As one should be aware by now, I'm always keen and ready to visit the latest exhibition at the art gallery or at some convention...and so I managed to catch the Sydney Biennale 2008 on its last day on the weekend...its held at a couple of locations around Sydney CBD and I visited the Museum of Contemporary Art as well as Cockatoo Island (yes! one of the venues was actually on an island and u had to take a 15 min free ferry shuttle service from Circular Quay, Sydney Harbour to the remote island which used to be a detention facility for criminals and convicts.)
I particularly enjoyed the Cockatoo Island venue though i'd never go back there again! Cos it was really eery with the art exhibitions and instalments placed within the abandoned buildings and sheds and tunnels running through the small island...many exhibits were held in dark sheds with no lighting...and many places were really dark and creepy;(
On the other hand, it was a fantastic experience being able to visit an island to see an art festival and walk through art instalments on an abandoned industrial/detention site...i think it was actually my 1st time to visit an abandoned industrial site in my whole time in Australia and definitely the first time for me to see such an art festival on an island as opposed to in a museum or art gallery!!
And I shall also be visiting another Biennale in a few months time (its in my plan anyway) at a different city somewhere in Asia...that would mean 2 Biennales in the space of less than 4 months...heheheh...
PS: Whilst going to the MCA, I encountered a big crowd surrounding a lady...it was one of those street performances again which are commonplace around Sydney (especially the tourist-packed areas)...decided to stay and have a look given the large crowd...it turned out to be a British woman here trying to earn some extra cash and she was to fit herself into a small glass cubicle....well what followed turned out to be extremely interesting it seemed...and NOT for the performance itself but her hilarious sexually-loaded jokes as she was preparing to perform the act...first she said to this lad (very good looking i may add, he's mate (or partner??) was too...) asking if he was 'with' the other guy whom was with him..and asking to 'borrow him'...hhhmmmm..kinda weird dun u think? ...she then had another male volunteer from the audience to come up so there were 2 in total...she asked one to hold open the glass lid and the cute one to bend down on all fours to act as a platform for her to climb up and into the cubicle...she said whist she was doing this 'have you done this before?' and the audience let out a laugh..she too..haha...we all knew what she was referring to...and then she pushed it further by saying if he were to go to prison, he would find himself in that position again since he's so such a handsome lad..yes! those were her own words...she then asked one of the volunteers to kiss her for goodluck on the cheeks n when he approached her to kiss her she suddenly kissed him on the lip..in front of his pregnant wife...hahaha...she did ask the crowd to give the wife a round of applause for being a good sport and allowing her to kiss her husband n even more, she said he must be 'loaded' after asking if the guy's wife was pregnant..hehe...she was so funny...
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