Deuce Bigalow vs The Station Masters
Went to a community radio station in Wauchope (pronounced Warhope) and spruiked the project which I am getting better at but still not really sure what to concentrate on...getting old technology?...getting participants?... and then there's what sort or participant...performer?...musician?...electrical technician?...carpenter?...video maker?
I have been reminded of The Mystery Plays a lot lately and how the "template" of this type community participation in the arts practically came from the Medieval days where each cycle tradespeople from butchers to weavers and everyone in between would lend their skills to help celebrate the stories of the bible. Skills and stories passed down from generation to generation.
It's the start of the school holidays today the year 12's had their assemblies today and have a couple of weeks off before swat vac and then exams. The youf are on the beach hanging out doing a bit of celebrating. Cars occasionally roll into the car park below and the little squirts of light each mark a fire in between the low dunes and high bushes on the shore. It'll be schoolies soon.
The South Australian Government advertises Adelaide on TV in New South Wales as a place to relocate. Apparently it's cheaper living, the house prices are still inexpensive and the education is better. I found its depiction of a comfortable eastern suburbs lifestyle somewhat different to the vibrant up beat urbane "You Are Here" of Adelaide City Council's we get back home. I don't know who to beleive now!
At the Maritime Museum in Port Macquarie yesterday I spoke to an elderly gentleman volunteer about what he does in his little way to keep a museum of that size open and the amount of cataloguing and the systems he was putting in place as a Station Master (a term used by him in lieu of volunteer). I couldn't help think of how the knowledge in a small but relevant institution is passed down and handed over. Can a Maritime Museum of this sort with artifacts from the convict history of the area make itself relevant to a younger generation apart from the obligatory school visit once a year? (Believe me when you live in country town you visit your main museum at least once a year sometimes even twice for different subjects.) Does it need to have an interactive multimedia installation? Should it turn into a Museum of surf culture?
Need to talk to some youth committees and find out whether there is a need to re-energise a lagging youth arts spirit. Engage young people in the making of the art with the possibility of setting up a youth arts committee or group for the council, region, area or pilot station and suggest the elders take a mentoring role for a length of time.
Some interesting questions I came across today...
What does the Mark Latham's Diaries and his subsequent interviews and press say about the Australian Male and masculinity?
The Baby Corn TV Commercial for Woolworths?
Why is Deuce Bigalow Male Gigilo making me laugh?
Does Sabrina bring her cat Salem downunder with her and will he need to be put in quarantine?
I have been reminded of The Mystery Plays a lot lately and how the "template" of this type community participation in the arts practically came from the Medieval days where each cycle tradespeople from butchers to weavers and everyone in between would lend their skills to help celebrate the stories of the bible. Skills and stories passed down from generation to generation.
It's the start of the school holidays today the year 12's had their assemblies today and have a couple of weeks off before swat vac and then exams. The youf are on the beach hanging out doing a bit of celebrating. Cars occasionally roll into the car park below and the little squirts of light each mark a fire in between the low dunes and high bushes on the shore. It'll be schoolies soon.
The South Australian Government advertises Adelaide on TV in New South Wales as a place to relocate. Apparently it's cheaper living, the house prices are still inexpensive and the education is better. I found its depiction of a comfortable eastern suburbs lifestyle somewhat different to the vibrant up beat urbane "You Are Here" of Adelaide City Council's we get back home. I don't know who to beleive now!
At the Maritime Museum in Port Macquarie yesterday I spoke to an elderly gentleman volunteer about what he does in his little way to keep a museum of that size open and the amount of cataloguing and the systems he was putting in place as a Station Master (a term used by him in lieu of volunteer). I couldn't help think of how the knowledge in a small but relevant institution is passed down and handed over. Can a Maritime Museum of this sort with artifacts from the convict history of the area make itself relevant to a younger generation apart from the obligatory school visit once a year? (Believe me when you live in country town you visit your main museum at least once a year sometimes even twice for different subjects.) Does it need to have an interactive multimedia installation? Should it turn into a Museum of surf culture?
Need to talk to some youth committees and find out whether there is a need to re-energise a lagging youth arts spirit. Engage young people in the making of the art with the possibility of setting up a youth arts committee or group for the council, region, area or pilot station and suggest the elders take a mentoring role for a length of time.
Some interesting questions I came across today...
What does the Mark Latham's Diaries and his subsequent interviews and press say about the Australian Male and masculinity?
The Baby Corn TV Commercial for Woolworths?
Why is Deuce Bigalow Male Gigilo making me laugh?
Does Sabrina bring her cat Salem downunder with her and will he need to be put in quarantine?
posted by steve mayhew at
4:13 PM
1 Comments:
Hey Steve, Camden sounds great, wish I was there instead of crappy Paris and London. Could you include more pictures of this historically significant site. I have a London name now - Smooth. Inspired by my attire at Helena's wedding - oh yeah, I was looking real sharp in my new purple tie that Sid helped me pick out.
Love Dave
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