Monday 19 April 2010

Missed Opportunity

I can't believe it. All those trips I’ve been making to Goulburn and I didn’t realise there was an exhibition by ‘an international artist’ that I could have seen. It’s called Talking Trash and it’s at the Goulburn Regional Art Gallery and it’s an ‘exploration of personal relationships with waste’ in which ‘25 residents expose their relationships with rubbish.’
And did I mention it’s by an international artist? That’s right – an artist from overseas. So it must be pretty special. The exhibition poster shows a woman in her kitchen holding a rather nice looking toaster. It ‘features interviews with 25 householders who explain their disparate responses and reasons for waste, from the practical and personal to the metaphorical, revealing an increasing awareness of waste (or wastefulness) and individual frustrations at the enormity of this problem and its impact on their daily lives.’
For a moment, I thought I had a glimmer of hope, as I’ll be back in Goulburn again on the thirtieth. But, wouldn’t you know it, the exhibition ends on 29th May. Sometimes life can be so cruel.

8 comments:

  1. Poor you! An 'International Artist', eh? As you say that should be pretty special, unless he/she is from New Zealand, and then 'special' is hardly the word.

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  2. Oh it was worse than that, I think - the person in question was Belgian.

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  3. I wonder whether the word 'enormity' was used in its correct sense of 'a great evil'? Or did they mean merely 'very big'? Are they engaged in a great moral crusade or just addressing a sizable problem? Shame you can't go to find out.

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  4. I think the '(or wastefulness)' suggests at the very least some kind of judgment being brought to the table - or rubbish bin.

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  5. The last artwork, just before the exit door, is a video piece showing the curators of the Goulburn Regional Art Gallery taking a wheelbarrow full of taxpayers cash onto a stretch of waste ground and burning it.

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  6. Worm - such talent, such vision, the job of curator of the Goulburn Regional Art Gallery is yours, (but you must promise never to use humour while engaged on official duties.)

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  7. I would uphold that promise, and I would pledge to wear only black poloneck sweaters and thick black spectacles.

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  8. The polonecks would have to be made from Australian wool.

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