Bones in Boxes
And in suitcases again.
A loooong day and night.
First stop the skatepark in the morning.
Then back to the Gallery for suitcase therapy again. Sam, who was my partner in pliers & wiring yesterday was busy painting the video walls white for extra sharpness. Carrying the 25 ltr paint tin towards us, she tripped and “Splodge!” white paint disaster in the hallway! Nothing major, just some furniture with extra “character” now.
There are more interesting museum cases set up in the installation now. This is a human lower leg, overrun with the minutae of the natural world - beetles, bugs. wasps nests, coral etc.
Rear view.
There is a big display case with all sorts of objects, some from taxidermists. The jars are full of shed python skins.
The finished interior space.
He’s back in his box, with a turtle shell for a helmet/head. The backdrops of the two large canvases repeat the objects in the exhibition.
Back sleeping in his suitcase. He’s having a more exciting time now than when he was an art room model!
The front of the official invite. The repeating images are part of the video walls display. Can you make out the dancer?
By the early evening it was time for coffee and soothing ales, at the Regional Art Gallery.
The bottle of Italian Malt went down very easily.
A wander through town at dusk was lovely. I have a bucket more photos, but they’re for another post. Jeff gets embarrassed when I fossick around the bushs for all sorts of things. He tends to stand off at a distance whilst I have my “Naturalists” hat on.
Back to the Esplanade for more
Jez carving the over vert.
There are championship beach volleyball courts alongside the skatepark.
This is a winter’s night in the Tropics.
Back to work. Time to check the pond levels in the night.
Can get very spooky, with wallabies and waterbirds jumping all around you.
Even spookier is what we have to pass to get to the pond…
Can you guess what is it?
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a belated happy new year to you, my friend! e.
.. waiting for nwxt episode, lynne
Such great photos here I love them, I would love to be able to ride a skateboard without falling off yes I am that lame I can’t do it….
The photos from the museum are just great and interesting when I first saw the skeleton I wondered who you had bobbed off and cut up and put in a suitcase.
Hi Lynne,
Not sure if this was where your comment was supposed to go??? Sorry, left a message on your fabulous music/60’s blog.
Hi Jo-Anne,
I can’t even go forward on a skateboard. Backwards (and badly), is all I can manage. I can rollerskate though, and rollerblade with no confidence. All I can think of is “6 weeks in a plaster cast” when I strap the rollerblades on!
WOW…A busy day….. after viewing your photographs and prose feel nostalgic for what once was. Ahhh the tropics. I find the finished product of the suitcase mountain a little dark but I am on the dark side… and the skeleton with the life and nature bits appropriate. Will be an interesting journey, the Gallery exhibition. I am somewhat a philistine try hard as I might, not to be. Have difficulty at times with interpritation. After the hard work the coffee is “my cup of tea”. The skate park is exciting. Has your son settled in at his school? I always found it difficult as a teenager joining a new school. …A pet cemetery….
Look forward to the cityscapes of down town Cairns. circa 2008.
Kind regards,
Elizabeth
Hi Elizabeth,
It’s funny, when Jez walked into the exhibition, he said “They call this art?” I said “SSSSSSSHHHHhhhh the artist might hear you!” He didn’t, but I suppose he’s heard it all before. If you could only see the video and soundtrack that accompany the suitcases and bones…. It’s fulll on sensory overload! As I said, Contemporary Art is something I am beginning to try and appreciate. Have to think think think about it!
I did have the coffee, but couldn’t resist a few good swigs of the Italian beer. What a combination!
Jez is settled, and has a few good mates that are GOOD kids. Makes a big difference. Thanks for asking, you’re a sweetie.
Yes - the Pet Cemetary!
Thanks for visiting,
Cindy
A pet cemetary!! I thought it was toads having coffee. The exhibition looks interesting to say the least. Great pics of Jez I bet he was moving fast too. I’m suffering withdrawal symptoms as my camera is getting fixed. I wont have it for 4 days.
Interesting exhibition ,we had a skeleton when I was nurse training in the lecture room who got up to some interesting pranks in the Nurses quarters LOL. I will leave a photo of Arnie[Horse] on my blog for you I don’t know how to put one here.
Right about now I could do with some of those balmy nights…It has been freezing to say the least….
My little one Daniel tried his hand at skate boarding once…Poor little fella…First bump in the road and he was flying through the air with the greatest of ease….Did some damage to himself and hasn`t been on one since…He has the scars to remind him…lol…
Looks like the exhibition went well….So many things to look at….
Thanks for sharing Cindy…I love your work….
Hi girls!
Eva, will pop over an d ahve a look at your gorgeous boy, thanks for going to the trouble!
Mandy, I can hardly watch sometimes - All I can envisage is plaster casts!
Friday was a “soft” opening of the exhibition. July 25 is the official+media launch. Not sure if I can make that one as we have interstaters flying in.
Off to post about my arty day now!
Cheers
Cindy