A day of Kulcha

 My back continues to improve so today we got out and about a bit. The first outing was to the State Library to revisit the 4th Floor World of Books exhibition. This time we went in the correct direction!

This was about the early days of printing in the UK with a series of political publications using Prince Rupert's Dog called Boy.  It was a symbol of the Cavaliers with long hair in contrast to the mutt of the Opposition, called "The Parliament's Unspotted Bitch".  I am unsure which side would be get the nod from the Murdoch Press, although the name Rupert (pause to spit 😝) offers a hint. 

They had several Korans, of which this was the most photogenic.

A view looking down to the Reading Room  ...

.. and up to the the dome.

We took a very small lift up to the top (6th) floor which was remarkable as the first I have heard a lift complain of being overloaded.  As most of the folk were typically tiny Asians the lift engineers must have set the weight very tightly!  A couple hopped out and we ascended.

In the evening we headed out to a performance of baroque works by e21.  Walking down South Bank Boulevard the lights of Australia 108 were very impressive.  The purple wall is NGV.

The roof of the Melbourne Recital Centre was also impressive.

This is the set-up inside Hanson Dyer Hall, Ian Potter Southbank Centre.  Notice the high albedo factor of the audience!

In fact the group played 8 works all of which were interesting, and gave a couple of chats explaining what they were at.  The Director of the group reminded me somewhat of the late John Clarke.