OUR FAMILY: TWOTHOUSAND [SYD] THREETHOUSAND [MLB] FOURTHOUSAND [BNE] FIVETHOUSAND [ADL] SIXTHOUSAND [PER] THE THOUSANDS SHOP

Previous Entry  The Telepathy Project

Absence  Next Entry

Dear Art, Please Touch Me

Article published 12th May 08
Dear Art, Please Touch Me Hear

What:
Dear Art, Please Touch Me

When:
Sat May 24 - Sun June

Where:
The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia, Fed Square

How much:
Free (you gotsta have a driver's license to hire audio tour equipment but that doesn't matter because you have an iPod, so you can download the podcast from this Thursday at Next Wave).

Print Email Share

I used to think audio tours were lame. All those people smugly strolling around galleries, wearing headphones, getting told what to think. I prefer my own inner monologue, thank you very much - ‘Tired legs... hungry... what would happen if I touched that?'. When I finally gave one a try, I discovered they're actually quite enjoyable! It's like being able to remember what you ‘learnt' at art school, or walking around with one of your nice lecturers.

Dear Art, Please Touch Me, on the other hand, is more like rampaging through the NGV with a bunch of bad-ass imaginary friends. Artist Danielle Freakley's tour is constructed from audio fragments provided by characters as diverse as an angry virgin, an edgy toddler and a red-bearded sailor, all giving their honest opinions and gut reactions to some of the NGV's most significant works.

If you're the type who gets intimidated by the gallery setting, maybe this will release you from your shackles. Dear Art, Please Touch Me emphasises the utter subjectivity of art criticism and also the idea that serious art can be enjoyed by anyone. If you're the type of person who has a bunch of bad-ass imaginary friends, you might not need it.

By Max Olijnyk

Genre: Other

Release: Other

Keywords: Art, Next Wave Festival

More
Titus Andronicus, 'The Monitor'

Titus Andronicus, 'The Monitor'

Jack Ladder interview

Jack Ladder interview

Worldwide

Worldwide

We Died, They Remixed

We Died, They Remixed

Innaway [self-titled]

Innaway [self-titled]

Lessons In The Woods Or A City, Talbot Tagora

Lessons In The Woods Or A City, Talbot Tagora

More Entries  More Entries

Random Entries:

3tshop125