Now it is the last day before the start of May and I am exhausted and a little stressed from university assignments and feeling rather not like forcing myself to do anything. In fact I seriously want to hide under the table and let the whole world pass by for a while. Except that I would have to take a pile of books and my laptop in there. And snacks. And if so, I might as well write *something*, maybe even find some photos of something. Anything other than rewriting a short story for a major assignment!
George and I spent a week in northern NSW and southern Queensland over Easter. Among other things, I was hugely taken with a sculpture in Brisbane called Forme del Mito by Arnaldo Pomodoro. It tells the story of Agamemmon from Ancient Greece. Fabricated in cast bronze each piece has its own identity. ‘The Prophet’ Cassandra, ‘The Machine’ Aegisthus, ‘Ambition’ Clytesmnestra and ‘Power’ Agamemnon King of Mycenea. I think it was commissioned for the World Expos that was held in Brisbane in 1988.
It was, presumably, inspired by the gold death mask of Agamemnon, which is displayed in Athens after being found at Mycenae:
These are three of the scultpures:
I also really liked this scultpure in the main mall, I think, which is shell shaped and kids can worm their way through it:
2 comments:
Thanks for adding some gorgeous things to my "must go and see" list.
Good luck with the assignments etc. hope you are feeling more focussed and energetic soon.
Oh I love the gold mask and the sculptures are usualness and make me want to look and touch. May is a bad Me Made month, I like September better. It's cols and just jeans and cardis but in September there's the chance for more variation. Not that it is like I even thought of posting, sitting at or under my desk. Hope you are over the hill of assignments or work or whatever!!
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