Another beautiful day in Sydney. 26, sunny and a nice breeze.
We went back into the city, and started out by visiting the Museum of Contemperary Art. First positive comment...it's free. In addition to that it is very interesting. I'm the first to admit modern paintings don't appeal to me, and this gallery hasn't changed my opinion.
The amazing thing weren't the paintings, but all the other examples of creativity. It was truly amazing, and I loved it.
There was an exhibit, by an Australian couple that dealt with house and homes. One exhibit, which was shown, using a photograph, was of a home that was being demolished. They carefully removed the roof and all the walls, so that all the was left were the floors of the rooms, showing the various tiled floors.
Another was of a small airplane that they cut up into pieces small enough to be shipped by mail. They then sent all the pieces, by mail, to San Francisco, where they loosely reassembled it. The pieces were not packaged, so each piece had addresses, and postmarks. At the end of the exhibition every piece was sent back to Sydney, again by mail. So, what you have is a loosely assembled plane, each piece showing that it was sent by mail.
There were also some interesting videos, quite good.
As I said there was a lot of very creative exhibits on display.
There were also some native bark paintings, which were better than anything I have seen.
After our visit to the MCA, we toured the Rocks, which is the area which was first populated by the English exiles that first colonized Australia. The sad thing is that there is very little known about the natives that lived here. They lived in clans of 20 to 60 people, had no written language, and only a primitive culture. The only things we know are some written records, by the colonists, all from their point of view. If you think our natives were mistreated, the Australians were worse. Aboriginals didn't get the vote until 1967.
We also visited Hyde Park, another lovely park in central Sydney. At the moment there is an exhibition of photographs, showing everyday life in Sydney. The photos are blown up to a 3 m by 2 m size, and suspended along the main path through the park.
My impression of Sydney is that it is much more cosmopolitan than Melbourne. The people downtown dress more smartly, there don't seem to be as many obese people, and the pace is faster.
All in all another great day in Sydney
We went back into the city, and started out by visiting the Museum of Contemperary Art. First positive comment...it's free. In addition to that it is very interesting. I'm the first to admit modern paintings don't appeal to me, and this gallery hasn't changed my opinion.
The amazing thing weren't the paintings, but all the other examples of creativity. It was truly amazing, and I loved it.
There was an exhibit, by an Australian couple that dealt with house and homes. One exhibit, which was shown, using a photograph, was of a home that was being demolished. They carefully removed the roof and all the walls, so that all the was left were the floors of the rooms, showing the various tiled floors.
Another was of a small airplane that they cut up into pieces small enough to be shipped by mail. They then sent all the pieces, by mail, to San Francisco, where they loosely reassembled it. The pieces were not packaged, so each piece had addresses, and postmarks. At the end of the exhibition every piece was sent back to Sydney, again by mail. So, what you have is a loosely assembled plane, each piece showing that it was sent by mail.
There were also some interesting videos, quite good.
As I said there was a lot of very creative exhibits on display.
There were also some native bark paintings, which were better than anything I have seen.
After our visit to the MCA, we toured the Rocks, which is the area which was first populated by the English exiles that first colonized Australia. The sad thing is that there is very little known about the natives that lived here. They lived in clans of 20 to 60 people, had no written language, and only a primitive culture. The only things we know are some written records, by the colonists, all from their point of view. If you think our natives were mistreated, the Australians were worse. Aboriginals didn't get the vote until 1967.
We also visited Hyde Park, another lovely park in central Sydney. At the moment there is an exhibition of photographs, showing everyday life in Sydney. The photos are blown up to a 3 m by 2 m size, and suspended along the main path through the park.
My impression of Sydney is that it is much more cosmopolitan than Melbourne. The people downtown dress more smartly, there don't seem to be as many obese people, and the pace is faster.
All in all another great day in Sydney
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