Yesterday’s apology to the Stolen Generations felt momentous. I had read the official words that would officially constitute the apology, but I hadn’t reckoned on the speech that the Prime Minister went on to deliver (full video and full transcript). It was breathtakingly good, unexpectedly ballsy in it’s directness and honesty, and […]
Monthly Archive for February, 2008
(photo via Get Up!)
A four thousand candle display designed by candle artist Jorge Pujol on the lawns of Parliament House here in Canberra on Monday night. Today I’m going to be there when the apology to the indigenous people and the Stolen Generation is given.
There’s a giant peach sculpture in Sydney at the moment; it’s really an advertisement for Ella Bache skin products. They are real peaches, but only skin deep, being supported by a steel armature and polystyrene, as you can see from the short making of video. I wonder what kind of glue sticks peaches and […]
Waving his sweat stick
Posted in creatures, fun, puppetry, puppets on Feb 4th, 2008
Of course, I’m wondering about the making of the 90 kilogram hippo suit, with the head cast apparently made from a real hippopotamus, and finished in fibreglass! But the whole story, with pictures, is pure laughter. (Don’t miss the video) Favourite quote:
He got close enough to them but they passed by him on […]