Howdy culture vultures! It’s getting to that time of year –
shorter days, cooler nights, brief sunny bursts punctuated by rainy afternoons.
This means indoor pursuits like degustation dinners, museum visits, footy
matches on Foxtel in pubs, open-fire trivia nights and art gallery crawls are
just around the corner.
To kick-start (or indeed rev-up) your winter entertainment
regimen, I highly recommend you get down to the National Gallery of Victoria
(Ian Potter at Federation Square) and check out the exhibition Shifting Gear: Design, Innovation and the Australian Car which “presents some of our most iconic
vehicles as objects of art and design”.
As the online catalogue says:
“Shifting Gear: Design, Innovation and the Australian Car,
traces the development of the family car from its earliest form, as a
steam-powered ‘horseless carriage’, through to its present-day role as a major
design object and highly refined and efficient means of transport.”
Petrol heads, cultural historians, design buffs, boffins and
engineering geeks will all find something to like here. It takes no more than
an hour to enjoy the exhibits, and soak up some gorgeously restored
works of engineering art.
Runs until 12 July 2015.
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