February 1st

 The date just cried out for me to post! 1/2/21.

I went to the NGV today to see the Triennial exhibition, my first venture out on public transport in about 10 months. Of course, my Myki card had expired. That necessitated a walk from one station to another where you can get a new one - fortunately my two nearest stations are not far apart from each other. 

I had to book online for the NGV too. As I had seen that there were delays on the trains, I had decided to go by bus. But by the time I had fixed up my ticket, the trains were back on time and I was able to get there at the time I had said I would be there. 

There were plenty of people there but it was easy to move around and there was no problem with social distancing. It was actually good not to have a big crowd, you could see the works and didn't have to dodge around people taking photos! There were a few (me included) but it was easy to see the works. This social distancing, timed entry thing might not be all bad!

There is so much to see that I decided not to overload myself and to go back. It was exciting enough to go on public transport! And to walk around the city. I didn't want to wear myself out.

Just to prove that I did use my camera, here are a few images. 

These are of shadows on the floor. You could walk through the installation. Most people were looking up, I think I was the only one taking photos of the floor (at that time, anyway).

Installation by Kengo Kuma, Kengo Kuma Associates and Geoffrey Nees' Botanical pavilion 2020.  Here is a link to the exhibition, with reference to this work.

I seem to have been inspired by shapes and illusion again. Maybe I am still influenced by all the calls for entry that had Vision as the theme last year. And I really do like optical illusions.