more about brisie

another random thing about brisbane that i really like is that for some reason, brisie installs completely random sculptures ALL over the city. some modern, some classical, some just bizarre. everywhere you look is a nonsensical huge piece of sculptural art. in addition, the city tries to make all new government constructions into practical works of art... the modern bridges that they've built, and, of course, the brisbane city library where i spend the 2nd most waking hours of my life here (the first being work). ive really loved sculptures of all kinds starting 4 years ago when i visited the galleria borghese in rome - my favorite museum in the world and almost universally considered the best sculpture museum in the world. the ironic thing is that its not even really a museum in the traditional sense - the history is that the villa borghese which the museum now occupies was the massive home of the borghese family, and the borghese gardens around it (the 'central park' of rome) was their private lands. inside the villa borghese is a good percentage of the art that was made Especially for them, for the villa, and for the exact location in the house in which in still stands today. so basically the artists would know by what window the sculpture would be placed and subtly used the architecture and light of that particular spot to make the art even more incredible. pretty cool, huh? also unique is that they only let a certain amount of people in at a given time, so it never gets too crowded.
anyway, that is rome and in brisbane it is slightly more modern and haphazard, but i still love it.

on a side note, not sure if ive mentioned it before, but for some reason, everyone in brisbane seems to think that my accent is irish. hmmm....