There's no excuse for us to miss Enlighten - Canberra's annual festival of illumination. It's close enough for us to walk to, so we can pick our time and go more than once if we want. We walked over on Saturday evening - joining thousands of other Canberrans. We got there in time for the lights to be turned on at 8.00pm.
Outside the National Gallery Neil Dawson's hanging "Diamond" looked beautiful tonight - as the sun went down.
The NGA's illumination was exciting this year - moving images for the first time - based on Tony Albert's I AM VISIBLE.
The Portrait Gallery's illuminations used a similar idea to last year (animations based on portraits of onlookers). I liked the giant jelly fish!
Questacon always puts on a good show .............
We gave the crowded Noodle Markets a miss and stood fairly disappointed for a while waiting for the National Library's illumination to be more exciting. There's nothing challenging about Enlighten, just a week or so of fun and pretty lights and a chance to enjoy something harmless alongside thousands of other people.
We walked home afterwards back around the lake - in relative darkness once we crossed Commonwealth Avenue Bridge.
Outside the National Gallery Neil Dawson's hanging "Diamond" looked beautiful tonight - as the sun went down.
We gave the crowded Noodle Markets a miss and stood fairly disappointed for a while waiting for the National Library's illumination to be more exciting. There's nothing challenging about Enlighten, just a week or so of fun and pretty lights and a chance to enjoy something harmless alongside thousands of other people. We walked home afterwards back around the lake - in relative darkness once we crossed Commonwealth Avenue Bridge.
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