Water Stories at Lightscape in the Melbourne Botanic Gardens. Water Stories was the projection of First People artist work on to a giant spray of water droplets over the Ornamental Lake. This piece is Platypus Dreaming #2 by Dools (Gunaikurnai) an acrylic on canvas work from 2023.
The third, and final, of the Momento Mori pieces by Ox King, Steven Nuttall at the Melbourne Hellenic Museum. This is Atropos, the inevitable. Atropos is the cutter of the thread of life. She chose the nature of the person’s death and cut the thread when their time had come with her shears.
I wonder how many people take the time to notice this wonderful triptych, and how many investigate their meaning.
The second of the Momento Mori pieces by Ox King, Steven Nuttall at the Melbourne Hellenic Museum. This is Lachesis, the alloter, who measures the thread of life allotted to each person against her rod.
Part of the work “Momento Mori” by Ox King (Steven Nuttall) at the Melbourne Hellenic Museum. This is Clotho, one of the Moirai or the Fates, the others are Lachesis, and Atropos.
Momento Mori remember that we must all die, a reminder of the transient nature of life. The Moirai in Greek myth were responsible for ensuring that every being lived out the destiny assigned to them. Clotho, the spinner, span a beings thread at birth.
Susan and Zoe at one of the art works in the Healesville Sanctuary back in 2015.
One of the temporary installations for the Vivid Festival in 2011. A seat made out of acrylic sheet and LED lights that change colour. This piece, C/C Illuminated Seat, is the work of Singaporean artist Angela Chong.
Seeing the back of the Geelong Mime bollard makes it worth going back and looking at the front again. The mime is holding a ticket “Admit 1 February 14th”. Looking at the front, you can see that the mime has a broken heart and appears to be crying. The bollard also has one of the many bollard bunnies, a feature of this great outdoor artwork.
Ian MacDonald, Engineer and Surveyor for the City of Geelong, he designed the Eastern Beach complex. He holds the rolled-up plans. A very chunky, and casually attired me in the middle. On the right is Robert de Bruce Johnstone, three-times Mayor of Geelong and Geelong MLA for 13 years.
The cinema attendant in the Geelong Bollards outdoor artwork by Jan Mitchell. The Joy Ark was a short-lived cinema on the shore and extending into the bay at Geelong’s Eastern Beach, very close to the bollard’s location now.
Another one of the 104 Geelong Bollards art project along the waterfront.
The Geelong Lifesavers are a part of the Geelong Bollards, a collection of 104 art works by artist Jan Mitchell.
John Kelly’s “Cow Up a Tree” (2000) is a 8m high 5 tonne bronze sculpture on Harbour Esplanade in Docklands. Apparently it was inspired by a real life events after severe flooding in Gippsland.