Last Friday we went on a trip to the San Jose Museum of Art. This was Ashwins first gallery experience. The plan was to try Ashwin out at a smaller gallery first before taking him out to the SFMOMA in the city. Mmmmm lucky I did this trip first as babies get bored at gallery spaces. My favourite piece at the museum was an installation called 'Listening Post' which is very mesmerising to watch - so much so that Ashwin was watching it and fell asleep having his milk. I found it very relaxing sitting on the couches and watching LED screens alternate words with a soundtrack in the darkness. The best bit was when you moved your eyes around really fast in the dark you could follow flashes of light across the room - whoo man!!I really enjoyed the museum and there were other works that had beauty of their own in the form of paintings and photography. Another standout installation was 'World Processor' with a room full of globes with fascinating facts and figures mostly about the perils of the world. By the end of the day Ashwin had well and truly had enough and I had a fix of art to last me for a while. Next stop the SF Mumseum of Modern Art!
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