Hilary Talbot’s passing interests and activities
Posted in make, news, sculpture, visual art on May 5th, 2005
You might have seen pictures in the news of the Prime Minister and his wife dwarfed by a giant platypus, on the occasion of the opening of the Australian Pavilion at the World Expo in Aichi, Japan a couple of weeks ago. It was made by a team assembled by the Melbourne production company, [...]
Given my interest in big mascots, kitsch and otherwise, of course my attention was grabbed by the camel costume story a few days ago. A man travelling from Sydney to Melbourne on a Qantas flight checked in luggage which included both a camel and a crocodile costume. Twenty minutes later he saw a baggage handler [...]
The following is a press release from the Western Australian government dated June 25th, 2004:
Perth beats China and Switzerland to win World Puppetry Congress and Festival
From the Hon. Bob Kucera, MLA, Minister for Tourism; Small Business; Sport and Recreation; Peel and the South West:
Western Australia will host the 20th Union International De La Marionette (UNIMA) [...]