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Post by cheerypeabrain on Jun 11, 2017 16:35:14 GMT
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Post by kerouac2 on Jun 11, 2017 16:50:54 GMT
I still wish I could have seen it. Great report!
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Jun 11, 2017 17:52:09 GMT
Thank you Kerouac.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 11, 2017 20:47:53 GMT
Oooo ~ you got great pictures, Cheery! And you're being way too modest, as it was really hard to get photos, what with the darkness lit by glary spotlights and the fact that the exhibits were prudently protected by glass.
I still think they should have allowed us to pick just one thing apiece to bring home as a souvenir.
As soon as I get a new mouse I will whip my pictures into shape & post what I have.
Oh yeah ~ those two Star Wars helmets are originals from the film. *want*
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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 13, 2017 10:43:01 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 13, 2017 11:01:58 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 13, 2017 12:36:25 GMT
One of my favorite moments at the exhibition: A very attractive and fashionably dressed young woman was there. Tall and poised, she exuded cool right up to the point where she came up and nudged me hard enough to jostle me, excitedly saying, "Did you see? Did you see? That's Kane up there!!!" It was absolutely adorable. Another intriguing movie clip ~
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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 13, 2017 13:26:34 GMT
And now for a negative note. When you start on your journey Into the Unknown, you are given a map and a bewildering blast of oral instructions so you can find your way to all parts of the exhibition, which are scattered here and anon around the Barbican. At this innocent outset you don't mind, because you're so excited by the promise of the grand finale: The Pit. Well, double humph and how dare they! Just so you'll know why we were expecting so much from that feature, here is the online brochure: www.barbican.org.uk/intotheunknown/. See all the swirling clouds, the mysterious unknown? Yeah, well -- that is not what you get in The Pit. What you get is a seriously boring, wtf, student-level art project that does nothing to justify the space it takes up and simply pissed off this museum goer. Just to amp up the anticipation so we'd be even more disappointed later, these are the stairs going down to The Pit ~ But this is what was actually served up, along with blithering drivel attempting to justify it. I took a couple of boring pictures, but really the best part of it was Cheery's summation: "Doing a spot of welding in the garage." Into the Unknown will be at the Barbican until September 1, 2017. Unsure whether you'd like it? Here is a review that I think does a good job of summing it up: www.timeout.com/london/things-to-do/into-the-unknown-a-journey-through-science-fiction
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Jun 13, 2017 15:14:19 GMT
Jolly good pics Bixa. I think that we covered enough between us. I was lost in a wonderbliss of Science Fiction lusciousness me. The props were pretty amazing...I was thrilled to see Spock's space suit from the first Star Trek film..(10th image dowwn on first post...orange and black). The artwork was staggeringly beautiful, particularly the early stuff.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jun 13, 2017 16:42:15 GMT
Wonderful collective report and shame on anyone who never saw Douglas Trumbull's Silent Running about the last spatial biodomes after Donald Trump destroyed the world.
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