a day in the city
Wednesday, December 12, 2007,5:03 PM
I have never met two people more unwilling to shop than my dad and sis.
They were standing around with grumpy looks around a mega huge clothing store, SUPRE and complaining that they were going to leave without mum and I. Just wait till sis starts begging to share clothes again, or starts moaning that she has no dresses to wear. It’ll all be her fault then. And honestly, Dad’s ordeal was partly his fault as he refused to go into the men’s clothing store when he needs a proper suit that suits him.
Today we went to an art museum, where there were quite a few works on exhibit. The museum had fashion and photography and just normal artsy things like statues, busts, prints, oil paintings, acrylics and several odd works- a fully orange painting and another black canvas with a golden border round it.
the fashion designer was some japanese designer that believed in experimenting with fabrics and creating different silhouttes for women, he designed a couple of dresses for the movie
Moulin Rouge, apparently.
The photographer was Roger Ballum whose conceptual black and white works were rather unsettling. They depicted normal people but their expressions were rather creepy. as the gallery went on, the pictures became more chilling and creepy. sis got so scared she decided to stand outside. but honestly, i gave up viewing his scary pictures after awhile and went out to join her.
here are several:
the weather here has become increasingly bizarre, there was rain yesterday! (it doesn't usually rain around this time of the year, making bushfires common around december time) it's become hotter and sometimes it's so hot that you can't even sleep at night. in the afternoon it is hot and you get headaches, but you can't sleep because again it's too hot. i guess the only thing you're supposed to do around this time is just christmas shopping as opposed to staying at home and 'chilling.'
Labels: art, shopping
