Posts tagged “art”
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Exxopolis by Architects of Air
Yesterday we took the kids in to see Exxopolis, a giant inflatable scupture sitting out the front of the Sydney Opera House. The first photo is one I took on Tuesday while walking down for the Matmos…
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Sydney Festival 2014
It's January in Sydney which means Sydney Festival time. That's when Sydney's centre is transformed for a pretty damn awesome art and culture festival. There's always a stack of awesome gigs, plus fre…
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Bowie’s ‘Space Oddity’ as a children’s book
via howtobearetronaut.com Awesome! From illustrator Andrew Kolb Download SpaceOddity_AndrewKolb.pdf.
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MONA
Hobart is lucky to have the amazing Museum of Old and New Art. The collection is incredible and the building spectacular. Well worth a visit! [video width="500" height="300" mp4="https://media.contrac…
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Shred the week
Time-Killing ‘Chrono Shredder’ is a Day-Dicing Wall Calender Wall clock, calender and mortality reminder all wrapped up in one odd work of (post)modern art. The so-called ‘Chrono Shredder’ provides a…
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"Imagine you've taken half a tab of LSD and are at a very bad performance art installation"
No, not Club Kooky but Marcus Westbury at the Logies. Hilarious description of a surreal event. Red carpet arrival. A spotter peers in limo window to see who of any interest is in the limo. "No one!"…
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Where can I get Hogarth prints?
I've always loved Hogarth's Gin Lane and Beer Street engravings. The post-industrialized world's first moral panic was due to the flood of cheap spirits, coupled with a bored and concentrated populati…
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Springtime for Hitler
Went to see The Producers last night with Dad, Holly and Rachel. What a fantastic musical, best I've seen in years. Absolutely hysterical. Couldn't recommend it more. Highlight: the scene with dancing…
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Jerry Springer: The Opera
Does it mean we're getting old to say we stayed in Saturday evening to watch opera on the telly? Of course it wasn't just any opera but Jerry Springer: The Opera. I never thought I'd see an opera with…
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Guantanamo Baywatch
Just went and saw Guantanamo Baywatch, one of the trilogy by the same writer as The Madness of George Dubya. That hysterical counted as the funniest live comedy I've ever seen. Baywatch was good too,…
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Play: The Madness of George Dubya
I saw this play last night in Camden, London. It supposedly finishes on 8th February but I certainly hope it goes longer. Think a musical update of Dr Strangelove. I was expecting a fairly amateurish…
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Visions of Tokyo
I've just discovered an incredible site that uses Flash in a way that actually enhances the information. Amazing, really. Mid-Tokyo Maps presents a range of different views of the city of Tokyo, looki…