For the time of our current visit we had noted a performance at the recital centre that seemed to come under the heading of "Percussion". It seemed to involve use of a clay pigeon launcher to fire objects into a wall of other objects. Pass.
Frances then found "Fountain", a dance performance at the Martyn Myer Arena. The content note therein suggests it will be a little more ear-friendly. I snuck a photo of the opening element - the Jane Fonda bit - but seem to have lost it! (A learning experience here: if you delete images using the delete function on your phone it goes to a "Recently Deleted" folder on the phone. If you do so using File Explorer on your laptop, it is really gone!)
The performance was a little strange, possibly because I have never seen the movie Fame nor - that I can remember - the musical Chorus Line. Frances could remember the Jane Fonda stuff and Chorus Line and enjoyed it rather more. We were both puzzled by the ending, involving bowling lettuces, and I have emailed the choreographer for a please explain, but have got no response yet. A grand-daughter has suggested that Lion Dances involve lettuce, which is confirmed on line.
A couple of days later we went to visit a couple of venues on Swanston St. At the Town Hall they had an exhibit "Dirty Dozen" about the signature food, and food venues, of Melbourne. This included a range of photographs and text as well as some ceramics by Kenny Pittock of foodstuffs including this, of HSP.
I had no idea what HSP was but some Council folk assured me that it is widely known that HSP =
Halal Snack Pack. I have sought advice whether that only applies in Melbourne.
Moving up Swanston Street (with the Queen Vic Markets - mentioned in the Dirty Dozen - as a destination we swung into the State Library to check the World of Books exhibition, now in its 20th year.
We looked down, from the 4th floor into the Dome Reading room.
Books that were also in year 1 have a '20' icon on the card as with this John Gould exhibit.
The book was open at his illustration of a Grey-Headed Flying Fox , known in Gould's taxonomy as Grey-headed Vampire!
There were a few references to the start of printing. I have a memory of one card saying China started in about 400 AD. Another card continued to give eminence to Guthenbierg in the 1450s.
This is about religious books with a little bit of Kabbalah in the top of the image. I am interested in the order of the cards as I would have put the history of the collector on the left, and details of the specific volume on the right. Then I wondered if the order offered reflects Hebrew being written from right to left. the opposite to English?
Another bit of strangeness with the text covering Australian detective story pulps, but the examples all being from Astounding Science Fiction which is a different sub-genre, mainly covering American authors.
Despite my niggles, I thought it was a very interesting exhibition and well worth visiting if you find yourself in the vicinity of the Library. We may well go back again.
Comments
Post a Comment