Sculptures By The Sea: Why 60 pastel hearts are haunting an iconic Sydney beach

Key points

• Sixty hand-polished concrete hearts have been installed at Marks Park, between Bondi and Tamarama beaches in Sydney, as part of Sculptures By The Sea. Each heart represents a woman killed by violence this year.
• Each is inscribed with phrases that can excuse, minimise or ignore violence, such as Asked for it and Boys will be boys. The work was created by Philippa Lysaght and Omi McCurdie.
• Lysaght said the aim is to encourage people to speak up when they hear such phrases.