in the mountain ranges of China and Myanmar.
It has a distinct up-turned face and long tail.
It is known to sneeze when rain lands in its mutated nose, which is a result of evolutionary "biomorphism" caused by global warming.
The piece was hand-stitched in Melbourne from German-made, lightweight, tough and durable material that has a metal and nylon weave and is lined with a tarpaulin-like material on the inside.
The full inflated size is nine by six metres, but packs down to a metre squared size box for transporting.
Roet said the prominence of the monkey triggered community conversations.
"It can be looked at on so many levels ... it can be kids looking at it going it's a gold monkey on a building," she said.
"But the conversation can go a bit further which is why is there a gold monkey on that building?
"It is a story of global warming really."
The golden monkey will be on display for 60 days as part of the festival, which launches on Friday.
It will also feature work by renowned British portrait and documentary photographer Platon, and American visual artist Andy Warhol, among a long line up of exhibitions and public installations.
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