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Dashing out of the wet, a chance experiment on the locker system of the State Library meets an end due to the espying cameras up in the corners of the ceiling. There's no reason to test it when the test isn't entirely within sane limits.
With rain outside pouring down a mild affair and an absurdly free schedule on hand, no better opportunity to take a gander at the works and pieces on display in the Mitchell Wing of the State Library.
Silver and embossed trowels, books with a look of imminent dust decay under perspex and the Australian Ballet's production of Corroboree with not a single Aborigine in the ranks. Craft work of the binding is stunning and as a glimpse into the history of print publication, the phantom smells permeate the cabinet as much as the rank of another viewer siding up beside.
Taking a room from the side, the exhibition for early nineteenth century panoramas grabs less light than the rest of the Wing. Deeper in shadows even, the walls display some remarkable reproductions of Sydney's landscape in the early era of European instalment. Against the old paintings, photos of the current landscape mirror just how much of the landscape no longer looks like it once did. In some cases, showing very little movement of the roads and coast line.
An interesting step back and wholly peaceful way to spend a rainy afternoon.
Wednesday, 19 July 2006 - 13:56
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