Save the Kebab is an independent community advocacy group campaigning to return Paul Ritter’s 1971 artwork Ore Obelisk to Stirling Gardens in Perth. 

The City of Perth is planning to install Boonji Spaceman, on the original plate of the Ore Obelisk, in Stirling Gardens. This will mean the Obelisk cannot be put back it it’s original location.

Boonji Spaceman is by an American artist - the artwork is a commercial enterprise with no relevance to Perth. The City plans to install it temporarily for 12 months, after which they say a longer term site will be found.

We believe that if the City intends to install the Boonji Spaceman it should be located somewhere relevant and installed once. 

We are also calling for Lorenna Grant’s Arch, decommissioned in 2023 and currently stored in an open air industrial lot, to be put back in its original site.