TRAVEL DIARY

A weblog regularly updated by Jodi Rose.

Monday, February 23, 2004

9:37 AM
Posted by jodi rose

Off to Geelong this morning. Recording a bridge there that carries shit. Really, it was built for sewerage but is also a pedestrian bridge. Nice. Talking to Professor Alsop, the head of the Geelong Historical Society and whatever passersby I can get my mikes on.
An activity filled weekend, with the full Catholic Catastrophe wedding at St Patrick's Cathedral, taking the eucharist and everything. (I was brought up by an atheist socialist parent, so keep my mouth shut on these occasions - peace be with you... and with you is about all I've managed to catch up on). The reception was a hoot, danced with Lisa's father - he's an excellent dancer, and also with the bride's sexy french brother Humbert, who made me spin and spin and spin. Literally.
On Sunday I braved the art films of Matthew Barney and his Cremaster cycle - excruciating. I could tell they were laden with meaning and symbolism, but had NO IDEA what any of it meant or was supposed to symbolise. Which to me is an indication that the artist has really failed to get their point across, but maybe I'm lacking in some deeper level of understanding.
Philippa's birthday drinks last night, at Kent st, and there's a story there, but I have to go now!