What a wonderful welcome in Tasmania with two very great and contrasting days in Hobart that have complemented each other perfectly!
Day 1:
First on the local mountain, the Kunyani (or Mount Wellington). You can also go by car to the summit, but what great paths and nature you missed! On the outskirts I am by public transport, the remaining 800 meters in foot. First with great views of Hobart (despite the dull, humid day), the upper 200 meters then in the haze of the clouds. Which in turn has created a great atmosphere. I'll probably never in my life so abruptly scared to death by a 130 meter high transmission tower. Could not I know that there is one? Only 30 meters away, I see this huge shadow next to me ... (In the photo better recognizable than in reality)
2 day:
The second day belonged to MONA. MONA is the Museum of Old and New Art. A place for which "unique" is definitely an understatement.
The museum is the private art collection of such a thoroughly exciting guy named David Walsh. Few ancient art (eg sarcophagi from ancient Egypt) meets much new art. The whole plant is milled three floors below the ground in the sandstone. Almost a Gesamtkunstwerk.
Well, the thing with this museum, hmmm ... I do not know what I can write appropriate ... Anyway, all this is very clever and funny solved! Watch it yourself.
The photos are a few works of art. The choice is very arbitrary.
I've found a very good, very long (!) Reading of David Walsh on the net, including insights into MONA or how he came to money. Entertaining down to the smallest detail! The link: https://www.themonthly.com.au/issue/2013/february/1366597433/richard-flanagan/gambler
Artworks that can be seen in photos:
- Bit.fall (Julius Popp): a house-high installation. Terms that are currently searched and queried on Google are "written" by many nozzles as meter-high letters from drops of water into the air.
- Installations by James Turrell outside and inside (Beside myself)
- 20:50 (Richard Wilson)
- Starfall (Anselm Kiefer)
- Artifact (Gregory Barsamian), my highlight
- Cloaca Professional (Wim Delvoye): an installation of artificial digestive systems including feeding and excretion. And that's exactly how it smelled there. I've seen people staggering backwards with nausea
- and more pigs
In addition, a photo of a sign, seen on the "vineyard" of the museum. Gives a little bit of how the museum is ticking.
