100 Kites

I went to the opening of Clemens Habicht's 100 Kites exhibition at Lamington Drive last night. It was a fantastic evening. As soon as we walked into the gallery we were greeted with a video showing the bird kites freewheeling gleefully in the sky. The birds, which were affixed to a clear backing on a light aerodynamic wooden frame, were constructed from cut-outs of pictures from the pages of old books. The images used ranged from RAF personnel photos, to astronauts, globes, airmail envelopes, old illustrations and goldfish. There was something both liberating about the airborne nature of the work and comfortingly nostalgic about the retro images that were used.

It was the first time I actually made it to Lamington Drive. It's a fantastic gallery with such a warm, inviting atmosphere and the lamingtons being offered around were lovely!

Mood: Billy Joel doing 'We Didn't Start the Fire', Bruce Springsteen singing 'Born to Run', the opening guitar part on Pink Floyd's 'Wish You Were Here' and drinks in the city tonight - woo!