Wednesday 22 June 2011

things i've seen and done over the last 3 years

so this list is arts and culture specific. As its 3 years worth - hopefully the ones i'll remember will be events that will have made an impact on me (either that or my memorys getting worse than i thought) Just to clarify, i'm using arts and culture in the broadest sense....and these are the highlights, not the entirety - i haven't spent the last 3 years just lazing on the sofa you know
  • pet shop boys at hammersmith - ever since west end girls - they put the drama into pop
  • goldfrapp at hammersmith - Alison Goldfrapp, the woman is a legend: a coat made of feathers, a harlequin outfit that looked like a cup cake, her own wind machine
  • madrid - amazing galleries, especially the Reina Sofia where i couldn't believe i could find all of the art i love under 1 roof: rauschenberg, guernica, calder, miro, Tàpies and Jean Tinguely's kinetic machines just in time for a fiesta: dancing at night in the streets with a brass band
  • doing printmaking again - morley college - the smell of the ink
  • henry moore - tate britain - wonderful to see but can't beat the open air as the man intended at sculpture park and kew
  • turner prize - the one prize which everone loves to hate
  • priscilla queen of the desert - when it first opened, loved the film, loved the musical
  • truck festival, oxford: bellowhead a band you can't help but jig to
  • milan - fashion, duomos and apperitivo time
  • london school of samba - they're not kidding when they say its the most difficult latin dance
  • Pet Shop Boys and choreographer Javier De Frutos - sadlers wells - the most incredible thing - need I say more?
things i'm looking forward to so far: miro at the tate, free summer festivals on the south bank or anywhere come to that matter, matthew bournes nutcracker
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3 comments:

E-Revolutionary said...

Have you ever been to the Henry Moore Foundation in Hertfordshire? Its his old house and the grounds are full of his sculptures. The best setting I have seen his work in.
http://www.henry-moore.org/pg

22 June 2011 at 07:39
mandy said...

no i haven't, but heard about it a couple of eyars ago. you've just reminded me that this should be on my to do list this year, thanks. i have been to the yorkshire sculpture park where there are sheep wandering around his sculptures which is pretty sweet

22 June 2011 at 07:55
23 things city admin said...

I went to the Henry Moore at Tate Britain. Good exhibition but I agree it would be good to see things outdoors with more space.
The most packed exhibition I've seen was the Bacon at Tate Modern. Could barely see anything, and we couldn't even get in to the Gauguin, and have now given up our Tate membership.

One of my favourite exhibtions recently was the Diaghalev & Ballet Russes at the V&A. That was brilliant and I spent ages looking at everything. Had to go on my own though as other half can't stand ballet.

Rowena 23 Things team

24 June 2011 at 01:40

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