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family mansion (of Sincere Co)https://sophiecouchman.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/lman7653.jpgLMAN7653Kwok family mansion (of Wing On & Co)2018-09-09T12:25:39+00:00monthlyhttps://sophiecouchman.com/portfolio/old-shekki-walking-tour-reconnoitre/https://sophiecouchman.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/img_2163.jpgIMG_2163Difficult to see in this photograph but this is an enormous starfruit tree in front of a magnificent 1930s era mansion.2018-09-09T10:28:01+00:00monthlyhttps://sophiecouchman.com/portfolio/remembering-chinatown-a-walking-tour-of-little-bourke-street-in-the-1930s-and-40s/https://sophiecouchman.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/image3l.jpgImage3L2018-09-09T07:28:06+00:00monthlyhttps://sophiecouchman.com/portfolio/chik-kwai-study-hall-lai-uk-tsuen-hong-kong/2022-08-17T08:07:51+00:00monthlyhttps://sophiecouchman.com/portfolio/tiling-lai-uk-tseun-hong-kong/2018-09-09T06:34:40+00:00monthlyhttps://sophiecouchman.com/portfolio/churches-of-hong-kong/2018-09-09T06:34:11+00:00monthlyhttps://sophiecouchman.com/portfolio/miles-upon-miles-hong-kong-museum-of-history/2018-09-09T06:33:49+00:00monthlyhttps://sophiecouchman.com/portfolio/tiling-wan-chai-hong-kong/2018-09-09T06:33:23+00:00monthlyhttps://sophiecouchman.com/portfolio/the-silver-age-hong-kong-maritime-museum/2018-09-09T06:32:24+00:00monthlyhttps://sophiecouchman.com/portfolio/eretz-israel-museum-tel-aviv/2018-09-09T06:32:03+00:00monthlyhttps://sophiecouchman.com/portfolio/opticana-museum-sarona-tel-aviv/2018-09-09T06:31:16+00:00monthlyhttps://sophiecouchman.com/portfolio/forbidden-music-tel-aviv-museum-of-art-israel/2018-09-09T06:30:44+00:00monthlyhttps://sophiecouchman.com/portfolio/holocaust-history-museum-at-yad-vashem-israel/2018-09-09T06:30:05+00:00monthlyhttps://sophiecouchman.com/portfolio/hong-kong-cheongsam-story-hong-kong-airport/2018-09-09T06:29:30+00:00monthlyhttps://sophiecouchman.com/portfolio/po-leung-kuk-hong-kong/2018-09-09T06:28:40+00:00monthlyhttps://sophiecouchman.com/portfolio/colony-national-gallery-of-victoria/https://sophiecouchman.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_3263.jpgimg_32632018-09-09T06:27:57+00:00monthlyhttps://sophiecouchman.com/portfolio/you-cant-do-that-bush-mechanics-and-top-designs-2018-melbourne-museum/2018-09-09T06:27:35+00:00monthlyhttps://sophiecouchman.com/portfolio/bush-mechanics-melbourne-museum/2018-09-09T06:27:11+00:00monthlyhttps://sophiecouchman.com/portfolio/top-designs-2018-melbourne-museum/2018-09-09T06:26:52+00:00monthlyhttps://sophiecouchman.com/portfolio/st-francis-church-melbourne/https://sophiecouchman.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_4404.jpgIMG_44042018-09-09T06:26:27+00:00monthlyhttps://sophiecouchman.com/portfolio/wonderland-acmi-melbourne/2018-09-09T06:25:57+00:00monthlyhttps://sophiecouchman.com/portfolio/we-protest-city-gallery-melbourne/https://sophiecouchman.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_4494.jpgIMG_4494Text on labels a little small and their placement of some so low down made them difficult to readhttps://sophiecouchman.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_4493.jpgIMG_4493An 11-minute video with interview snippets from seven people worked well. And quotes then used throughout exhibitionhttps://sophiecouchman.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_4482.jpgIMG_4482https://sophiecouchman.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_4481.jpgIMG_4481A sea of hats2018-09-09T06:25:29+00:00monthlyhttps://sophiecouchman.com/portfolio/the-dim-sim-chronicles/https://sophiecouchman.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/dimsimchronicles.jpgDimSimChroniclesCourtesy: Immigration Museum2018-09-08T13:27:59+00:00monthlyhttps://sophiecouchman.com/portfolio/2018-william-ah-ket-the-first-chinese-australian-barrister/https://sophiecouchman.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/mc_tennisgroup.jpgmc_tennisgroupThis lovely portrait features Toylaan Ah Ket as a little girl and her mother with other friends on the tennis court of the Chinese Consulate, c1922https://sophiecouchman.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/williamahket.jpgWilliamAhKetWilliam Ah Ket in his chambers at 59 years' old. Photo supplied to the ABC by William Ah Ket's descendants2024-07-26T10:27:52+00:00monthlyhttps://sophiecouchman.com/portfolio/2018-video-lecture-diploma-of-family-history-university-of-tasmania/https://sophiecouchman.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/introduction-family-history_thumbnail.jpgintroduction-family-history_thumbnail2018-08-23T05:43:12+00:00monthlyhttps://sophiecouchman.com/2018/01/26/miles-upon-miles-hong-kong-museum-of-history/https://sophiecouchman.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/img_2392.jpgIMG_2392One magnificent goat. Pure gold mythical beast with eagle's beak and beast's head from the branches of its antlers, Warring States period, Shaanxi History Museum collection.https://sophiecouchman.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/img_2389.jpgIMG_2389This was so cute and I think close to life size. Gilt bronze silkworm, Han dynasty found in the Qianchi River, Shiquan county, Shaanxi, Shaanxi History Museum Collection.https://sophiecouchman.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/img_2388-e1522564880469.jpgIMG_2388Can’t believe how long textiles can survive in the right conditions. Gloves stitched together from a patchwork of different silk brocade fabrics, Han to Jin dynasty, Xinjiang Museum collection.https://sophiecouchman.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/img_2385.jpgIMG_2385Twin-headed rooster silk pillow, Eastern Han dynasty, unearthed from Niya tomb site in Minfeng county, Xinjiang, Xinjiang Museum collection.https://sophiecouchman.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/img_2384-e1522565260362.jpgIMG_2384Booties with gradated red twill and kesi decoration, Han to Jin dynasty, unearthed from Niya tomb site in Minfeng county, Xinjiang, Xinjiang Archaeological Research Institute.https://sophiecouchman.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/img_2381.jpgIMG_2381These camels have rather terrifying teeth. I’ve never met a camel before but they don’t have great reputations! Ceramic camels, mostly from the Tang dynasty (the two small ones at the front are from the Northern Zhou) from a range of collections including: Shaanxi History Museum, Luoyang Museum and Shaanxi Povincial Institute of Archaeology.https://sophiecouchman.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/img_2378.jpgIMG_2378Detail in just the right places. Gilt bronze horse, Han dynasty, unearthed from Maoling in Xingping city, Shaanxi, Mao Ling Museum collection.https://sophiecouchman.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/img_2376.jpgIMG_2376Loved the action in these figures of trainer and horse. Polychrome painted horse and rider, Tang dynasty, unearthed from Lanjiagou in Luoyang, Henan, Luoyang Museum collection.https://sophiecouchman.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/img_2373.jpgIMG_2373This progressively showed the paths of the Silk Road. It was a little slow but nice to see some acknowledgement that not just one path.https://sophiecouchman.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/img_2372.jpgIMG_2372There were just a few school kids going through at the same time as me.2018-05-02T04:30:22+00:00monthlyhttps://sophiecouchman.com/2018/05/02/out-and-about/2018-05-02T04:10:54+00:00monthlyhttps://sophiecouchman.com/2018/01/26/churches-of-hong-kong/https://sophiecouchman.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/img_2309.jpgIMG_2309https://sophiecouchman.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/img_2307.jpgIMG_2307https://sophiecouchman.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/img_2305.jpgIMG_23052018-05-02T01:43:27+00:00monthlyhttps://sophiecouchman.com/2018/01/26/tiling-lai-uk-tseun-hong-kong/https://sophiecouchman.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/img_2354.jpgIMG_2354https://sophiecouchman.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/img_2349.jpgIMG_2349https://sophiecouchman.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/img_2343.jpgIMG_23432018-05-02T01:43:12+00:00monthlyhttps://sophiecouchman.com/2018/01/26/chik-kwai-study-hall-lai-uk-tsuen-hong-kong/https://sophiecouchman.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/img_2332.jpgIMG_2332https://sophiecouchman.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/img_2331.jpgIMG_2331https://sophiecouchman.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/dscf0102.jpgDSCF0102https://sophiecouchman.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/dscf0101.jpgDSCF0101https://sophiecouchman.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/dscf0094.jpgDSCF0094https://sophiecouchman.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/dscf0085.jpgDSCF0085https://sophiecouchman.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/dscf0083.jpgDSCF0083https://sophiecouchman.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/img_2341.jpgIMG_2341Note the use of old DVD disks to keep the birds away.https://sophiecouchman.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/img_2339.jpgIMG_2339This is a rather sneaky view as actually there were plenty of modern houses surrounding this mansion!https://sophiecouchman.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/img_2338.jpgIMG_23382018-05-02T01:43:01+00:00monthlyhttps://sophiecouchman.com/2018/01/26/the-silver-age-hong-kong-maritime-museum/https://sophiecouchman.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/img_2425-e1522542016531.jpgIMG_2425A set of Chinese silver and ceramic tableware, Qing dynasty, on loan from Cheng Xun Tang Collection.https://sophiecouchman.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/img_2423.jpgIMG_2423One of pair of silver figural condiments, Wang Hing, Hong Kong, c.1900, on loan from Chris Hall.https://sophiecouchman.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/img_2422.jpgIMG_2422https://sophiecouchman.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/img_2414.jpgIMG_2414The intricate work on these boats was breathtaking. Silver-plated model of a small police or war junk, early 20th century, Hong Kong Maritime Museum collection.https://sophiecouchman.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/img_2407-e1522541861962.jpgIMG_2407Filigree gilt-silver hairpin in dragonfly shape, Qing dynasty, on loan from Mengdiexuan Collection.https://sophiecouchman.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/img_2404-e1522541795437.jpgIMG_2404My favourite - a teeny tiny rabbit hook. Silver belt ornament, Han dynasty, on loan from Anthony J. Hardy.https://sophiecouchman.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/img_2401-e1522541763951.jpgIMG_2401Note the incredibly fine enamelling. Gilt-silver filigree octagonal silver box, late 18th century to early 19th century, from the K.L. Leung Collection of Export Art.https://sophiecouchman.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/img_2399-e1522541725273.jpgIMG_2399Silver filigree trinket box in butterfly form, late 18th to early 19th century from the K.L. Leung Collection of Export Art.https://sophiecouchman.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/img_2395.jpgIMG_23952018-05-02T01:42:52+00:00monthlyhttps://sophiecouchman.com/2018/01/26/tiling-wan-chai-hong-kong/https://sophiecouchman.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/img_2322.jpgIMG_2322https://sophiecouchman.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/img_2317.jpgIMG_2317https://sophiecouchman.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/img_2284.jpgIMG_2284https://sophiecouchman.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/img_2282.jpgIMG_22822018-05-02T01:42:43+00:00monthlyhttps://sophiecouchman.com/2018/02/02/eretz-israel-museum-tel-aviv/https://sophiecouchman.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_2568.jpgIMG_2568I was surprised at how surprised I was by seeing this. This museum was found in 1958 and some of the displays looked like they hadn't been updated since then. I like to think we have moved beyond this kind of language in museums now.https://sophiecouchman.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_2566.jpgIMG_2566I love a beautiful tile mosaic. 'The Bird Mosaic' discovered in Bet Guvrin (Eleutheropolis) in 1921, believed to date back to the Byzantine (6th century CE).https://sophiecouchman.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_2563.jpgIMG_2563https://sophiecouchman.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_2559.jpgIMG_2559Beautiful suit of armour made completely of glass. Not designed for use! The work of Israeli artist Boris Shpeizman from a series titled 'The Sacred Band', 2015. It is a comment on the stereotypical gender roles through the blending of feminine aesthetics with a male theme.https://sophiecouchman.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_2555.jpgIMG_2555Islamic glass game piece of a pigeon from the 12th to 15th centuries. Super tiny (as big as a thumbnail) and super cute.https://sophiecouchman.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_2549.jpgIMG_2549There were some beautiful contemporary works in the glass gallery as well. https://sophiecouchman.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_2546.jpgIMG_2546Very fine enamel painting of a fly in the bottom of a glass. The English language caption didn't mention it at all! Attributed to Anton Kothgasser (1769-1851), Vienna, Austria, 1812-1830.https://sophiecouchman.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_2543.jpgIMG_2543The Eretz Museum was established on the site of an archaeological dig. So as you wonder from pavilion to pavilion you stumble on parts of the dig. This isn't one of them! This is a blacksmith's workshop from the 14th century CE found near Eilat and moved to the museum in 1971.2018-05-02T01:42:35+00:00monthlyhttps://sophiecouchman.com/2018/02/03/opticana-museum-sarona-tel-aviv/https://sophiecouchman.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_2598-e1522476571787.jpgIMG_2598Protection against the snow!https://sophiecouchman.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_2596.jpgIMG_2596There was such a fabulous range of very cool glasses.https://sophiecouchman.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_2593-e1522476612822.jpgIMG_2593Each arm of this fan contains a magnifying glass. Perfect for spying on people at the opera.https://sophiecouchman.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_2590-e1522476643583.jpgIMG_2590For vision correction and protection against the sun.https://sophiecouchman.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_2583-e1522476675276.jpgIMG_2583https://sophiecouchman.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_2581-e1522476713543.jpgIMG_2581https://sophiecouchman.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_2579-e1522476544127.jpgIMG_2579https://sophiecouchman.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_2578-e1522476510679.jpgIMG_2578https://sophiecouchman.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_2576-e1522476777154.jpgIMG_25762018-05-02T01:41:53+00:00monthlyhttps://sophiecouchman.com/2018/02/04/forbidden-music-tel-aviv-museum-of-art-israel/https://sophiecouchman.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_2606.jpgIMG_2606Mock up of a bootleggers office. As well as the main door where I took this photograph there was also a little peep hole where you could look into the room which was pretty cute.https://sophiecouchman.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_2604.jpgIMG_2604Gramophone record made from used x-ray film. There was another of a skull but most were just random x-rays.https://sophiecouchman.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_2602.jpgIMG_2602Entrance to 'Forbidden Music'https://sophiecouchman.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_2601.jpgIMG_2601Tel Aviv Museum of Art. This was part of the enormous modern addition to the original building which had its own entrance. It was spectacular but design did make it pretty confusing trying to navigate the building inside. Every gallery was also named after whoever donated the money to build it. This was extended to corridors as well! I struck this pretty much everywhere in Israel. If you gave money your name was up on the wall.2018-05-02T01:41:41+00:00monthlyhttps://sophiecouchman.com/2018/02/07/hong-kong-cheongsam-story-hong-kong-airport/https://sophiecouchman.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_2740-e1522469968383.jpgIMG_2740Not exactly sure what they are getting at here. https://sophiecouchman.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_2745.jpgIMG_2745Ever versatile, the cheongsam in vibrant orange with beehive hairdo. Paula Tsui on the cover of her album 'New version of Peach Blossom River', 1970shttps://sophiecouchman.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_2744.jpgIMG_2744Aside from the large poster (which is 1920s-30s), the others are examples of the cheongsam in 1960s Hong Kong advertising.https://sophiecouchman.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_2743.jpgIMG_2743Cheongsam barbie! The ultimate east-west crossover.https://sophiecouchman.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_2741.jpgIMG_2741And here's barbie in a more contemporary print cheongsam. https://sophiecouchman.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_2736.jpgIMG_2736Intro text to 'Hong Kong Cheongsam Story'. I don't have a problem with the duplication of messages within an exhibition. Visitors dip in and out of the text in exhibition. This little exhibition took this a little far. We got similar, sometimes word for word, information in intro, timeline and cabinet labels. https://sophiecouchman.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_2751.jpgIMG_2751Somewhere in these devilish measurements is the reason why dressmakers can’t make a cheongsam the fits mehttps://sophiecouchman.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_2750.jpgIMG_2750I love these knot buttons. Such variety and detail.2018-05-02T01:41:14+00:00monthlyhttps://sophiecouchman.com/2018/02/05/holocaust-history-museum-at-yad-vashem-israel/https://sophiecouchman.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_2680-e1522321931202.jpgIMG_2680'Flashes of Memory: Photography during the Holocaust' I was less annoyed that I wasn't allowed to take photographs in this exhibition than the fact that there was no sign saying that I couldn’t. Instead a grumpy guard grouches at me about it. The exhibition itself was disappointing as well - too much content, not enough interesting interpretation and an odd layout which was trying to get visitors to take a strange looping path through the exhibition. Started with an unnecessary long and detailed ‘history of photography’ timeline.https://sophiecouchman.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_2679.jpgIMG_2679Walking towards a sunny view? While there were plenty of spaces to sit and reflect at the end of the exhibition, I was surprised that there were no warnings for visitors entering the exhibition about its content and imagery. There also didn't seem to be any information offering people who might struggle with the content any support.https://sophiecouchman.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_2676.jpgIMG_2676Contrasting perspectives with contrasting media This video juxtaposed a Nazi propaganda film against art work created by ghetto residents. Unfortunately I didn’t capture best example of this. Very effective and engaging interpretation.https://sophiecouchman.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_2659.jpgIMG_2659Recreated room A space with displays showing the integrated life of Jews in Germany set up like a lounge room.https://sophiecouchman.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_2654-e1522321655536.jpgIMG_2654Looking down the barrel View along central corridor of the museum. Galleries come off the corridor which you cross cross as you make you way through exhibition.https://sophiecouchman.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_2694.jpgIMG_2694https://sophiecouchman.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_2693.jpgIMG_2693https://sophiecouchman.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_2692.jpgIMG_2692https://sophiecouchman.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_2691.jpgIMG_2691https://sophiecouchman.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_2674-e1522317994184.jpgIMG_2674Handmade monopoly game using places in the Terezin ghetto There were a couple of other board games at Yad Va'Shem aside from this one. There was also a board game that involved collecting Jews and expelling them. It made me think of the 1914 ‘White Australia Game' held by the National Archives of Australia (NAA: A1336, 3368). 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