The view from my brother Jim's window
(Opoho, North East Valley, Dunedin)
I've just spent five days in Dunedin, attending the launch (on Tuesday 19th June) of the MOTH [Museum of True History] show "Fallen Empire" at the Blue Oyster Gallery.
We had a really nice time! The weather was practically perfect (despite various naysaying weather prophets). We hung out with my brother Jim; my niece Catherine; Karl Chitham, whose collection the exhibition came from (I edited the catalogue, and wrote an introduction to it); and also David Howard, my fellow executor of Leicester Kyle's literary estate, from whom I collected the remainder of Leicester's papers.
Here are some pictures - mostly taken by Bronwyn, hence her absence from them, but also a few by David Howard (marked DH), as well as some by my brother Jim (marked JR):
Dunedin Landmarks:
[North East Valley]
[Literary plaques in the Octagon]
[The old synagogue, Moray Place]
[Posters for the show (DH)]
Gallery environs:
[Why do you want to go down there ...?]
['Cause there's a cool little gallery hidden in that alley ...]
[Time for smoko, anyone?]
What is the show?:
[Darkside Gallery, Blue Oyster Art Project Space]
[Only $5 a copy!]
[Gallery samples]
The Theatre:
[Bertolt Wegener's model theatre]
[From the side]
[The back of the stage]
[Jack & theatre]
The Pictures:
[Together]
[Kupe?]
[Calypso]
[Isis]
[Nausikäa?]
[Detail of girl's head]
The Animation:
[Amphora]
[Amphora & symbol]
[Amphora & snakes]
[Jack & animation (DH)]
The Launch:
[Bronwyn & me in background]
[Underneath the arches]
[Bronwyn with Graham Fletcher]
Port Chalmers:
[The church]
[The main street]
[Is it time for coffee yet ...?]
[The - excellent! - Port Royale Café]
Aramoana:
[Beginning of the spit]
[The other end]
[Seaweed grass]
[Karl & Jack]
From the Peninsula:
[The Harbour Cone (JR)]
[Views from Mt. Cargill (JR)]
In the Botanical Gardens:
[Bird fountain]
[Jack with some book purchases]
[Bronwyn admiring the rock gardens]
[What, me worry? (DH)]
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