MONA Metal

Detail: "Cement Truck" - Wim Delvoye

 Had the opportunity of visiting Hobart

over the weekend with our main aim being a visit to MONA

(The Museum of Old and New Art) 

located on the banks of the Derwent River in the suburb of Berriedale.

Had a fabulous time.

We caught the MONA Roma Fast Ferry from Hobart up the

Derwent River ($20 return ticket), then skipped up the 99 stairs

to the Museum entry ($20 each unless you're Taswegian, then it's FREE!)

You are given an Iphone with a tracking device and headphones

and you just plug in your location as you wander through the

galleries and it will bring up artworks within your vicinity

along with summaries of the artworks, info and opinions 

and recordings of conversations about the artworks.

The best thing is that once you have finished your tour

you can access it again and again via their website.

Totally Cool.

As well as the Museum, there is also a micro-brewery,

a winery, accommodation, an outdoor stage

and a cemetery (apparently).

Even if you didn't appreciate the artwork you couldn't help but

be impressed by the architecture of the place

and the fact that this is the vision of one man (David Walsh).

Our joke was that they would have to 

house a collection of Less Impressive Soporific Art (LISA)

next door for those who like their art to be 

non-confrontational and less than thought provoking.