#Adelaide Public Sculpture

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Beautiful Sculpture by Lindy Lee

Art Gallery of South Australia

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Paintings from Buckingham Palace: part I

A retexture by La Comtesse Zouboff — Original Mesh by @thejim07

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First of all, I would like to thank you all for this amazing year! It's been a pleasure meeting you all and I'm beyond thankful for your support.

Spread among 13 occupied and historic royal residences in the United Kingdom, the collection is owned by King Charles III and overseen by the��Royal Collection Trust. The British monarch owns some of the collection in right of the Crown and some as a private individual. It is made up of over one million objects, including 7,000 paintings, over 150,000 works on paper, this including 30,000 watercolours and drawings, and about 450,000 photographs, as well as around 700,000 works of art, including tapestries, furniture, ceramics, textiles, carriages, weapons, armour, jewellery, clocks, musical instruments, tableware, plants, manuscripts, books, and sculptures.

Some of the buildings which house the collection, such as Hampton Court Palace, are open to the public and not lived in by the Royal Family, whilst others, such as Windsor Castle, Kensington Palace and the most remarkable of them, Buckingham Palace are both residences and open to the public.

About 3,000 objects are on loan to museums throughout the world, and many others are lent on a temporary basis to exhibitions.

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This first part includes the paintings displayed in the White Drawing Room, the Green Drawing Room, the Silk Tapestry Room, the Guard Chamber, the Grand Staircase, the State Dining Room, the Queen's Audience Room and the Blue Drawing Room,

This set contains 37 paintings and tapestries with the original frame swatches, fully recolourable. They are:

White Drawing Room (WDR):

Portrait of François Salignan de la Mothe-Fénelon, Archbishop of Cambrai (Joseph Vivien)

Portrait of a Lady (Sir Peter Lely)

Portrait of a Man in Armour with a red scarf (Anthony van Dyck)

Portrait of Alexandra of Denmark, Queen Consort of the United Kingdom and Empress of India (François Flameng)

Green Drawing Room (GDR):

Portrait of Prince James Stuart, Duke of Cambridge (John Michael Wright)

Portrait of Frederick Henry, Charles Louis and Elizabeth: Children of Frederick V and Elizabeth of Bohemia (unknown)

Portrait of Infanta Isabel Clara Eugenia of Autria and her Sister, Infanta Catalina Micaela of Austria (Alonso Sanchez Coello)

Portrait of Princess Louisa and Princess Caroline of the United Kingdom (Francis Cotes)

Portrait of Queen Charlotte with her Two Eldest Sons, Frederick, Later Duke of York and Prince George of Wales (Allan Ramsay)

Portrait of Richard Colley Wellesley, Marquess of Wellesley (Martin Archer Shee)

Portrait of the Three Youngest Daughters of George III, Princesses Mary, Amelia and Sophia (John Singleton Copley)

Silk Tapestry Room (STR):

Portrait of Caroline of Brunswick, Princess of Wales, Playing the Harp with Princess Charlotte (Sir Thomas Lawrence)

Portrait of Augusta, Duchess of Brunswick With her Son, Charles George Augustus (Angelica Kauffmann)

Guard Chamber (GC):

Les Portières des Dieux: Bacchus (Manufacture Royale des Gobelins)

Les Portières des Dieux: Venus (Manufacture Royale des Gobelins)

Les Portières des Dieux (Manufacture Royale des Gobelins)

Grand Staircarse (GS):

Portrait of Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, Queen Consort of Great Britain (Martin Archer Shee)

Portrait of Augustus, Duke of Sussex (Sir David Wilkie)

Portrait of Edward, Duke of Kent (George Dawe)

Portrait of King George III of Great Britain (Sir William Beechey)

Portrait of King William IV of Great Britain when Duke of Clarence (Sir Thomas Lawrence)

Portrait of Leopold I, King of the Belgians (William Corden the Younger)

Portrait of Prince George of Cumberland, Later King George V of Hanover When a Boy (Sir Thomas Lawrence)

Portrait of Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales (George Dawe)

Portrait of Queen Charlotte at Frogmore House (Sir William Beechey)

Portrait of Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saafeld, Duchess of Kent (Sir George Hayter)

State Dining Room (SDR):

Portrait of Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen Consort of the United Kingdom in Coronation Robes (Allan Ramsay)

Portrait of King George III of the United Kingdom in Coronation Robes (Allan Ramsay)

Portrait of Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, Princess of Wales (Jean-Baptiste Van Loo)

Portrait of Caroline of Ansbach when Princess of Wales (Sir Godfrey Kneller)

Portrait of Frederick, Princes of Wales (Jean-Baptiste Van Loo)

Portrait of King George II of Great Britain (John Shackleton)

Portrait of King George IV of the United Kingdom in Garther Robes (Sir Thomas Lawrence)

Queen's Audience Room (QAR):

Portrait of Anne, Duchess of Cumberland and Strathearn (née Anne Luttrel) in Peeress Robes (Sir Thomas Gainsborough)

Portrait of Prince Henry, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn in Peer Robes (Sir Thomas Gainsborough)

London: The Thames from Somerset House Terrace towards the City (Giovanni Antonio Canal "Canaletto")

View of Piazza San Marco Looking East Towards the Basilica and the Campanile (Giovanni Antonio Canal "Canaletto")

Blue Drawing Room (BDR)

Portrait of King George V in Coronation Robes (Sir Samuel Luke Fildes)

Portrait of Queen Mary of Teck in Coronation Robes (Sir William Samuel Henry Llewellyn)

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Found under decor > paintings for:

500§ (WDR: 1,2 & 3)

1850§ (GDR: 1)

1960§ (GDR: 2 & 3 |QAR 3 & 4)

3040§ (STR, 1 |GC: 1 & 2|SDR: 1 & 2)

3050§ (GC:1 |GS: all 10|WDR: 4 |SDR: 3,4,5 & 6)

3560§ (QAR: 1 & 2|STR: 2)

3900§ (SDR: 7| BDR: 1 & 2|GDR: 4,5,6 & 7)

Retextured from:

"Saint Mary Magdalene" (WDR: 1,2 & 3) found here .

"The virgin of the Rosary" (GDR: 1) found here .

"The Four Cardinal Virtues" (GDR: 2&3|QAR 3 & 4) found here.

"Mariana of Austria in Prayer" (STR, 1, GC: 1 & 2|SDR: 1 & 2) found here.

"Portrait of Philip IV with a lion at his feet" (GC:1 |GS: all 10|WDR: 4 |SDR: 3,4,5 & 6) found here

"Length Portrait of Mrs.D" (QAR: 1 & 2|STR: 2) found here

"Portrait of Maria Theresa of Austria and her Son, le Grand Dauphin" (SDR: 7| BDR: 1 & 2|GDR: 4,5,6 & 7) found here

(you can just search for "Buckingham Palace" using the catalog search mod to find the entire set much easier!)

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Klippel with assemblages in his studio

Number 1060, (1995) painted wire, tin  22.5 x 7.6 x 7cm

Number 714 - Prototype for Adelaide Plaza (1988)  Construction of brazed and welded steel, geometric sections, found objects, formed sheet metal. 69.5 x 64 x 49.5 cm without base

Number 329, (1977) assemblage of collected wood parts  300 x 350 x 135cm

search @www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au

A Klippel's practice exeplifies the interconnectedness of the conceptual and the material. His bodies of work explore the relationship between the organic and the mechanical.

B By the time Robert Klippel died in Sydney in 2001, aged 81, he was critically acclaimed and well collected in his home country. But as with most Australian artists, although he had lived for stints in Europe and the US from the 1940s until the 1960s, his work was largely unknown abroad.

Eleven years on, his son has secured a blue chip shot at changing that. Klippel junior has signed Galerie Gmurzynska in Zurich as the sole representative of his father’s estate worldwide, catapulting the artist into the company of Pablo Picasso, Yves Klein, Alexander Rodchenko and David Smith, whose estates the gallery also represents.

  Some of Klippel’s large wooden sculptures have already been on the Gmurzynska stand at Art Basel, Art Basel Miami and ArtHK, and a substantial publication and exhibition is being planned for the coming year.

  Klippel is the only Australian artist to have been taken on by the 50-year-old gallery, which is best known for introducing the Russian avant garde to western Europe and for representing modernist artists working up to 1980.

  “We have a solid reputation for ­scientific research, and for promoting interesting, important historic figures who have created something authentic but who have not had the exposure they should have had,” says gallery co-owner Mathias Rastorfer.

  Klippel, an abstract artist and loner not easily slotted into one particular movement, was loosely influenced by surrealism, cubism and constructivism.

  According to Deborah Edwards in the 2002 Art Gallery of NSW retrospective catalogue, “his attitudes to art making were grounded in European modernism and postwar intellectual thought”. It is for this reason, in part, that Gmurzynska was interested in taking him on.

  Rastorfer says: “We found him very interesting due to his connection to the constructivists, his Polish ­origins, his time in America. The more you go into Klippel, the more modernist links you find.

“We will introduce his work in the context of those peers, taking him out of the Australian context and putting him into an international one. We want to show where he fits in worldwide.”

  Klippel’s bronze sculptures have been the most collectable in Australia. They appear regularly on the secondary market and can fetch more than $100,000. The top price paid at auction – $507,800 – was in 2006 for a miniature steel, tin, acrylic paint and coloured paper collage.

  Gmurzynska plans to use the large, wooden sculptures and tiny coloured plastic ones that Klippel did in the late 1980s and early 1990s to introduce him internationally. This is in part for practical reasons, because this is most of what is left in the estate, but also because he thinks these will work best there.

  Rastorfer expects to take at least three years to achieve traction internationally for Klippel. “One of the biggest temptations is to sell the four or five most important works straight away, because that’s the easiest thing to do,” he says. “But then the estate is left with the lesser known work and often doesn’t know what to do with it.

  “It’s about placement in museum collections, in significant private ­collections, and with opinion makers, not just about selling. If we show him in the context of his better- known peers, the rest will follow.”

  There are no guarantees the strategy will work, but Andrew Klippel is quietly excited that his father, to whom he was very close, is getting a posthumous chance at an inter­national career.

After years in the music business, where things happen very quickly, his foray into the visual arts is teaching him a new virtue: patience. “This is a long play.”

  Katrina Strickland http://www.afr.com  (2012)

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Went to the city today :DD (✨Adelaide, heck yeah✨)

Wrote a whole journal entry under the cut

This is a bit stupid but I kinda forgot how loud it can get in public, especially in the city. I'm really used to being a recluse, ngl.

I originally planned to take a picture of the"Mall's Balls", an art sculpture made by Bert Flugelman and one of Adelaide's iconic landmarks. Apparently its actual name is "The Spheres", which sounds... ominous.

Turns out we didn't go that far down the Rundle Mall street, so I took a picture of one of the pig sculptures instead. There's 4 of them in total. The art piece is called "A Day Out" and it was done by Marguerite Derricourt. All the pigs are really cute, I love them 🥺

Also, apparently there's a pigeon sculpture as well?? And I missed it?? I'll never recover from this ಥ⁠_⁠ಥ

Anyway, we checked out a few video-game and anime type stores (that's the main reason I went, to look at cool nerdy things and maybe buy something). Then, we headed over to the Pan-Asian district for lunch and browsed a bit.

Before we left, we got a drink from a bubble tea shop. Saw this really cute pigeon while waiting at the bus stop. They sat on the floor near us! My heart melted aaaa 😍

Here's the stuff I got: anime girl soda, 2 sticker sheets and 2 visual novels!

The bookstore we went to is super cool! It's called Greenlight Comics and almost all the books they sell are graphic novels!! I'm definitely going there again!

Also wanted to share the book blurbs in case anyone is interested :3

Yeah, that's it! If you've read this far, thank you! Here's a Miku figure I saw as a reward(?)

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What are some fun facts about the RO's?

Adelaide:

she works as mechanic at a workshop and she drives a motorcycle which barely worked when she bought it second hand and she repaired it all by herself

she has her tongue and belly button pierced, 7 ear piercings and 2 nose piercings

she's from germany

she enjoys photography and owns over a dozen cameras, though she keeps that very secret

she's never had a lot of friends, especially now in her adulthood, and sometimes she regrets being such a loner but she's in too deep to change her ways

she hates smart phones so she still uses a flip phone

she only has one tattoo, which is angel wings that take up her entire back

she stopped smoking long before she was diagnosed but she impulsively bought a carton one day and she's still deciding what she's going to do with it

Hayden:

their all time favourite thing to do is surfing and they've been doing it since they were a kid but they haven't been able to since they were first diagnosed

they're from italy

they don't enjoy painting as much as they used to, mostly because it's now their job, but they still like to create art in their spare time so recently they've been doing sculpture

they're extremely close with their sister, brother in law and niece, but especially their niece - they love children and they don't think they'll ever have any of their own, so they spoil her and spend as much time as they can with her

their parents put them in gymnastics when they were a kid but they quit after a year or two because it didn't interest them

they never learnt to drive, much preferring to walk or take public transport, but they've recently taken up cycling at the recommendation of their doctor

they love travelling and they're so excited to go a trip with the group, they're actually the one who suggested it in the first place

Gabriel:

he works as a highschool english teacher and he's considered as one of the favourite teachers by the students

he has four brothers (three older than him and one younger) and two sisters (one older, one younger)

he's only ever been in 2 relationships (both lasting five or more years) and he was deeply in love with both partners but they both broke his heart

he's from spain

he started getting tattoos when he was 18 and never stopped, most of his tattoos are meaningless and are patchwork designs

he tries to stay active by going for a run most mornings and night with Honey, as well as coaching rugby

he loves to bake but his speciality is pastries, which he often brings to work with him

Jordan:

they had a rough childhood; their parents were quite absent and so they were in and out of foster homes

they fought for legal custody of their younger brother so that he wouldn't have to have the same childhood as they did

they're from england

they take their health very seriously, going to the gym and work out classes a few days a week, as well as following a vegetarian diet

they're obsessed with funky/kitschy socks and they like to wear them underneath their very formal and academic wardrobe

in college, they did a year of journalism before deciding they wanted to pursue psychology

they were also a party animal in college but were forced to calm down and stop essentially when they became Luca's legal guardian

Mavis/Maverick:

despite being a bartender, they don't drink at all

they do get high quite often though

they've got asthma but it's not as bad as when they were a child

they're from south korea

their parents got divorced when they were 12 and they continued to live with their mother, who got remarried when they were 15

they love to play videos, especially horror/mystery games like until dawn and the quarry

they also love to build to puzzles and their apartment is filled with framed 2d puzzles as well as 3d puzzles

they really want a pet (specifically a cat) but they don't trust themselves to take of it properly

they decided to get their nipples pierced for their 21st birthday

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Character Intro: Eikono (Kingdom of Ichor)

Nicknames- Koko by her friends and family

Age- 37 (immortal)

Location- Queenstown district, New Olympus

Personality- A quiet intellectual, she's a proud bookworm! She's also a great listener, patient, creative, & loyal. She's a lesbian and is in a relationship.

She has the standard abilities of a goddess. As the goddess of iconography & literature her other powers/abilities include teleportation (through books), melanokinesis (ink manipulation), papyrokinesis (paper manipulation), being able to telekinetically control bookshelves, calligraphy mastery, lexiconicy, storybook mimicry, and bibliokinesis (literary manipulation).

Her natural scent is that of freshly printed paper.

She's fluent in Old Greek, Latin, French, & Minoan.

Other members of her immediate family include her father Logos (god of stories). They have a great working & personal relationship. She's even an executive producer on her father's educational children's television show Metaxý ton Selídon. There's also her uncle Pseudologos (god of lies) who she's not close with as well as her cousin Dolos (god of deception & treachery) who's the father of Pheme (goddess of fame).

Eikono lives on the top floor of The Khrysóthronos Building, a luxury apartment building in the Queenstown neighborhood of New Olympus. The main wide window of the sitting room overlooks Eaglepoint Park. The interior design of her apartment is very chic & minimalist with colors of cream, ivory, lavender, and beige. Her personal library room is immaculately & meticulously organized. Several works of arts and sculptures are found throughout the place. She has a few pet cats & their names are Guinevere, Adelaide, Blair, Cosette, Eloise, and Vivienne. Eikono usually gets around the city by walking, public transportation, or riding her bike. Eikono holds the few remaining copies of books from the days of the Titanomachy very dear to her heart. The texts are in Old Greek & to maintain their pristine condition, she keeps them locked away in a cool safe. Eikono also has a collection of antique typewriters!

A common breakfast for her is a bowl of Earthly Harvest vanilla almond cereal with soy milk. She also likes whole wheat banana pancakes, zucchini hash browns, & various overnight oats (her personal favorite being the apple cinnamon).

There's always a book or two in her bag (if they can fit)!

Eikono was responsible for designing the flags of the respective realms. It was a cathartic moment when she watched the predecessor's flag (Titanius) burn to ashes. The flags of the realms are iconic in their own right! Olympius' flag is an eagle against a gold field holding an olive branch and lightning bolt in each of its talons. The flag of the Underwater realm is that of a hippocampus against a royal blue field with the royal crest in the background. The flag of the Underworld is that of a silver Cerberus against a black field while the flag of the Freshwater Territories is that of a leaping silver trout against a pastel blue field.

A go-to drink for her is homemade lemon infused water. She also likes ginger ale, lemon-lime soda, peppermint tea, white wine, soy milk, pineapple juice, & sugar cookie milkshakes from The Frozen Spoon. She also likes the cafe au lait, vanilla hazlenut latte, olympian sized flat whites, and small pear banana splashes from The Roasted Bean.

Though Eikono loves all formats of books, her personal preference are hardcovers, for aesthetic reasons.

She has a following on social media. On her PanopTube channel she posts videos of book reviews, author interviews, & book hauls. Her bookshelf tour video has four million views!

Eikono has quite a few jobs/businesses. She oversees the New Olympus Public Library downtown, has a publishing company (Inkdrop Press), bookstores (Pterýgio & Kýlisi), a book subscription box service (Page Turners), as well as being an acclaimed writer! She has written many books in a variety of genres geared towards children & adults. She also has an official website where she sells decorative bookmarks! For other means of income Eikono models for/endorses Threads of Wisdom, White Lily Gallery, and Olive Visibly.

She loves the roast chicken sandwich (on ciabatta bread) from The Bread Box.

A guilty pleasure for her are rainbow sushi rolls!

In the pantheon Eikono's good friends with Dimósia (goddess of debate), Litismós (goddess of culture), Pathos (god of emotion), Apheleia (goddess of simplicity), Neicus (god of debate & appeal), Mousika (goddess of studying & music), Favian (god of philosophy), Eusebeia (goddess of piety, loyalty, duty, & filial respect), Porus (god of resourcefulness), Aeschyne (goddess of modesty & honor), Penia (goddess of poverty), Pistis (goddess of trust, reliability, & good faith), Soteria (goddess of safety), Elpis (goddess of hope); her cousin's wife, Praxidike (goddess of judicial punishment), Nomos (god of laws), Mnemosyne (Titaness of memory & language), Ptocheia (goddess of beggary), Themis (Titaness of justice), Aletheia (goddess of truth), and Hestia (goddess of the hearth). She also admires the work of Athena (goddess of wisdom).

She hosts annual book drives on the steps of the library every year.

For her birthday her girlfriend got her the book stack shaped jeweled Diamond Ave. clutch.

She's currently in a relationship with Sophia (goddess of thought). It was said that Eikono was attracted to her brain before anything else. They've been dating for a few months & they both feel really comfortable with each other. She enjoys the many intellectual discussions they have and they way her heart flutters every time Sophia laughs. They sometimes spend the night at each other's place (Sophia is only a thirty minute cab ride away in the Little Athens neighborhood). They're currently planning a month long vacation to Olympia.

Her favorite desserts are the poppy seed cupcakes and kariokes from Hollyhock's Bakery.

She once donated two million drachmas to a small public school in Ithaca whose library was destroyed in a flash flood.

A couple of years ago at the Olympian Gala (there was no set theme), Eikono showed up in a custom made gown known as the "La Bibliotheque" dress. The dress had a full skirt, a mixture of leather & old paper, skillfully intertwined with tulle, rattan, and lace. The spines of old books were used to craft the corset- the complete process taking almost 250 hours! Her short light blonde hair was in a low tight chignon.

Her all time favorite meal is garlic ginger chicken with white rice. She's also a huge fan of Sophia's macaroni salad.

In her free time Eikono prefers reading to watching TV. She also loves working on her writing (while classical music is playing in the background). Outside she enjoys jogging, bike riding, going to museums, football (soccer), and horseback riding.

"Books are the mirrors to the soul."

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ARTWORK

Guido Maestri

The Tourist, 2021

Art Gallery of South Australia

Guido Maestri's vibrantly coloured, cast bronze bust performs a perverse reversal whereby the seemingly non-permanent marks of the artist's hand and a playground palette of bright colour are permanently cast into bronze. Larger than life this work quotes from, and parodies, the history of monumental and public sculpture, specifically the tradition of sculptural busts that represents significant white, middle-class men (even prominent in North Terrace in Adelaide).

Maestri's The Tourist engages in a conversation with the history of colonisation with Maestri employing the word 'tourist' as a euphemism for 'colonist'.

What I connect with…

Oh man I love this series of painted bronze busts. The title of this work is gold. The paint connecting to the making process when the material was workable, and malleable, and soft like butter. Incredible. Maestri is one of my top 5 fav artists of all time. Any opportunity to view his work in person is taken with both hands willingly. I can’t wait to see his 2024 Archibald self portrait in Sydney later this month.

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Art gallery defends trans statue after conservative outrage

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Art gallery defends trans statue after conservative outrage

The Art Gallery of SA has said it will not move two sculptures targeted by a One Nation MP and conservative Christian groups who claim the art is “perverse” and “deeply offensive”.

One Nation MP Sarah Game started the petition over the two sculptures currently on display at the Art Gallery of SA.

She wants the gallery to move the allegedly “inappropriate” art to an “adults-only” area.

One of the artworks is a life-size bronze sculpture of transgender man Buck Angel, a US sex educator and retired porn actor. The work is titled Buck with Cigar created by British artist Marc Quinn.

Buck with Cigar has been displayed in the main gallery since 2011. Buck himself visited the sculpture in 2014.

The other sculpture is Australian artist Patricia Piccinini’s Big Mother, depicting a humanoid animal breastfeeding a newborn baby.

The sculpture was inspired by the story of a female baboon who, after her own baby died, abducted a human infant.

Big Mother was first displayed in 2010. The sculpture has returned to the gallery floor intermittently several times since then.

One Nation and FamilyVoice Australia want art removed

This week, One Nation MP Sarah Game’s petition called for the sculptures to be pulled from public view.

“I used to love taking my children to the Art Gallery of South Australia,” the conservative MP said.

“But after seeing these photos from a concerned constituent, I won’t be going back anytime soon.

“As a mother of three, I believe parents have the right to safeguard their children’s moral and ethical upbringing.

“If these statues must remain, they should be placed in an adult-only area.”

Amusingly, the One Nation politician published photos of the sculptures uncensored on both her Facebook and Instagram pages.

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And unsurprisingly, conservative group FamilyVoice Australia is also behind the art censorship.

Spokesperson David d’Lima criticised “the spending of taxpayer dollars on perversity” in the state’s Art Gallery.

“Families with young children should enjoy the freedom to move around the Art Gallery without fear of exposure to highly offensive and perverse statues,” he said.

“We urge the ALP government to demand the Art Gallery clean up its exhibits, if necessary, with the threat of cutting its public funding.”

Art Gallery of SA refuses to move sculptures

However, an Art Gallery of SA spokesperson said the works would not be removed from public display.

A statement said the organisation firmly supports the rights of artists and “celebrating diverse cultural expressions”.

“Art at AGSA is curated to spark conversation and debate, and sometimes may be controversial,” the spokesperson said.

“It’s the role of artists and galleries like AGSA to encourage viewers to see the world, culture, and politics from different perspectives.

“AGSA is a proud melting pot of artistic cultural and intellectual views. We acknowledge that art is often the best platform for having challenging conversations.

“AGSA firmly supports the rights of artists. We also believe in preserving and celebrating diverse cultural expressions, and would not remove a work from public display.”

The Art Gallery of SA added it already issues sensory, cultural and content warnings “when required”.

“We prepare our visitors including school groups and encourage pre-visits from teachers and educators,” she said.

A counter-petition, titled “Save Big Mother and Buck,” was also launched, condemning “outrageous” calls to move the “deeply moving” works.

“Not only having a powerful moving story, Big Mother is a deeply loved artwork throughout all of Adelaide,” the counter-petitioner wrote.

“She is quite a sight to see and so many people will be heartbroken if she is removed.

“Buck represents a trans man and is based on a true story. Many people in the trans community deeply appreciate having an art piece like Buck because it helps them see more trans representation and feel safer among the community.”

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7 things to do in Toronto this week: January 10 to 16

It’s the second week of January and though it’s brisk in Toronto, there are a few things to do outdoors that’ll keep you entertained. Ontario is under more restrictions until January 26, limiting entertainment and indoor events. You might also like: - Meet some of the world's top startups at Techstars Toronto next week - This skating trail through the forest near Toronto is now open - Joe Rogan likely cancelling sold-out Vancouver show due to vaccine mandates Embrace the cold and make sure to bundle up when heading outside. Stay home if you’re not feeling the best. Here are some ideas to keep in mind for the week: SKATE LAPS AT TORONTO’S BENTWAY TRAIL No skates? No problem! Skate rentals are available every day and are free every Thursday from 5 pm to 9 pm. There will also be free skate lessons on Tuesdays from 6 pm to 7 pm for those aged 12 and up starting January 11. When: Weekdays from 5 pm to 9 pm until February 21 Where: Bentway Trail – 250 Fort York Boulevard DINE OUTDOORS AT THE GOLDINN STACKT MARKET Enjoy a five-course meal at the GoldInn by Ration Food Lab. It’s an outdoor pop-up experience for $88 a person, offering a curated dining experience on the bottom floor designed by Ration Food Lab and mouthwatering cocktails by St-Rémy. When: Thursday and Friday from 6 pm to 8 pm, and 8:30 pm to 10:30 pm, Saturday from 4 pm to 6 pm, 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm, and 9 pm to 11 pm. Where: Stackt Market – 28 Bathurst Street BE ONE WITH NATURE AND GO OUT FOR A SKATE Toronto is home to many outdoor rinks, but none are quite as gorgeous as this open-air tree-lined skating trail. Just over two hours outside of the city, Arrowhead Provincial Park turns into a winter wonderland each year with a 1.3 km ice trail through the forest. After mild weather and much waiting, it’s officially been cold enough for the skating trail to open! When: This winter Where: Arrowhead Provincial Park ENJOY A PUBLIC ART INSTALLATION ON THE TTC Intersections, a public art installation led by Anthony Gebrehiwot and Scarborough Arts and features the work of “six emerging youth artists that were mentored to explore and document the ways in which our regional and geographical locations interact with our social memory,” according to the city. For this project, “an intersection is a metaphor for the ways in which our geography (in this case Scarborough) and our social identity cross paths. The intersection functions as a thematic framework for each photographer to explore, express and represent in their own unique voice.” When: Until January 12 Where: Kennedy Station – Eastbound RT Platform and Scarborough Centre Station – Eastbound RT Platform SKATE ON THIS ROOFTOP PATIO RINK Sky Skate is back this year at The Porch rooftop patio in Toronto with an improved experience. Something about skating under the moonlight and enjoying the breathtaking view of the CN Tower sounds magical. This one-of-a-kind experience will provide family fun events during the day, rooftop date nights, and parties at night. When: Monday to Thursday from 3 pm to 10 pm, Friday from 3 pm to 12 am, Saturday from 12 pm to 12 am, and Sunday from 12 pm to 10 pm Where: The Porch rooftop – 250 Adelaide Street West ENGAGE IN AN ONLINE ART EXHIBITION Winter Emerging Artist Exhibition is an online gallery that features over 30 artists. The gallery is curated online by director Phil Anderson and includes photography, video, painting, sculpture, mixed media and more. When: Until January 22 Where: Online CHECK OUT CARLO’S BAKE SHOP Carlo’s Bake Shop has finally opened its first Canadian storefront, and it brings all the “Cake Boss” favourites north of the border. The world-famous bakery welcomed guests to its new location in Port Credit earlier this week. The shop is located at 167 Lakeshore Road West, just a short drive from the Port Credit GO station. When: Every day from 9 am to 9 pm Where: 167 Lakeshore Road West

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Paintings from Buckingham Palace: part II

A retexture by La Comtesse Zouboff — Original Mesh by @thejim07

Spread among 13 occupied and historic royal residences in the United Kingdom, the collection is owned by King Charles III and overseen by the Royal Collection Trust. The British monarch owns some of the collection in right of the Crown and some as a private individual. It is made up of over one million objects, including 7,000 paintings, over 150,000 works on paper, this including 30,000 watercolours and drawings, and about 450,000 photographs, as well as around 700,000 works of art, including tapestries, furniture, ceramics, textiles, carriages, weapons, armour, jewellery, clocks, musical instruments, tableware, plants, manuscripts, books, and sculptures.

Some of the buildings which house the collection, such as Hampton Court Palace, are open to the public and not lived in by the Royal Family, whilst others, such as Windsor Castle, Kensington Palace and the most remarkable of them, Buckingham Palace are both residences and open to the public.

About 3,000 objects are on loan to museums throughout the world, and many others are lent on a temporary basis to exhibitions.

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The second part includes paintings displayed in the Ball Supper Room, the Ballroom, the Ballroom Annexe, the Bow Room, the East Gallery, the Grand Entrance and Marble Hall, the Minister's Landing & Staircase, the Vestibule, the Chinese Dining Room and the Balcony Room.

This set contains 57 paintings and tapestries with the original frame swatches, fully recolourable. They are:

Ball Supper Room (BSR):

Portrait of King George III of the United Kingdom (Benjamin West)

Ballroom (BR):

The Story of Jason: The Battle of the Soldiers born of The Serpent's Teeth (the Gobelins)

The Story of Jason: Medea Departs for Athens after Setting Fire to Corinth (the Gobelins)

Ballroom Annexe (BAX):

The Apotheosis of Prince Octavius (Benjamin West)

Bow Room (BWR):

Portrait of Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge (William Corden the Younger)

Portrait of Princess Augusta of Cambridge, Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (Alexander Melville)

Portrait or George, Duke of Cambridge (William Corden the Younger)

Portrait of Frederick William, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (Franz Xaver Winterhalter)

Portrait of Augusta of Saxe-Weimar, Princess of Prussia, later Queen of Prussia and German Empress (Franz Xaver Winterhalter)

Portrait of Prince Leopold, Later Duke of Albany (Franz Xaver Winterhalter)

Portrait of Ernest, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langeburg (Franz Xaver Winterhalter)

Portrait of Ferdinand of Savoy, Duke of Genoa (Eliseo Sala)

Portrait of Marie Alexandrina of Saxe-Altenburg, Queen Consort of Hanover (Carl Ferdinand Sohn)

Portrait of Leopold, Duke of Brabant, Later Leopold II, King of the Belgians (Nicaise de Keyser)

Portrait of Marie Henriette, Archduchess of Austria and Duchess of Brabant, Later Queen of the Belgians (Nicaise de Keyser)

East Gallery (EG):

Portrait of Leopold I, King of the Belgians (Franz Xaver Winterhalter)

Portrait of Victoria, Queen of England in Coronation Robes (Sir George Hayter)

Portrait of Louis-Philippe d'Orléans, King of the French (Franz Xaver Winterhalter)

Portrait of Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Consort Queen of England with her Children at Windsor Castle (Benjamin West)

Portrait of Prince Adolphus, later Duke of Cambridge, With Princess Mary and Princess Sophia at Kew (Benjamin West)

The Coronation of Queen Victoria in Westminster Abbey, 28 June, 1838. (Sir George Hayter)

The Christening of Edward, Prince of Wales 25 January, 1842 (Sir George Hayter)

The Marriage of Queen Victoria, 10 February, 1840 (Sir George Hayter)

Portrait of the Royal Family in 1846 (Franz Xaver Winterhalter)

Portrait of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert as King Edward III and Queen Philippa of Hainault at the Ball Costumé of 12 May, 1842 (Sir Edwin Landseer)

Grand Entrance and Marble Hall (GEMH):

Portrait of Edward, Duke of Kent (John Hoppner)

Portrait of Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (George Dawe)

Portrait of Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saafeld, Dowager Duchess of Kent (Franz Xaver Winterhalter)

Portrait of Albert, Prince Consort of the United Kingdom (Franz Xaver Winterhalter)

Portrait of Victoria, Queen Consort of the United Kingdom in State Robes (Franz Xaver Winterhalter)

Portrait of Louise d'Orléans, Consort Queen of the Belgians, with her Son Leopold, Duke of Brabant (Franz Xaver Winterhalter)

Portrait of Feodora of Leiningen, Princess of Hohenlohe-Langeburg, with her Daughter, Princess Adelheid (Sir George Hayter)

Portrait of George, Prince of Wales, Later King George IV (Mather Byles Brown)

Portrait of Victoire of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Duchess of Nemours (Franz Xaver Winterhalter)

Portrait of Augustus, Duke of Sussex (Domenico Pellegrini)

Portrait of Leopold I, King of the Belgians (William Corden the Younger)

Minister's Landing and Staircase (MLS):

Portrait of George, Prince of Wales in Garther Robes (John Hoppner)

The Loves of the Gods: The Rape of Europa (the Gobelins)

The Loves of the Gods: The Rape of Proserpine (The Gobelins)

Vestibule (VL):

Portrait of Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, the Prince Consort (Unknown Artist from the German School)

Portrait of Princess Alice of the United Kingdom, Later Grand Duchess of Hesse (Franz Xaver Winterhalter)

Portrait of Princess Helena of the United Kingdom, Later Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein (Franz Xaver Winterhalter)

Portrait of Princess Louise of the United Kingdom, Later Duchess of Argyll (Franz Xaver Winterhalter)

Portrait of Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom, Later Empress Frederick of Germany (Franz Xaver Winterhalter)

Portrait of Victoria Mary of Teck, Duchess of York (Edward Hughes)

Chinese Dining Room or Pavilion Breakfast Room(CDR):

Set of Four Painted Chinoiserie Wall panels I (Robert Jones)

Set of Four Painted Chinoiserie Wall panels II (Robert Jones)

Set of Four Painted Chinoiserie Wall panels III (Robert Jones)

Set of Four Painted Chinoiserie Wall panels IV (Robert Jones)

Balcony Room or Centre Room (BR):

Chinoiserie Painted Panel I (Robert Jones)

Chinoiserie Painted Panel II (Robert Jones)

Chinoiserie Painted Panel III (Robert Jones)

Chinoiserie Painted Panel IV (Robert Jones)

EXTRAS! (E):

I decided to add the rest of the tapestries from the story of Jason (wich hangs in the Grand Reception Room at Windsor Castle) and (with Jim's permission) added the original mesh for paintings number 2,3,4 & 5 from the Vestibule (seen here and here) wich was never published. These items are:

The Story of Jason: Jason Pledges his Faith to Medea (the Gobelins)

The Story of Jason: Jason Marries Glauce, Daughter of Creon, King of Thebes (the Gobelins)

The Story of Jason: The Capture of the Golden Fleece (the Gobelins)

The Story of Jason: The Poisoning of Glauce and Creon by Medea's Magic Robe (the Gobelins)

Sea Melodies (Herbert James Draper) (made by TheJim07)

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Found under decor > paintings for:

500§ (BWR: 1,2,3,4,5,6, & 8 |VL: 1)

570§ (VL: 2,3,4 & 5 |E: 5)

1850§ (GEMH: 1 & 3)

2090§ (GEMH: 2,6,7, 9 & 11)

3560§ (GEMH: 4,5 & 10 |BSR: 1 |EG: 1,2,3,4 & 5 |MLS: 1 |BAX: 1)

3900§ (CDR: 1,2,3 & 4 |BR: 1,2,3 & 4 |EG: 10 |VL: 6 |GEMH: 8)

4470§ (MLS: 2 |E: 1)

6520§ (BR 1 & 2| MLS: 3 |EG: 6,7,8 & 9 |BR: 1 & 2 |E: 2,3 & 4)

Retextured from:

"Saint Mary Magdalene" (BWR: 1,2,3,4,5,6, & 8 |VL: 1) found here.

"Sea Melodies" (VL: 2,3,4 & 5 |E: 5)

"The virgin of the Rosary" (GEMH: 1 & 3) found here.

"Length Portrait of Mrs.D" (GEMH: 4,5 & 10 |BSR: 1 |EG: 1,2,3,4 & 5 |MLS: 1 |BAX: 1) found here

"Portrait of Maria Theresa of Austria and her Son, le Grand Dauphin" (CDR: 1,2,3 & 4 |BR: 1,2,3 & 4 |EG: 10 |VL: 6 |GEMH: 8) found here

"Sacrifice to Jupiter" (MLS: 2 |E: 1) found here

"Vulcan's Forge" (BR 1 & 2| MLS: 3 |EG: 6,7,8 & 9 |BR: 1 & 2 |E: 2,3 & 4) found here

(you can just search for "Buckingham Palace" using the catalog search mod to find the entire set much easier!)

Disclaimer!

Some paintings in the previews look blurry but in the game they're very high definition, it's just because I had to add multiple preview pictures in one picture to be able to upload them all! Also sizes shown in previews are not accurate to the objects' actual sizes in most cases.

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Her Majesty’s Theatre, Adelaide Building

Her Majesty’s Theatre, Fleurieu Peninsula, South Australian Real Estate, Tivoli Architecture Images

Her Majesty’s Theatre in Adelaide

22 Apr 2021

Her Majesty’s Theatre Adelaide Building

Design: Cox Architecture

Location: Adelaide, South Australia

Her Majesty’s Theatre, constructed in 1913, is Adelaide’s oldest continually operating performance venue. Described upon opening as ‘the most luxuriously appointed theatre in Australia,’ ‘Her Maj’ is the last surviving example of the Tivoli chain of theatres in Australia.

In the 60s and 70s, redevelopments removed some original architectural features and lowered the seating capacity to 900.

COX were engaged in 2017 to redevelop the theatre to meet the needs of a dynamic and evolving arts industry. The community has long been calling for bigger shows with increased seating, improved back of house facilities, and better integration within the bustling market and Victoria Square precinct.

The theatre now features a 1467-seat auditorium and brought back the notorious grand circle after its removal over 50 years ago. The heritage façade and eastern wall were preserved, adding a new west wing with a striking glass facade. Bold balconies, pressed metal ceiling and architraves have been reinstated, paying homage to the original 1960s Edwardian plans.

“This redevelopment will attract world-class productions and provide a massive boost for our arts sector. Her Majesty’s has served the city well for more than a century, and it will continue to be a cornerstone of our creative industries for many years to come.” – SA Premier, Steven Marshall

‘The Ribbon’ is a concept central to the interior design response – a continuous and seamless transition between inside and out. ‘The Ribbon’ physically manifests through continuous and repeated motifs, materiality, and details, bringing together isolated spaces into a seamless whole.

Symbolic translations of theatrical attributes, such as shapes and patterns found within musical instruments, rhythm, and dance, influence and inform the interiors, reflected in the graceful staircases and deconstructed art deco patterns.

The now ‘working’ auditorium, dressed in a rhythmic timber façade, has been gently inserted into the heritage fabric like a precious jewellery box – defining a respectful relationship between the existing heritage elements and newly built form.

“The gods have returned to Her Majesty’s Theatre in Grote St. The completely new theatre within two heritage-listed walls (including the grand facade) is magnificent. It now returns to its original design of three tiers including “the gods”, or highest seats. Thank Gods …This brand-new theatre is a triumph and a gift to all South Australians. It shows us what we can do.” – Peter Goers

The anticipation builds as patrons’ journey from foyer to auditorium, resembling the drama of a show interval. From light to dark, and then from darkness to light, guests enter a new world of theatrical grandeur. Faceted timber surfaces, including some complex curves, take centre stage within the architecture to create a sense of excitement and expectation pre-performance.

Bold new balconies pay homage to the original curved lines from the 1913 heritage plans. The organic sculptured curves are transformed into an unprecedented carved timber aesthetic.

A notorious signature wall, covered with the names and messages of some of the stage’s biggest stars, was deconstructed and reconstructed by hand – brick by brick.

“The transformation of the Adelaide venue is truly remarkable, and arguably situates the Maj as the premier theatre in the country. From its gleaming new Grote Street foyers, through the breathtaking expanded auditorium, to hidden backstage technical facilities, everything is state of the art.” – The Advertiser

The project has enshrined craft and its traditions. Local trades bolstered South Australia’s pride in building and restoring its spaces for cultural expression. Longstanding partners John Ruether Cabinet Makers (JRCM) worked with COX to realise the complicated geometry of the balcony fronts and staircases. Pressed metal ceilings reflect the original 1913 design, made by Adelaide Pressed Metal, the original fabricators of the pressed metal features at Her Majesty’s Theatre. COX worked with Alan Waldron Upholstery, who applied his expertise to challenging geometry and bespoke detailing.

Environmentally conscious decisions were made throughout the process. The Timber selection was Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) rated for low environmental impact. Design decision were carefully considered for longevity, waste reduction and address healthy working environments.

The HMT project is the embodiment of achieving best practice design principles paired with exceptional design outcomes. The public and media acclaim, and successful performances, strongly point to a significant improvement in the performing arts and cultural life of South Australians and the wider arts community.

Her Majesty’s Theatre in Adelaide, Australia – Building Information

Architects: Cox Architecture

Completion date: 2020

Photography: Chris Oaten

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This short film is an art work in its self and documents the deinstallation of the art work:

‘The Garden Of Bowls’, 2017, Paloma Concierta,  

Aldinga Central Shopping Centre, 22 x 11m x 5m

‘Winding has been a formative part of Concierta’s practice over the last three years. The meditative sculptural forms she refers to as ‘winding bowls’ are made in one sitting using recycled mid-century teak bowls wound with a continuous line of yarn. 

Somewhere between this amalgamation of the wood, the fleece and her own language of colour, the winding bowls draw links to her own family history. Despite the obvious labour-intensive nature of the winding process, Concierta does not see the necessary repetition and toil as the defining aspect of her practice.

“I’m interested in how these meanings wrap themselves around people and places,” Concierta says. “They are the same strings that bind and connect us all.”Paloma Concierta, 

In 2017, Concierta presented 118 of her wound objects in a public installation entitled The Garden of Bowls at a deserted indoor car showroom at Aldinga Central Shopping Centre. Alongside the installation, Concierta coordinated other community events, workshops and performances involving music, dance and sound. For the Your Piano Lounge installation, Concierta presented three pianos at the shopping centre in an attempt to build community engagement in contemporary art and music..’

FEBRUARY 22, 2018 by  JANE LLEWELLYN in Adelaide Review Feb 2018

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Disabling and Enabling spaces

Disabling Spaces

Road works on Willis st

2 sets of stairs to get from Adelaide to Tasman St

Antique shop on Taranaki st

Waterfront bridges-holes, lumpy

Evacuation protocols (not using the stairs)

The cube (wait for a firefighter)

No braille menus in cafes  

Are service dogs allowed?

How do you get access? Cost

Enabling Spaces

Signing for lectures

Warnings to let you know if there is land noise / Quiet hours for Autism (Thorndon New World, Countdown)

Public toilets with braille - War memorial toilet

Wheelchair swing in Island Bay  

Spaces operating on Tikanga Maori

Te Ao Pa

Wharewaka (right next to the cafe)

Rongomarae at Te papa

Te Aro park

Other cultural spaces

Cable car

Mosque Kilbirnie

PIPC church Newtown

Polish centre Newtown

Spaces reflecting the history of Poneke

Te Ao Pa

Parihaka memorial

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A space that is Cultural-

This walkway and multiple sculptures of this area were created by an artist which were created to reflect the bridge between the sea and city. Also representing the how our ancestors arrived in New Zealand, as also seen today with people visiting the waterfront are then able to cross over to the city. Both the whale and bird sculptures to this display serve as barriers. Stated by (Wellington Sculptures *6) the sculptures on the poles, including stars, and moon phases, were inspired by a flag used by a Maori military leader. This sculpture was also used to tell the story of Maūi's fishing line to fish up The North island.

A disabling and enabling space-

This walkway has both path ways for those in wheelchairs or disabilities and steps as well. Meaning this this space is accessible for the higher majority of public access. This access way leads on to an overpass walkway.

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Victor Harbor Senior High School, Adelaide

Victor Harbor Senior High School, Fleurieu Peninsula, South Australian Real Estate, Architecture Images

Victor Harbor Senior High School in Adelaide

12 Apr 2021

Victor Harbor Senior High School

Design: Hames Sharley

Location: Fleurieu Peninsula, Adelaide, South Australia

Located 80km south of Adelaide on the Fleurieu Peninsula, Victor Harbor High School is the first state high school to comprehensively employ principles of personalised learning into the design of its senior school campus.

The formality of the traditional classroom is replaced with a more open, socially interactive, wireless technology environment comprising of flexible spaces, student commons, learning streets, courtyards and piazzas. The learning environment will be one where students and teachers can socialise, exchange thoughts and ideas and acquire information either sitting at a desk, lounging on a sofa, on the carpet or on a bench under a tree.

As the social and economic benefits of ensuring that no student is left behind become obvious, the teacher’s classroom is giving way to an information ubiquitous, multi-faceted learning environment tuned to address the needs of each individual student. The Information Revolution and student-centred approach to learning are replacing the traditional ‘Henry Ford production-line’ method of teaching.

The driver of this new approach is a flexible, open learning philosophy where a more collaborative environment encourages cross communication between students and teachers alike. Technology forms a key part of this approach, with teaching methods shifting from paper-based learning to computers, wireless networks and digital IT information transfer.

Building Design The function of the building and the layout relationship between the spaces, informs the overall design of the building. While essentially modular based, the different areas come together to form a single senior school campus encapsulating a series of internal courtyards. The integration of outside space, is designed as directly accessible and usable. It adjuncts to the internal learning environment.

The entrance to the new facilities is defined by a courtyard that projects out from the main building towards George Main Road and serves not only as the school’s Sculpture Courtyard but presents the opportunity for the school to create its own public identity.

Cascading roof planes reference the Victor Harbor coastline and speak a language of hierarchy between the various spaces in the new facilities. The roof forms culminate in a large butterfly roof over the Resources Building that addresses the piazza as the centre piece to the senior school.

Where skillion roofs occur, high-level windows and louvres have been incorporated in order to take advantage of both natural northern and southern light.

An important consideration was the provision of daylight and natural ventilation within the buildings and the ability for staff and students to monitor and control their environment.

Outdoor learning opportunities and maximum flexibility have also been critical design considerations. Paved and landscaped courtyard areas within the building enclosure will provide students and teachers the opportunity to work outside, to relax, have lunch or spend their free time in attractive outside environments, screened off from the rest of the school and the public.

The building’s clean lines and contemporary forms are intended to reflect innovation and the new age. They present the school as a progressive, state-of-the-art educational facility at the forefront of world trends in education.

Who are the clients and what’s interesting about them? Together with The Department of Education and Children’s Services and the consultant team, Hames Sharley recognized the benefits of incorporating ecologically sustainable development (ESD) principles within the new facilities. Good environmental qualities provide a positive work environment for pupils and staff alike therefore reducing energy consumption and waste, and encouraging the reuse of resources. This in turn benefits both the school and the wider community as a whole.

What are the sustainability features? + Minimal impact on site by earth works + Maximum natural light and ventilation while providing staff control of these features + The use of robust long life relatively maintenance free materials throughout + Predominantly north and south facing windows that allow maximum daylight into work areas while allowing control of light penetration. + Application of external window shading devices to protect windows + High level windows to provide additional natural daylight to central work and activity spaces + Natural ventilation provided by operable windows to encourage air in at a low level and out at a high level + Specification of products and finishes that will lead to better indoor air quality and wellbeing, particularly for such finishes as plastics, paints and adhesives, carpets and timber + Specification of low energy-consuming, fluorescent long life light fittings that could be linked to daylight sensors, infra-red movement detection switches, etc. + Internet-based Energy Monitoring System accessible to staff and students via personal laptops + High levels of insulation to roof and walls achieving R2.5 for walls and R3.5 for the ceiling as a minimum + Low flush cisterns in bathrooms + Maximized use of low embodied energy materials + Rainwater storage in underground tanks used to supply toilet water and to irrigate landscaping + Use of heat resistant glazing such as Low-E or ‘smart glass’ + Solar energy collection and use – Solar Schools Program + Solar Hot water

Victor Harbor Senior High School in Adelaide, Australia – Building Information

Architects: Hames Sharley

Project size: 2700 Project Budget: $6200000

Photography: Hames Sharley

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Part two of this series on the Oodnatta Track covers the journey from Lyndhurst to William Creek. If you missed out on part one, you can read it here.

Lyndhurst – William Creek (284km)

What will you see

The sealed road is now behind you and for some, the real adventure begins. Moving into the heart of the South Australian outback, there is no shortage of things to see along the way, and there are some terrific places to stay overnight.

Both aboriginal and rail history feature in this section and you are now travelling along the path of the famous explorer John McDouall Stuart who, in 1862, made the first successful south to north and return crossing of our continent.

The route he pioneered was later used for the construction of the Overland Telegraph Line in 1872 and inspired the start of the construction of a south to north railway in 1878. He and his team have left a great legacy to Australia and the Stuart Highway is named after him.

During this section of the trip, you will see evidence of both of these engineering masterpieces. After arriving in Marree our trek takes us west along the Oodnadatta Track, however, Marree is also the gateway to the Birdsville Track and Lake Eyre.

Condition of this part of the track and hazards

Generally, this section of track is in pretty good condition but expect some stony and corrugated sections. Keep your eye out for kangaroos, emus and wandering stock and watch out for wedge-tailed eagles soaring above looking for their next feed.

Eagles feasting on road-kill can be a real hazard as they are reluctant to leave a feed and are slow to take off when a vehicle approaches. Slow down and sound your horn to avoid a collision.

Allways travel with lights on to ensure maximum visibility. Dust often hangs and drivers often travel on the wrong side of the track to avoid hazards.

The Towns

Farina

Just 24km north of Lyndhurst the turn-off to Farina appears. Apart from the owners and staff of the nearby Farina Station, no one lives in this town. However, do not miss out on spending some time here and, if possible, stay overnight at the campground.

This town is a testament to what can be achieved when a group of civic-minded people get together to ensure an important part of our history does not just disintegrate into the desert.

You can easily spend a couple of nights here and use the day to explore the town – it is like a walk back in time.

Marree

Once a major railhead for moving stock from the surrounding sheep and cattle stations, Marree is now home to an aboriginal community and the descendants of the Afghan cameleers who moved freight around large areas of the outback.

Being the start of perhaps Australia’s most famous outback stock route, the Birdsville Track, the town is now well visited by tourists wanting to travel this route, undertake the trek to Oodnadatta or visit the shores of Lake Eyre.

A few of the old Ghan diesel locomotives can be seen in the town centre and the old Afghan mosque is just opposite the roadhouse.

Coward Springs

Not really a town, this campground situated 114km from Marree is a pretty good place to stop overnight. Established around one of the Old Ghan Rail sidings, with a couple of the original buildings being restored, this is a good place to get a good feel for the history of the area.

A museum in one of the restored buildings is well worth a look. There is even a natural artesian “hot tub” where you can soak away any aches and pains.

William Creek

Originally another rail siding, William Creek now houses a well-known pub, campground, airfield and not much else. The pub is certainly the centre of activity and a drink at the bar or meal in the dining room is something to be remembered.

Across the road from the pub is a collection of rail artefacts and space junk as this area is well within the Woomera Rocket Range.

Accommodation

Farina has a beaut campground with very reasonable fees and provides flushing toilets and a hot shower (if you light the “donkey”). There is plenty of room and campfires are allowed with wood available from the nearby station.

Marree provides a good range of accommodation with caravan parks and a hotel providing everything from camping to well-appointed cabins.

Coward Springs has a well-established campground with good toilets, hot wood-fired showers, and spacious sites. Campfires are allowed and most sites have fire pits. This campground is not open in the summer months.

William Creek provides hotel and motel rooms at the Pub and cabin, caravan and camping sites at the caravan park.

Side Trips

A few kilometres past Marree is a turnoff heading north-west to Muloorina and Lake Eyre. This is a great side trip if you have the time. A reasonable dirt track will take you the 54km to Muloorina Station. Here you will find a top little campground right on the edge of a permanent waterhole.

A further 45km along a sandy track will see you arrive at Madigan Gulf on the southern shore of Lake Eyre. A vista of shimmering salt extends to the horizon. You are only seeing a tiny fraction of this massive lake. This is the site of Donald Campbell’s famous attempts at the world land speed record.

On rare occasions after several years of heavy rain in outback Queensland, you may be lucky to see water in the lake. When the lake is full it becomes a mecca for birds and tourists alike.

Another opportunity to see Lake Eyre can be found 7km south of William Creek. Here you will find the 64km track to Halligan Bay on the western shores of Lake Eyre.

This is a most desolate area and the track can be quite rough, so don’t venture here unless well prepared and self-reliant.

Along The Way

The Ochre Pits

Your first stop is just 5km north of Lyndhurst. A short diversion to the west will see you overlooking the stark red, yellow and white colours of the ochre that has been of great value to aboriginal peoples for millennia. Detailed signs explain the significance of this area. It is interesting that this deposit is still used today to provide ochre needed for ceremonial purposes. Please respect this area by not venturing into the pits.

Farina

Even if you are unable to stay overnight at the campground, don’t miss the opportunity to take the short track into the old Farina township. This is only 24km north of Lyndhurst. It’s an area where you can spend at least an hour wandering around.

John McDouall Stuart Memorial

Not long before arriving at Marree, what appears to be a large cross will appear on the horizon. This is located just to the east of the road. Pull in and have a look at this memorial to John McDouall Stuart. he travelled this route on his epic trek to travel from the south to the north of the continent.

Lake Eyre South

About 88km after leaving Marree you will see the shimmering white salt of Lake Eyre South. Pull in to the lookout and information shelter to get a feel for where you are – the lowest point in Australia. You are actually below sea level.

Old Ghan Rail Sidings

There are many sidings along this section but the ones particularly worth a stop are (distances are from Marree):

Alberrie Creek (53km) – the home of some of the most bizarre sculptures you are likely to see. See it to believe it.

Curdimurka (104km) – site of the Curdimurka Outback Balls of the past. Follow the track along the line past the water softener tower to see a significant bridge over the creek, the second longest on the track.

Coward Springs (130km) – campground and museum

Beresford (154km) – a large dam remains, built to provide water for steam trains.

Wabma Kadarbu Mound Springs

Just a few kilometres before arriving at Coward Springs you come to the turn-off to the mound springs. Drive in a few kilometres to be amazed by The Bubbler and Blanches Cup as water from the Great Artesian Basin bubbles to the surface.

Strangways Springs Ruins

Not long after passing Beresford siding (about 10km), a turnoff to the west will take you a few kilometres into the settlement of Strangways Springs. There is a sign at this intersection, so you shouldn’t miss it.

A very important part of the development of the Overland Telegraph Line, the ruins and the springs can easily occupy an hour or two wandering around and trying to imagine life here in the late 1800’s.

The area has plenty of information boards to provide a good feel for what it might have been like.

Ways Home From Here

Heading back south is the shortest, but not necessarily the quickest way home from here. Travelling 69km past Marree will find you at the intersection of the Oodnadatta Track and the Borefield Road.

This quite good dirt road will take you the 113km to Roxby Downs. From here it is sealed road all the way to Adelaide, passing through Woomera and Port Augusta.

Just a 5km north of William Creek is a turnoff to the west. This 168km section of track leads to Coober Pedy on the Stuart Highway. From there sealed road will return you all the way to Adelaide.

Distances and Services

Fuel: U = unleaded D = diesel L = LPG Accommodation: CP = caravan park H = hotel/motel C = cabin

Distance from Lyndhurst Fuel Accommodation Public Toilets Marree 80km U,D CP,H,C Y Coward Springs 210km CP N William Creek 284km U,D CP,H,C Y

NB. – there is no LPG fuel available beyond Lyndhurst. Download the Oodnadatta Track Distances and Services PDF here. 

Maps

Hema Maps Great Desert Treks–South East

Royal Automobile Association of S.A. – Flinders Ranges and Outback

Part 3 of this series takes us to Oodnadatta and provides a number of options for the remainder of your journey.

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