The township of Varese contains an eighteen-century castle, the Villa Panza. The Villa Panza was given to the Italian trust and features a collection of modern art on the focus of colour and light.
The first section of the gallery featured large canvases, which were painted in a single colour and hanged on the wall. Everyone was slightly surprised to discover they were actually part of an expensive collection.
The next section was the light section, which featured white painted walls with different fluorescent lights lights, which mixed together to create a colour to fill the room. These rooms provided comical entertainment and the source of jokes and sarcasm. All the Australians were struggling to keep a straight face while in the coloured rooms due to the fact they were “art”.
But the real laughter came when three, two, one… the lady turned on the light switch which was meant to be magical, even the Italians were laughing at the “magic”.
It was now our turn to create some magic with torches, cellophane and time lapse photography. The method was for each person in a group of five to do one action repeatedly for fifteen seconds in the dark. After the fifteen seconds the camera gave you are picture of everyone doing his or her actions together. The pictures turned out well with the individual different groups doing a butterfly, the Melmi logo, Melmi and 2013.
Then it was time for lunch in the vast grounds with more pizza, soft drink, kick of the footy and exploration of Fred’s secret tunnel. Lunchtime was completed with a human pyramid and stacks on.
After our Italian modern art experience we went grocery shopping for some members of our group it was a chaotic experience, while others played football with some Africans in the car park.
When we returned to our second home at the Cascina it was our turn to educate the Italian on Australian cuisine. Has a group we cooked potato fritters, burgers, potato salad, big chopped salad and tzuki dip and then for desert a pavalova with fresh mixed berries.
With everyone tied from yet another early start we were reluctant to attend our orchestra practice for tomorrow but we couldn’t say no and everyone was latter thankful for the opportunity to refresh our memories.
The first section of the gallery featured large canvases, which were painted in a single colour and hanged on the wall. Everyone was slightly surprised to discover they were actually part of an expensive collection.
The next section was the light section, which featured white painted walls with different fluorescent lights lights, which mixed together to create a colour to fill the room. These rooms provided comical entertainment and the source of jokes and sarcasm. All the Australians were struggling to keep a straight face while in the coloured rooms due to the fact they were “art”.
But the real laughter came when three, two, one… the lady turned on the light switch which was meant to be magical, even the Italians were laughing at the “magic”.
It was now our turn to create some magic with torches, cellophane and time lapse photography. The method was for each person in a group of five to do one action repeatedly for fifteen seconds in the dark. After the fifteen seconds the camera gave you are picture of everyone doing his or her actions together. The pictures turned out well with the individual different groups doing a butterfly, the Melmi logo, Melmi and 2013.
Then it was time for lunch in the vast grounds with more pizza, soft drink, kick of the footy and exploration of Fred’s secret tunnel. Lunchtime was completed with a human pyramid and stacks on.
After our Italian modern art experience we went grocery shopping for some members of our group it was a chaotic experience, while others played football with some Africans in the car park.
When we returned to our second home at the Cascina it was our turn to educate the Italian on Australian cuisine. Has a group we cooked potato fritters, burgers, potato salad, big chopped salad and tzuki dip and then for desert a pavalova with fresh mixed berries.
With everyone tied from yet another early start we were reluctant to attend our orchestra practice for tomorrow but we couldn’t say no and everyone was latter thankful for the opportunity to refresh our memories.
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