Soon, N and I will embark on our big journey around Australia and plan to blogarama all about the interesting places we visit. But, first of all we'll whet your appetite with updates about the fabulous city that we live in, and the adventures we have in and around this place.
Currently, there is not a lot to report, as I am in the depths of masters writing and N is working hard and has just embarked on a well earned holiday. Of course there's really always stories to tell, I probably just think they're uninteresting because they're normal life for me.
For example................... I work at a fabulous gallery in Paddington called KiLN a day or two each week. It is such a lovely art space. Located in an old tram substation on the corner of Latrobe and Enoggera Terraces it is a stunning building, with beautiful light and a gorgeous cavenous space in which to view art. Obviously I work there, and so am somewhat biase, but the thing I love most about KiLN is that it is unpretentious. There is no requirement to 'know your product' when you visit KiLN it's all about the pleasure that comes from viewing art and helping people find this pleasure. Even if you don't really understand the deeper meaning, or the social constructs represented, you can just like a work because it's pretty, or the colours a nice, or you like way it makes you feel.
When the Flower Beetles Flowered II, Sarah Mitchell, 2009
Currently, we have an exhibition of works by Sarah Mitchell, a printmaker from Tin Can Bay. These works are exquisite, the detail is astonishing, the patience Sarah must have to so beautifully carve out these patterns and create whimsical images of fish swimming, beetles running and flowers blooming. There is an environmental message to her work as well, questioning how we alter the lives and form of these animals and plants when we tred so heavily on the earth. Sarah also writes poems which sit alongside her work, and are stories about the inner world of the lifeforms she creates, or reflections on her own life as explored in her images.
We also had a classical music concert on Sunday afternoon, which we hold each month on the weekend of an exhibition opening, this concert is called KiLN Classics. Each month a different configuration of the Brisbane Chamber Collective plays, and this month it was woodwind and brass. Sarah also told the audience a little about her work, and read her poetry for us. As always it was a spectacular afternoon of music and art, washed down with a nice glass of wine. I think it's so lovely to have a new space in which to see classical music, and even more special to combine it with art.
If there are any two art world domains that are often uncomfortable to enter as an outsider, it is the visual arts world and the classical music world. I think that Tom and Danielle, the directors of KiLN, have opened up this world to new audiences by creating a space in which to view art and listen to classical music but not feel intimidated.
So, that's the latest that I've been up to in our great city, I really should get back to my studies, I'll post again soon with more news! Love, C
