We tend to use our Thursdays in Portland with Sidney as opportunities to see some art AND to play, and it often works pretty well. Sidney, as was his father before him, is a very good sport and we try to find interesting stuff to look at. We headed to Portland in the usual rainstorm
and after a “No photo” moment in the car…
we mutually agreed on ART-PLAY-LUNCH-ART…we headed to Augen gallery and at the back found a nice “Rain” painting by George Johanson. So as we were pointing the painting out to Sidney (who knows George and Phyllis pretty well) R got a phone call…from George. Eerie?..a little…
A deal is a deal though, so we headed to the playground…
and since we had a great parking space in a neighborhood where that isn’t always possible, we skipped dinosaurs for an urban lunch (Pearl Bakery makes a very acceptable PBJ)…
and then headed to Blackfish Gallery because we were pretty sure the Robot show would delight…
“So, you’re saying I can’t touch any of these…?”
Though a variety of discussion topics presented themselves, “how do you start a collection” was at the top of the list. “one by one”…we had our faves…
they are oddly appealing…then came nap, more play, dinner with the family and we headed home at 7:30 grateful for the light…
and another fun day…
On The Way 
Another fun day that I delighted in sharing…even action video! Very nearly a perfect day considering the select company. Perhaps if it was sunny? But it looked very close to perfect to me as was. Thanks.
It was a perfect day SDM and each of these days are gems for us as our caregiver time draws to a close…what a gift, sun or no sun!
Bonnie, you and Roger could not have thought of a better “art” day for Sydney. You can just feel Sydney’s fingers itching to touch those whimsical robots. Your idea to discuss collections, and then demonstrate how collections start by each in turn choosing a fav is ingenious.
San: 500 robots massed was cool and we discussed how to start a collection…we’re arriving Thursday with a small robot in hand!
was there an explanation of why Blackfish is showing a collection of Robots?
Not that there is anything wrong with it…just curious.
workinclay:
“Omar Khayyam’s famous 11th century poem, the Rubaiyat, informs the structure, context and content of Merridawn and Geordie Duckler’s cacophonous new installation, Roboyat. However, while Khayyam wrote about the fleeting nature of existence, the Ducklers are concerned with the anti-topical and what lasts beyond current manias. “We are interested in ideas of translation, the ephemeral and daily image, what lasts and doesn’t, the lineages that keep poetry and visual art alive, in science and in language as a visual medium,” they explain.
Along with deep regard for Khayyam’s classic work, the self-taught artists, who are brother and sister, bring humor and a giant dose of futurism to their task. “The installation is a meditation on the art and artifacts in our world as envisioned by the imagined future, in the form of the Roboyats,” they say.
Included in the installation is a collection of 500 robots amassed by Geordie and ranging in size from tiny to looming.”
Half of the show is robots and half drawings and calligraphy which seemed a bit thin to me, but maybe it was just because anything would have trouble getting one’s attention in a room with 500 robots and a three-year old!