Heeeeeeeeeeyeveryoneeeeee!!!
I went to an art exhibit today
It was in the absolute gallery ...
yay!
I had to wait until 11 for it to open so I went into the shopping area
aaand I bought sone nice new shirts
... coming to the streets of Galway soon;)
anyways I digress ...
I went in expecting cool pinhead monsters and hellraiser heads like last year ..
but
:Oshock :O
no creatures
I was kinda dissappointed .. but I persevered ...
first there were lots of little buildings (made from cardboard - I think)
and there were biiiiiigphotos of what looked like ancient ruins...
pics + buildings = ruins, I guess
but then I turned a corner andWAO !!!
there was a crew and a tv camera
"this is my chance" I thought, "I'll walk in the bg and maybe get discovered"
:D
(bg = "background" in the biz)
So I did that for a bit and then...
I noticed there was no logo on the camera and one of the
crew was taking photos
so it was probably just GAF tv
(sigh .. I'll never get a break)
ignoring the siderooms for now .. I turned the corner...
Ahhhhhhhh..... sooo much empty space ...
Oh my fans ... I felt so insignificant in such a big area...
There were two huuuuugggggggge walls with GIANT buildings on them..
but, so much space..
I didnt get it at first, but it was dark and I noticed a little hidden gallery at the back of it
so, I went in to look at the photos...
they were cultural photos... but for some reason I cant remember ... I think it was street..
they were cool anyways...:D
then I came back out and I saw people sitting on a bench in between the two giant buildings
eh ?
and to be honest it was more due to the heat that I sat down than curiousity..
and I looked at the the other people
sitting
staring..
at buildings ?
so I looked (go with the flow, huh ?)
ok theyre buildings and
ok the image is huge and impressive,
and then, huh ? did that building just move
am I suffering from heat exhaustion ?
eeehhhhhhh ?
It did... It did move ... e v e r - s o- s l o w l y
Ahhhh now I get it;D
clever...
I turned and the other building was moving...
The art had taken me by suprise..
so, I learned something today.. to be more patient with art or to sit down more
(or something)
then after watching bulidings rotate slowly
I ventured into the dark rooms..
there was a dark curtain for a door
so I had a bit of a struggle opening it..
and for a minute there I wondered
"Is this a curtain or am I vandalising something ?"
luckily .. it was a curtain...
as soon as I peaked my head through the curtain
the people already inside looked up from the dark room
( socially awkward moment number 1 )
then I had to stand against the wall as all the seats were taken
( socially awkward moment number 2 )
then as the others were leaving, walking past me
( socially awkward moment number 3 )
I noticed there were more seats in front
( d'oh ... number 4)
this was a screen with muffled sounds and it kinda looked like
what u might experience underwater
( without fishies or plants or anything .. saltwater )
then I left that one
opening the curtain as people were looking in
( socially awkward moment number 5 )
I went to the other room and
It was the exact same people as in the first one
( socially awkward moment number 6 )
this was people living on an island
and intimate footage around the rugged island terrain
there were lots of sea sounds...
I got the feeling something bad was going to happen to
the people in the video and maybe it was linked to the video I just saw
( it reminded me of the Japanese Ringu movie video
"frolic in brine, goblins be thine" teehehe )
I dont know what this exhibit was called cos I NEVER read the info
or descriptions.. art should speak for itself..
or in aesthetic theory terms I can deconstruct this and give it my own postmodern explanation:D
anyways I went out into the blinding light and snooped around the merchandise
got a friendly hello from the store staff..
but I wasn't buying...
at that I left the exhibit
( with the cute shirts I bought earlier )
and went home for lunch...
and that's my experience of the Galway Arts Festival 2013
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