“Wrapped Coast,” One Million Square Feet,
Little Bay, Australia, 1968-69.
Photo: Harry Shunk

In 1968-69, Little Bay near Sydney was “wrapped” by artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude. A million square feet of material enveloped the cliffs along a 2.4km stretch of coast.

From their website: the artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude were born at the same hour on June 13, 1935.

There are 3 things Christo and Jeanne-Claude do not do together:

• They never fly in the same aircraft.

• Jeanne-Claude does not make drawings, she was not trained for that. Christo puts their ideas on paper, he never had an assistant in his studio.

• Christo never had the pleasure of talking to their tax accountant.

They sound like absolute nutbags, but the photos are stunning. Via Margaret Throsby’s interview with John Kaldor (a supporter of public arts projects, who secured the bit of Australian coastline for them to wrap) on ABC Classic FM.

Someone is putting on a surprise firework display outside my balcony. For me? You shouldn’t have!

This is a just 20 second video of the duck (goose?) who lives in the garden of my flats shaking his tail feather in the rain.

Good morning! Look who woke me up.

In my ‘hood.

This is just a picture of me and my friend Elicia before we explored the heritage storm drains under Sydney like a couple of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles yesterday. Our helmets had lights!

Fish! In Arthur McElhone Reserve, Elizabeth Bay