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That's the cryptic inscription on the under-renovation Govett Brewster art gallery in New Plymouth.  I spent Wednesday night in New Plymouth, where Mr. Millicent Crow was playing at the Taranaki Arts Festival.  I stayed in a hotel for the first time in my life, played the ukulele under a bridge and got to see my artwork projected on the big screen at the Mayfair.  New Plymouth has especially beautiful street art so I wandered around in the rain taking some photos while the band sound checked.

 Walking around at night we stumbled upon Tiffany Singh's beautiful installation What is the Colour of the Breeze, a carpark taken over with a rainbow of windchimes that she had got kids to decorate.  At night they were chiming gently but the next day when I went to take photos of the rainbow colours in the light they were rattling in a frenzy.  Beautiful.  Tiffany Singh also did this installation in Aotea Square back in the summer.

 So long New Plymouth, it was a lovely adventure!

Fly me up to where you are

I raced into town after work today hoping that the flags would still be in Aotea Square, and I was in luck.  This tent of flags is an artwork called Fly Me Up To Where You Are by Tiffany Singh - she got hundreds of kids from South Auckland to write their hopes and dreams on them.  They are beautiful, I'm thinking I'll have to make some flags for our house!

 I love the way the city looks through the flags.  Magical. 

 

These colourful deckchairs are a good place to sit and watch the flags.

And I thought this rainbow apartment block matched the colours nicely!