Songs from a cage

Walk by an alleyway in Sydney's Angel Place and experience a whimsical audio-visual installation created by artist Michael Thomas Hill. This piece was first displayed in 2009 titled "Forgotten Songs" and has 110 empty birdcages suspended in the air, playing the songs of fifty birds that once lived in central Sydney before urbanization of the area. The sounds change from day to night so you can hear the daytime birds songs in contrast to the nocturnal birds. The installation proved to be so popular that city dwellers requested for it to remain as a permanent piece. Now there are 180 new rustproof cages with 10 speakers playing the songs of 50 bird species, you can also find the names of the birds engraved on the paved stones beneath the cages.

Down the street

If you happen to be in Sydney this month, make sure you walk around town, and treat your eyes with unusual and creative sites! The Art & About Sydney is the city's annual public arts festival, displaying work by Australian and international artists in an open-air gallery. Basically the artists use the streets as giant canvas, creating peculiar and out of the ordinary work! "Deconstructing Ways" by Isidro Blasco is definitely an eye catcher, drawing you into thinking you're looking down another street!

The exhibition runs until October 23, 2011

If you're around there send us a picture and will post it on AnnaLikes!