Off to Canberra tomorrow. To catch up with old things i hain't seen in a while like the war memorial. Its been updated its probably twice the size of last time i visited it. They got a 3d experience there now apparently that about fighter pilots done by Peter Jackson, who had a bit to do with District 9 wot i saw last night at the flicks. Got to be worth a look & tons more new exhibits. The Lancaster bomber G for George was an old fave & should be back on display. I kinda lost interest in going down there when they took him away for restoration. I got outta the habit of Canberra then.
Then hoping for a leisurely stroll thru the portrait gallery instead of stampede thru it as last time. Then the big gallery there & i dunno what else. A tour of public art too :)
Contemplating war art i been reading The Missing of the Somme by Geoff Dyer, which is a pretty good book in spite of being on the remainders table down the co-op & i just pcked it up by accident. Its about the effect of the Great War & all the remembering that went along with it, all the art for remembering, & the way the remembering affected everything that came after.
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