art and culture

Perth is definitely aiming to re-invent itself as a city of culture. It's Cultural Centre (Art Gallery of Western Australia, State Library, Western Australian Museum) is literally located 'on the wrong side of the tracks' in Northbridge but is being revamped - evidenced when I was there by the FringeWorld festival.

As with many things so far in Australia, this event was experienced in torrential rain.

group shot

After the trolleys, I joined in another public art project as part of Art and About Sydney, this one called Us by James Dive of the Glue Society, that makes a riff on formal family and group photographic portraits, by bringing together complete strangers. So I got to take away a portrait of a random collection of people, with all the many many variations (taken over several days) on view here.