Our visit today is an amazing blend of 19th
century industry and art installations. We are at the 18th Biennale of Sydney at Cockatoo Island. Waiting in the line for the ferry there are many
adults with lattes in their hands exulting the virtues of art to toddlers.
An ambitious endeavour.
The island is in the middle of Sydney Harbour and has been
used as convict site, dockyards and boys prison. The most dominant features are
the dockyards that have built and serviced boats since 1850. We wandered around
and discovered massive industrial cranes, huge factories and secret tunnels. All
the industrial buildings makes this place a worthwhile day trip.
However amongst all this are broken tea cups spilling out of
a shipping container, wind chimes in a cement bunker, steam spurting out from a
rock wall and lots more. All installation art making great use of the island.
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