taking our time Olafur Eliasson's Take Your Time at MCA

things cooled off today... we didn't let the rain dampen our weekend... instead we headed to town to enjoy a "show of light"...

http://eliasson.com.au
@ MCA

all the good memories from the serpentine & tate came rushing back as soon as i caught a glimpse of the giant "disco ball' with external scattering light and internal splitting images...

we spent alot of time in the "yellow room", thinking that we had total color blindness (being monochromats), seeing things only in black and "white"... we were in a 1920s movie!

sadly there were numerous camera nazis around and very few kodak moments could've had...



best was left till last when we spent mintues and hours building our knife, fork, bowl, champas glass, tea pot and mug on the white lego table...
unlimited fun for senses for $15pp - bargain!
recommended:
- ‘360° room for all colours’ (2002) - surrounded by a wall oflight, transfixed by a smooth transition of emotional colours. best viewed up close and personal with the colour wall (as though your entire world was cover in electric blue... morphing into softly softly lavender... then morphing again into sunny golden yellow etc etc
- ‘The structural evolution project’ (2004) - make your dream objects come true in white legoland
- the yellow room - "am i totally colour blind?" peer out to the exit and find everything outside in a tinge of purple

happy bday! tank q mcduck & snowflake!

tank q for mcduck's generosity by taking me back in time, into the decadence of art deco, sampling the ultra-fattening long aged steak / wagyu steak
http://www.rockpool.com.au/sydney/bar-and-grill
contemp art deco... all these "window", "square" patterns look v shanghai 1930

the crusty soredough started to filled me up..
the aussie ham platter was v nice
the $110 wagyu steak with marble score 9+ was v juicy... each bite lubricated with copious beef drippings... mcduck's aged grain fed fillet was a revelation (although it was cooked to only "blue", it was not bloody, just soft and tender)



mcduck enjoyed the rubarb pud...
i liked the brittle-popcorn and passionfruit mashmellow better... will def be researching to recreate the brittle-popcorn...

we enjoyed the end of the night at the jazzgroove futures festival...
http://www.jazzgroove.com
bday cake as well (curtesy of snowflake)

sculpture by the sea

this year's sculpture by the sea, we were well prepared, sunscreen and hats, food, drink and snacks...
no more $7.50 kranskies for us...
instead we had healthy carrot sticks and sweet chilli dip...

we got there earlier than last time... the crowds were there but not at the peak... once again we started at the tamarama end where parking could still be found... we just went there to enjoy the lovely weather and the lovely walk, scenery & scupltures...
along the way, i could hear people reciting from their programs, the various meanings of each sculpture... i didn't get a program... a good thing i guess, otherwise i'll be looking more at the words explaining the sculptures rather than experiencing them myself... since i din't know what they were called... i gave them names my self... there was the "swatch watch" - it actually looked like one i own and haven't worn for donkey's years...
there was "skull with a black tooth (in need of a root canal / crown)"...
these reminds me of "sea urchins"for some reason... may be i should call them the "(skeletal) remains of sea urchins"...
then there was "shoes, shoes, shoes" or as another SBTS-goer noted, "popular with the ladies"...
i do like these ones...
and these ones...

and "fat mama"... sorry, so un-PC
and "among the flags"(as oppose to "between the flags", since there are more than 2 flags)
... "alien tribe"
beautiful scenery...
we finihsed up at the iceberg once again... still have not swum there... yet

congrats to the lovely couple!

it was lovely yesterday at lavender bay!
all the best!

the september issue

september is only 2 days away... for us southerhemispherians, september means spring! ie - strong winds, pollen and hayfever but also more daylight, daylgiht saving and blooms of spring flowers...
what a way to start the new season with a new movie from orpheum...
with great anticipation (4+ from margaret AND david), we stepped into cremourne again to indulge ourselves with a bit of fantasy / reality in "the september issue"...

the verdict: have i just watched a fictional movie? the characters were so OTT, larger than life... one memorable scene involved the multiple, matching, LV tennis accessories paired with a diamond encrusted piaget, all draped over the mountainous body of mr talley - my mouth dropped wide-opened, speechless and astounded by the apparent "thickness / plushness" of the fluffy LV towel around his neck!
I was quote surprise to see quite a number of people at VOGUE without makeup or with minimal and very minimal botox... the look du jour was the ultra skinny, lightly wrinkled (i-have-had-a-ton-of-cigarettes-and-sunbathing-20-yrs-ago look), eyeliner only look... it would help should one have a head full of electric red hair or a taylored bob cut with razor sharp sloping sides...
anna was looking tense throughout the entire length of the feature... she must have had some botox as she should have much more crowsfeet and frownlines... she didn't compare herself well with her father and siblings... she reckoned her family saw her as "frivolous", "amuzing"... may be that was why she always had to appear so "serious" & "restrained"...
grace's creative direction was true mastery and beauty... esp the last "colour block" shoot...
overall it was an 8/10
a bit hyped, but not disappointed (the doco quality of the film suited the small screen better i would think)
the "valentino preview" looked v interesting!
*anna was v uptight, but l loved her dresses! the shape, the colours, the patterns! 50s audrey hepburn silhouette and fur, fur and more fur! she must love the sparkly necklaces - aquamarine? amber? - she had all the colours*

goodies fresh from "stitches and craft"

i got the best out of $10 ever! (by spending my day at the stitches and craft show today)

without spending anything else, i came back home with a bag full of goodies - unbelievable in this day and age of inflated prices!

truly a bagfull of stuff and the "stuff" includes the bag holding it...


i got there just in time for "irene williams"
v happy about that, cos it ended up as the highlight of the day...
what an inspirational lady! and all the colours! and her workshop and wardrobe + hats! i can go on and on...
the ending was sad... but i was in awe & wonder during the entire film...

there was time to kill b4 the feature film "handmade nation", so i ventured into one of the "craft bars"

and ended up making (knitting) this...

"handmade nation" was not to be as the DVD kept stuffing up...

so i ended up at wardrobe refashion's reconstruction zone instead... i went in and nearly didn't come out...

there were NS20 brother machines, scrap material, zips, rhinstones, lace and bits and bolts...
one could make whatever one wished...
i spotted a big piece of sloppy joe fabric... it ended up as a skirt...


then i spent the next hour or two making good use of this colourful piece of stretched woven fabric (with retro pattern)...
it was joined by pieces of felt / a zip / yellow fabric / black hessian as backing... "retro tube bag" was born!





i did end up watching "handmade nation"... i caught about 3/4 of it, cos i was busily finishing my retro bag...
i have to say, it was a little dry... lots of interviews... nice crafty products and ideas were on display from inde craftsters, but not too much fun was on show - not fun like "irene" anyway...
by early 4 o'clock, i still have not visited any of the "shops"! haven't seen any products! no time... i ended up spending another 20+ min on making a pin cushion from the sewing craft bar...

when i did have time (less than 1/2 hr till closing) to wander around the showground, the stalls were already packing up...
good i guess, cos i didn't end up spending any $$$ on $$$-fabrics or bag frames that i don't need!
verdict: bargain day out! much better than last year's SnC show...
*the NS20 was way better than my freebie machine... so smooth & it's computerized! but it is $500+ (450 show special though)*