Hobart Trip: Day 1 Night
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xenithDay 1: Afternoon
Day 1: Evening
Some cool photos now. Or photos of cool things. Photos just can't capture something things. Things you probably haven't seen before, unless you were in Hobart recently, and even then there's a couple not many saw because they didn't go down to look.
Not many words tonight. It's mostly about looking.
So we headed out to find the source of the blue beam, out on the Regatta Ground (on the edge of the city centre, just before the river). But on the way we passed the museum, where the Bond Store was open until 10 pm. So we went in, down to the basement to see what was hiding down there. You won't guess, unless you've seen it :)
With a slight delay to check out the cool staircase.
This is what we found!
Afloat, Asunder in simple terms is lights switching on and off (some are off there) to throw words on the wall.
The setting is interesting in its own right, a government warehouse, one of the oldest buildings in the city, the country I guess, and down in the basement it's all brick and wooden beams.
Through there are some more parts of the exhibit.
Including this one.
Down the front of the light makers.
Interactive art.
Leaving the museum now in search of the source of the blue beam.
As we get closed, it's apparent it's more than one beam.
Seven beams visible there, at the top of the hill. We just have to follow the footpath around until we find the path up the hill.
There's the path. As we approach some things become obvious:
there's far more than seven beams
it's in front of the cenotaph (with a red cross on it)
there are a LOT people up there
There are 49 search lights in columns, arranged in a 7x7 grid. And the space amongst them is filled with people.
The audience becomes part of the art. Their reactions and movement changes the experience of those around them. ABC Arts has a story on Spectra with a quote from the man responsible for the Dark Mofo festival.
“The standard contention in academic art is that art can’t exist without the viewer, and usually its bullshit,” says MONA’s David Walsh who was on site on MAC1 this afternoon for the launch of the exhibition.
But with these exhibits, not just Spectra, the viewer is a part of the art work.
I consider the cenotaph framed by the light beams and realise there is a photo I have to go and take right now.
That is a cool image, is it not.
Straight up.
Finally we decide we have to leave. It's late and a full day tomorrow, with more cool things to look at!
Last photo of the blue beam, for the night
Day 1: Evening
Some cool photos now. Or photos of cool things. Photos just can't capture something things. Things you probably haven't seen before, unless you were in Hobart recently, and even then there's a couple not many saw because they didn't go down to look.
Not many words tonight. It's mostly about looking.
So we headed out to find the source of the blue beam, out on the Regatta Ground (on the edge of the city centre, just before the river). But on the way we passed the museum, where the Bond Store was open until 10 pm. So we went in, down to the basement to see what was hiding down there. You won't guess, unless you've seen it :)
With a slight delay to check out the cool staircase.
This is what we found!
Afloat, Asunder in simple terms is lights switching on and off (some are off there) to throw words on the wall.
The setting is interesting in its own right, a government warehouse, one of the oldest buildings in the city, the country I guess, and down in the basement it's all brick and wooden beams.
Through there are some more parts of the exhibit.
Including this one.
Down the front of the light makers.
Interactive art.
Leaving the museum now in search of the source of the blue beam.
As we get closed, it's apparent it's more than one beam.
Seven beams visible there, at the top of the hill. We just have to follow the footpath around until we find the path up the hill.
There's the path. As we approach some things become obvious:
there's far more than seven beams
it's in front of the cenotaph (with a red cross on it)
there are a LOT people up there
There are 49 search lights in columns, arranged in a 7x7 grid. And the space amongst them is filled with people.
The audience becomes part of the art. Their reactions and movement changes the experience of those around them. ABC Arts has a story on Spectra with a quote from the man responsible for the Dark Mofo festival.
“The standard contention in academic art is that art can’t exist without the viewer, and usually its bullshit,” says MONA’s David Walsh who was on site on MAC1 this afternoon for the launch of the exhibition.
But with these exhibits, not just Spectra, the viewer is a part of the art work.
I consider the cenotaph framed by the light beams and realise there is a photo I have to go and take right now.
That is a cool image, is it not.
Straight up.
Finally we decide we have to leave. It's late and a full day tomorrow, with more cool things to look at!
Last photo of the blue beam, for the night
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