Doorstep!

It seems all too easy to overlook what’s under your nose / on your own doorstep, but we’re probably all guilty of it to some degree.

One such place that’s on my doorstep that I often overlook is Melbourne, Australia’s best city by far (Sydney is awesome too but Melbs just edges it).

Today however, I addressed my oversight and travelled to Melbourne to visit ARTVO, an art display that only gets its perspective when you’re in it.

I journeyed by train for just over an hour and then hit the streets for a casual ten minute walk to Melbourne’s Docklands precinct, with a few stops along the way for photos (Melbourne is choc full of the weird and wonderful waiting to be photographed).

The exhibition / gallery is tucked away in the corner of Dockland’s shopping centre and could easily be overlooked in favoury other, more dynamic, shop fronts.

As much as the bling of the other emporiums appealed to my inner jackdaw, I resisted, handed over my entry fee and entered a magical world of perspective.

ARTVO featured eleven zones, each one with it’s own theme. The paintings covered various parts of the walls, ceilings and floors, and each one had a hotspot to stand in in order to create the illusion of being in the art.

As you can see in the shot above the effect is quite convincing and a lot of fun.

Unfortunately ARTVO is an exhibition that is best enjoyed in at least a pair. Going on your own like I did doesn’t yield the best results (as can be seen in the shot above). Thankfully a member of staff was on hand to take some pictures of moi in the art. Lucky her!

ARTVO was a lot of fun and easily worth multiple visits, and a great advert for checking our doorsteps more regularly.

Bye for now good readers!