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Gascoigne

Noun: Movement

Adjective: Unpredictable

Verb: Changing

This contemporary sculpture was made by Rosalie Gascoigne

in the late nineties and due to its complex geometry was made

using soft drink crates and ply-wood. The work engages viewers by

its seemingly simple nature however changes the viewers perception

on closer inspection where finer details are noticed revealing a

multi-dimensional work with intricate elements all relating to each other

on different layers.

Moffat

Noun: Gambler
Adjective: Chronic
Verb: Stationary

This work was done by tracey moffat,
an Australian contemporary photographer,
in 1998 and was part of a series of works
expressing her passionate views on class,
gender and race politics. The works known as "up in the sky" were created in a way that presented them as a series of still film shots and when viewed as a whole began to reveal the underlying story known as "the stolen generation" where indiginous children were forcibly taken from their homes and reloacted.

Fiona Hall

Noun: Layers
Adjective: Diverse
Verb: Growing

Sydney Sunset

Arthur Phillip originally named Sydney "New Albion", but for some uncertain reason the colony acquired the name "Sydney", after the (then) British Home Secretary, Thomas Townshend, Lord Sydney (Baron Sydney, Viscount Sydney from 1789). This is possibly because Lord Sydney issued the charter authorising Phillip to establish a colony.

Walt Disney Concert Hall

After the construction, modifications were made to certain parts of the building while most of the building's exterior was designed with stainless steel given a matte finish, the Founders Room and Children's Amphitheater were designed with highly polished mirror-like panels. The reflective qualities of the surface were amplified by the concave sections of the Founders Room walls. Some residents of the neighboring condominiums suffered glare caused by sunlight that was reflected off these surfaces and concentrated in a manner similar to a parabolic mirror. The resulting heat made some rooms of nearby condominiums unbearably warm, caused the air-conditioning costs of these residents to skyrocket and created hot spots on adjacent sidewalks of as much as 60 ºC (140 ºF). After complaints from neighboring buildings and residents, the owners asked Gehry Partners to come up with a solution. Their response was a computer analysis of the building's surfaces identifying the offending panels. In 2005 these were dulled by lightly sanding the panels to eliminate unwanted glare.

Parthenon

The Parthenon (Ancient Greece) is a temple of the Greek goddess Athena, built in the 5th century BC on the Athenian Acropolis. It is the most important surviving building of Classical Greece, generally considered to be the culmination of the development of the Doric order. Its decorative sculptures are considered one of the high points of Greek art. The Parthenon is regarded as an enduring symbol of ancient Greece and of Athenian democracy, and one of the world's greatest cultural monuments. The Greek Ministry of Culture is currently carrying out a program of restoration and reconstruction.