Isn´t that a wonderful view? Thank you, Sami!
I met Sami in Cockburn, wondering about the name, thinking "outch - what a name?!"
Luckily had counted the stops of Transperth online before cause the announcment was "Coburn", of course....
Dunno. We ... Ingo at least got called an As#hole in South-Germany cause he speaks "like the man from the TV-news". We speak "high-German" here in the North but in Australia...
Do not say Sydney is... umm... Can-ber-ra is the capital, that´s as said before, Canbra.
No cock was burned (define that for yourself!!). They only have it written as Cockburn/Canberra to confuse tourists (some here really think Sydney is the capital of Australia!). You are warned now (I got yelled at for pronouncing it "Can-ber-ra" in 1995 - I have learned a lot ever since...! Get off at "Warrick", forget about the second "w" of Warwick...).
Via car Sami and I went to Mandurah to meet Seba´s Song.
Some visitors were really brave!
AI says: "Seba's Song is a 5-meter-tall wooden giant created by artist Thomas Dambo " (who astonishingly was born in 1979 or 1980 - huh, how can this happen these days?).
"Located at the Dawesville Ocean Channel breakwater, Seba sits with a giant metal trumpet, representing a, 'guardian' figure. He is part of a tale where old giants sing together to protect nature, but the song is threatened when one wanders off."
AI says also the story behind this is:
- The Concept: Seba is part of an interactive "treasure hunt" exhibition designed to encourage exploration of Mandurah's natural, wetland environment.
- The Narrative: According to the Giants of Mandurah project, Seba's song is a "silent song" that can only be heard by the ocean.
- Action & Role: Seba sits on the groyne with a large metal trumpet, looking out over the water, seemingly asking the water to flow back into the ocean, restarting the natural water cycle.
- Appearance: He is shown sitting with legs stretched out, holding a trumpet and shading his eyes, watching over the inlet.
Hope you enjoyed this, more is to come!
This is the great thing about having friends - you not only have fun together, they have cars and you get to places Transperth will not take you! And they make up their minds of what to show you, now that is truly priceless!! (Thank you! I sure appreciate this and am still sorry Henry 🦁 was hidden for the theater when you were here!)
And the very cute roo Sami spotted you´ll find Saturday!
32 comments:
Interesting story, dear friend Iris. Thank you so much for sharing. Sending you love and hugs.
Yes, dear friend Linda - we need to be aware of nature and Seba is all of recycled material, too (not sure about the trumpet, though). Love and hugs on the way.
Die Statue ist imponierend, interessant darüber mehr zu erfahren respektive den Künstler.
Am meisten gefallen mir allerdings diese beiden schwarzen Schwäne.
Muntere Grüße von Heidrun
Hallo Heidrun, danke für die munteren Güße und das damit erscheinende breite Lächeln! Ja, da kommen noch mehr und ich finde die Iddee hinter dem "Recycling-Projekt" auch gut.
Hello, Iris
I have been enjoying the wooden giants on facebook.
I would love to see one in person. Seba is cool.
Love the swans! Take care, have a great day!
Hi Eileen, yes, those giants are... well a gigantic reminder to care for nature :-) And yips, one really feels small with them. A great artist Thomas Dambo is.
...one of the "Giants of Mandurah" troll sculpture named Seba's Song by Danish artist Thomas Dambo is fabulous, thanks!!!
More to come, Tom!
I learn something new every day here! And love that fabulous statue!
Lovely sculpture
I have liked the giant wooden sculptures that Tom shows so you were lucky to see one, Iris.
You´re very welcome, Jeanie!
Sadly only from behind! I´m not that brave as the ladies there..
Haaaa, more to come, RedPat!
I love this post. It is interesting how people in other parts of the world get so upset when names are not pronounced correctly. LOL I love the big Seba. What an art piece. Have a great day today.
Aussies have a huge national pride and hence I got told off very big!
But... wear a t-shirt with their flag and you´re a "Sweetie!".
They are nice people, really!!!
That was a lovely story about Seba. I bet he stand ups and plays his trumpet at night when no one is around
It was my pleasure to show the best of Perth Iris 😀
That is a sweet idea, CJ, I happily go with that!
Thank you, Sami, the others will follow 😀
beautiful image, beautiful story!
That giant wooden sculpture is magnificent.
All the best Jan
Those giant sculptures are so cool. They are all so different, and I love how this one is sitting by the water. I haven't even seen photos of this one. Very cool. hugs-Erika
Lovely sculpture and the backstory.
We have similar pronounciation and spelling issues in most of our languages in India 😊
I love the Giants and wish I had seen them when I visited, but I will try to see at least one or two next time I visit.
Yes to that - a great way to make people aware...
And there are more!
Yes, and it´s so cool to see them for real!!! Hugs and to more.
Yes to all three! LOL. North-Germany: Decke. South: Teppsch. (it´s a blanket)
Don´t go for Little Lui ;-) I think there must be still one in Subi which is closer.
I asked my brother if they were still there, he said there are four but one was burned by vandals and had to be rebuilt.
But then... where did they rebuild Little Lui? Burned. What..... sad. So sad and dumb. I never get why murals get tagged but burn such an icon?!
Post a Comment