I don't think I'm all that snobbish or cultured, but I do like to pretend like I am! Thus, attending an opening reception for a photo exhibition and then viewing a film (which is VERY different from "seeing a movie") was quite an event this weekend.
This past Friday night my friend Deb and I attended the reception for this photo exhibition. Deb, an aspiring and very talented photographer (check her out at 8 Hours and a Lunch) knew some of the entries into this event, so we checked it out. While I don't know that much about photography, I was touched and amazed by the interpretation that the photographers - many of them classified as amateur - exhibited at the SOFA gallery on the Indiana University campus. What talent and creativity!
I especially liked the peanut butter blossoms, one of my favorite cookies, which they served, along with many cheeses, pita bread, and humus, and of course, fine wines. Very snobbish indeed!
Afterwards we attended - in the same building - a film ("In Search of Mozart")that I had wanted to see for some time. I discovered that it was playing throughout the U.S. while on a trip to Chicago and, upon further research, found out that this film - along the genre of a documentary - was developed as part of a celebration of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's 250th birthday. Deb and I "viewed" the film in this - shall I say "rustic" - auditorium. And yes, the film was LONG (Deb and I kept asking, hoping, praying for the "Requiem" to be featured, as we knew this film was staged in chronological order and the Requiem was Mozart's last work). But the INSIGHTS into Mozart's compositions were so compelling. Many experts - composers, conductors, historians, performers - provided interpretations on Mozart's works that I had never understood, or thought about, or explored. And these interpretations made the film incredibly worthwhile. Not to mention that it only cost $4 a person.
So we had a great night and had fun acting like cultural snobs. And we learned a bit too ("brain food" as a friend of mine describes it).
5 comments:
yeah. um. linda? i think that "snob" illusion was shattered at the very beginning of the evening when you laid down on the fountain to imitate the statue. (ha)
i don't know all that much about photography either, but i'm learning! some of the work there was most definitely inspiring! (and for those who might be interested in running over to see the show....not only do i recommend it, but the work can also be bought. for a price, of course.)
as for the "film", it was definitely interesting....at first. (ha) i learned a great deal that i didn't know about mozart, and even had conductors explain some pieces of music in a way that made me hear those well-known symphonies in an entirely different way. (which was very exciting to me!)
however, while you were graciously wondering "are they to the requiem yet?" i was thinking of the same question in much more crass terms. (is he dead yet?) of course, it might have helped to not have gotten up at 4:30 in the morning that day.
had a great time though!
look forward to the next cultural adventure.
all the best!
deb
What do you mean, what the hell is wrong with me?
Oh, and I am snobbish and do have culture. Hell, I better, this education of mine is costing me a bundle!
I went to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and saw the Roman Collection...as well as the Tiffany collection. Very swank! I'm not worthy!
What do you mean, what the hell is wrong with me? (Please explain your comment, you drunk!)
Regarding your blog, I do consider myself a snob and with culture (though, maybe very small amounts of it) and I am happy you went to the museum and gardens!
I just went to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Central Park, Manhattan, New York! The Roman collection was the hot topic as well as the summer house collection of Tiffany. Very swank!
Repost - I'm a little late to the dance here, but as an effete cultural snob of note (anyone have an Old Milwaukee handy?) this film (so not a movie apparently) has me intrigued. It's going on my list.
Andy
May 15, 2007 7:29 PM
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