The weather lived up to the miserable forecast of the the evening before, with constant driving rain the order of the day. This decided us on visiting the Museum of Old and New Art (MONA) - not only was it indoors it was even partially underground.
Navigating our way past some young gallery staffers (working on their best artistic aloofness expressions), we came across a very oddly-designed ping pong table.
In another room, hundreds of insects suspended from the ceiling swarmed out from a bovine jaw to descend upon a stuffed possum. You would think this might be pushing the artistic envelope, but was in fact safe mediocrity for MONA.
We came upon some photos by a Roger Ballen, who seemed to enjoy combining child-like drawings with sinister settings and taxidermy generally. Somewhat foolishly, we made our way upstairs to view an installation of his. The young lady at the entrance cautioned us on its disturbing nature- so I was left to enter with only Lily for support. She found it a mildly interesting affair, whereas I will likely be sobbing quietly in my bed tonight as a result.
Nightmare fuel.
We passed many other, less creepy exhibits with the elder two kids racing on ahead. They soon returned with mischievous grins - most keen I take a look at the Cloaca Professional exhibit (known locally as the poo machine). It turns out that a Belgian artist by the name of Wim Delvoye thought it might be a good idea to construct an artificial lower intestine. A series of glass chambers hang from the ceiling, slowly digesting food. It is noted that the by-products of this digestion are emptied out on a regular basis - giving rise to the 'aroma' pervading this entire section of the gallery.
Seizure-inducing strobing wall for your viewing pleasure.
We resurfaced from the partially subterranean experience that is MONA, into largely unchanged weather conditions that we had escaped earlier in the day.
After a bite to eat at our place in Melville Street, we braved the finally-dissipating rain and took the kids to see Lego - the movie. The kids loved it, with Joshie reciting Everything is Awesome (the theme song) approximately 54 times on our walk home.
The weather app is promising pretty reasonable conditions tomorrow, allowing a visit to the famous Salamanca Markets in the morning (should it prove trustworthy). If Mount Wellington ever resurfaces from behind its thick cover of cloud, we might also take a look at the summit.
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