this post contains about 80 photos. :P
we went to the the CBD in the morning and found lots of street art.
i think most of them were from Duckboard Place.
we had homemade chai latte at an unassuming cafe, called Cafe Bisqui. it was yummy.
the interior was decorated with framed wrapping paper.
then we went to the ACMI - Australian Centre for Moving Image.
it's a museum for television and film. their staff are very eager to explain things, i can tell that they are proud to work there.
there was a lovely temporary exhibition for the Oscar winning short film called
The Lost Thing, based on the illustrated book by Shaun Tan. he's an Australian illustrator, and is half Chinese.
the film is narrated by him and i heard some kids remark that "his voice is sooo boring". geez.
the permanent exhibition is damn awesome as well. very comprehensive and hands on.
they introduced the early beginnings of cinema - it was before photography!
flip books at arcades and stuff.
hand cranked film reels
their visual representation of the internet was not bad
just when i finished looking at everything, there's more! after the visual was the exhibition on sound.
and after sound, was one on animation! so much to see in this museum!
elf ears from Cate Blanchett's collections of things from the films she did.
a recreation of the Moulin Rouge.
and time-freeze simulator based on the Matrix! coool
live distortion of shadows
smoke and lasers
still upset about this - $12.50 veggie sandwich from Federation Square. i only ordered it because the price was not marked and i thought it could not cost more than $10.
then we went to the Ian Potter Center next door. it's a contemporary art museum.
this is a close-up of the sign board introducing the art work made of icing sugar. imagine all the tubes of colored icing they had to use!
the museum invites people to create their own art work. this one was touching.
furniture i have seen from doing research for my design class last semester.
gold tophies
a large-scale Bali-inspired interactive piece made of yarn and things you can pull to make music
lots of video installations
the floating anime man is very similar to what a classmate plans to do for his project.
morbid cross stitch
Bali-inspired piece no. 2. this one is damn bloody awesome.
called
Gamelan sisters and created by the collective Slave Pianos, it's an automated music player.
press the large wheel on the wall to choose one of the many displayed music scores.
and the machine will start to create beautiful music, pulling intricate wires to hit the notes like a grand piano.
this one was quite clever - it's a physical web log displayed on the wall by
Logos / haha.
more big scale stuff
i like how they designed the environment - the art work is not just within the picture frame
graffiti within the museum
mounted porcelain doll piece
don't worry, they are marshmellow eyeballs
there was a macabre section behind heavy black curtins... i went in...
and saw jeweled baby animals. they were dead and arranged preciously.
a terrible juxtaposition and many conflicting emotions...
sickening yet beautiful
the display contrasts objects associated with class and elegance with baby animals that represent youth, purity and innocence. and then there's the overbearing sense of death and cruelty... heavy stuff.
very life-like wax sculptures - old lady carried by unreal ape man. and lady taking photographs.
then we went to Block Arcade. nice architecture.
saw
Hopetoun Tearoom and was enticed by the pretty cakes. my friend raved about it and there was a queue to go in, so i wanted to try as well.
mosaic flooring... nice
the interior of the tea room - lots of calming green. and lots of Asian customers lol.
my passionfruit tart. $9.50. it wasn't anything to rave about...
R said it was over rated. well, we queued for about ten minutes to sit in a crowded but very pretty shop to have some rather ordinary cake. and because it was so busy, we felt compelled to finish our food and leave quickly. so, yeah, there are probably better places to enjoy tea and dessert, given the plethora of cafes at Flinders Street, a few blocks away.
more fancy decoration at Block Arcade.
and this is Royal Arcade.
went upstairs and found a place G-Dragon would shop at called
Marais. loads of branded (Givenchy, Lanvin) edgy clothes, shoes, bags, and loads of rich Asian kids checking the stuff out.
felt out of place but the staff seemed friendly.
went to the third floor and there was another clothing store, but it was empty save the cheerful lady behind the counter. she said the cheesecake at Hopetoun was awesome... damn it i should have gotten that instead.
then we checked out the Myer xmas window display at Bourke Street Mall. hi baby!
animated dolls and audio narration. a mixture of old school creepiness and hi-tech wizardry that entertains.
Gingerbread baby loses his leg
what does the fox say?
in the end, Gingerbread baby climbs the stairway to heaven
kids dancing to buskers - they are cute and have good taste in music!
they are
Winterbourne and they are good! they sound like a cool Mumford and Sons with beats.
then we went to Queen Victoria Market for their Wednesday night market. lots of food, lots of people.
some vintage goods
it's fun to people watch. many people dress up nicely to go to the night market (not pictured above)...
mango was popular.
mmmmmm meat
oooo yeahhhhh
noodle pile!
our South American pork belly. $12. so good. tasty as hell thanks to the seasoning.
R had to go to the toilet and luckily we found one at the traffic light island. lol
and we came over the artist market at Blender Lane.
quite hipster eh
donate and have some tea in the cube. i did. this guy with a basket over his head is following Japanese tradition where monks wear baskets over their heads and make tea.
the tea was thick and frothy. the last time i had such green tea was when i was in Japanese class.
artist quarters in the warehouse
most artists weren't at their stations - they were having dinner. it was like a gallery.
i won't stop taking pictures of street art
a nice open drain in the middle of Blender Lane. old skool
then we went back to QVM. i had seafood paella. it was okay.
live music at the market - this was the
Code One - they are a police band!
but so so funky! they performed classics like Michael Jackson, and unforgettably, Gangnam Style in Korean.
the crowd was awesome as well - they got into dancing straight away!
but sadly,
Victoria Police Dept will make them disband in order to cut costs. so it may be their very last performance. they appealed to the audience to write letters and sign petitions.
they are a really entertaining band so i hope they will go on making music together.
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