ceci n'est pas un casino

i was super bored this weekend so to get my brain working a bit i decided to go to casino luxembourg. there's been an exhibition on for awhile now entitled 'ceci n'est pas un casino' (this is not a casino), because of course you'd think it was one by the name. the theme is basically fun and games, but with the element of frustration attached to gambling. frustrating or not, it was a really fun and funny set of works, the type of exhibition to go with a friend or two just to share in laughing or playing. i think i'll go again with one, especially to take some photos.

the first thing you see when you walk into the gallery is jacob dahlgren's massive wall of dartboards, complete with a little box on the floor filled with darts. looking at all of the bad shots on the boards, your first urge is to pick up a dart and try for the bull's-eye yourself. i think i got pretty close on my fourth try!

previous installation of jacob dahlgren's 'i, the world, things, life'

wandering

such a beautiful afternoon!

a couple of weeks ago i was in the grund (low part of luxembourg city) and i decided to make the most of the late afternoon sun by figuring out how to follow a little red line on my ipod map, which seemed to be a shortcut home. usually i take the elevator to ville haut (upper city) but there seemed to be a way through the grund. my very first task was to find out where the beginning of this shortcut was, as it seemed to start at a point i passed all the time but where i had never noticed a path before. it turned out that i had to climb a staircase in a tower at the end of Rue de la Tour Jacob and then follow a path along the fortifications for a little while. 

everyday(s)

two weeks ago i went to see the exhibition 'everyday(s)' at casino luxembourg. as is often the case, the descriptions in the pamphlet were often much more interesting than the works themselves but some pieces did stand out. just near the main entrance was a work called 'Kitchen, la cuisine transportable' by Christine Dupuis and Thorsten Baensch. it was a cute litle pop-up cafe that served snacks made by the artists in exchange for a recipe from the viewer. it's a fun compliment to the art gallery visit and it's interesting that they have 'shown' it around the world and so have compiled quite a lot of handwritten recipes in different languages.

(photo from animalvegetable on flickr)

a video by Cao Fei called 'COSPlayers' was surprisingly absorbing.