Wednesday, 27 February 2008

February 4th Meeting

ART GALLERY
The visit to the modern art exhibition in Benalmadena Costa at the Art Gallery, was intriguing to say the least; being open minded we had more than we bargained for with the videos. One of which was showing a man setting fire to a room before dousing himself and also a blonde woman lying asleep in bed and apparently burning up. This scarily challenged our minds to hold on to the image while the scene was covered in falling white flakes.!
Scenes of a woman swimming underwater to a news commentary; a football game with a book for a ball and a fascinating video of a group of people using signing language to convey the most subtle and descriptive of words and thoughts. An extraordinary picture composed of ten thousand images held the attention but not so the plain blank painted blocks and some very odd compositions. Better were the digital photos of light in motion.
One of the group was so agog that it took a few minutes to recognise, that what she was looking at, was an ornate side exit.!

Next Meeting Friday 29th follows Thursday’s Dia de Andalucia so we should have plenty to say! This festival commemorates the 1980 referendum which gave Andalucia its autonomous status. The green-and-white flag will be waving on Andalucia Day

Listen here to Paco de Lucia singing and playing Himno Andalucia por bulerias