Sydney Streets

Having been in Sydney for the past week, going around museums and whatnots, I have amassed a large amount/number of things I would like to share. Since I am still figuring out how to go about categorising the different things and making a video out of photos and making it loop automatically on the blog, I shall start with something I think I can manage more easily. I would like to talk about the street art and street performances I saw while I was in the city.



The very first performance I saw was at Pitt Street Mall. It's a street in the middle of Westfield Sydney (a huge shopping area). It was a pleasure listening to this guy, really. And over the course of all the other days I walked along that street, there were many other performers and performances. There was a group of young girls playing various wind instruments. That was quite impressive. And there was a band who was selling CDs (which I totally regret not buying because the lead vocal sounded really good). Then there was a middle aged lady singing opera! She too sounded good. She knew how to hold the microphone in ways that would make her sound good (as in, not pitchy or too loud or anything like that). Then there is The Rocks Market which takes place every weekend at The Rocks. The stuff they sell there is really authentic and it's something that I don't think you can find any place else. Anyway, there were performers there too. This lady and this guy sounded so damn good and it really added to the atmosphere of the place.



Okay, this is the last performance. Along the Commissioners Steps, between The Rocks and Circular Quay, there were various performances taking place. There was a man in dressed like an aboriginal playing the didgeridoo. My mom was evidently quite impressed. And there was this contortionist. I think she could really talk. As in, she could entertain the crowd as she set up her 'stage', do her warm ups and stuff. Not everyone can do that. She warmed up and after doing a few 'introductory' contortions, she did this:

Woah right? That is a 16" x 16" box from Ikea. She said that, not me. Anyway, moving on. I saw this graffiti/mural (for the difference, please click this link) at some small street while walking to the Sydney Jewish Museum. I should have taken more photos of it. And there were many others along different streets which I didn't take photos of.







Finally, I call this The Attack of the Bunnies. Upon peering at it up close, I realised it is printed paper stuck on the wall. Someone created the images and printed these bunnies to be stuck around the city. The first on is on the side wall of the entrance to St. James Station and the second one is on the stand of one of the Friendly Billboards found in Hyde Park for the Art&About festival (more on that in another post). Loving the bunnies.





Sydney is so rich with so many artists around. I'm most definitely sure that there are even more to be uncovered and discovered. It's really a pity how street art isn't exactly practiced here. There's so much potential.