A wee birdy week – in pictures
According to Instagram, this is what the last week or so in my life looked like. We went back to Cockatoo Island in Sydney today to see the rest of the Biennale of Sydney. It finishes next week so make sure you catch it before it goes. It was a glorious day on Sydney Harbour, and I loved wandering around the old industrial buildings exploring the installations.
I really loved Li Hongbo's extraordinary Ocean of Flowers; a wondrous landscape of multi-coloured honeycomb paper sculptures that upon closer inspection actually folded down into revolvers, arms and bullets. And Phillip Beesley's incredible Hylozic Series was well worth the half-hour wait, with a delicate and interactive forest of fibre-optic lights that responded to movement and touch. I hate to say it but it reminded me of the fantastical world of Avatar. But don't let that put you off: it was truly incredible!
And predictably I rather enjoyed Maria Fernanda Cardoso's Museum of Copulatory Organs, which is entirely dedicated to the genitalia of insects. And it was FANTASTIC; imagine delicate ceramic and resin sculptures of the most extraordinarily complex penises. Who knew the penis of the bean weevil was the "spikiest in the world"? Apparently, it's not size that matters. It's shape.
We also headed back to Quay restaurant for our seven-year anniversary and feasted on Peter Gilmore's seven-layer chocolate cake and jersey cream with "ethereal sheets". Amazing.
And if you fancy the awesome vintage Mr Men toddler pants, they're by My Poppet Shop for My Messy Room.
What have you been up to? And if you’re on Instagram, find me @WeeBirdy.
