#graingermuseum

A lovely projection within the hallowed halls (and walls) of the @graingermuseum at the @unimelb staged over the weekend as part of @openhousemelb. I have an enduring connection to this special place and was rather impressed by this temporary repurposing. It felt special in so many ways. #windbackwednesday #latergram #graingermuseum #theuniversityofmelbourne #royalparade #parkville (at Grainger Museum) https://www.instagram.com/p/CgyolLupMYK/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

The rather extraordinary #GraingerMuseum #UniversityOfMelbourne built 1935 & 1938 as a research collection for the study of the genius of its instigator, the rather extraordinary Australian composer/pianist Percy Grainger (1882-1961). Designed by the first Dean of Architecture at #UniMelb John Gawler - and Percy - it was intended as a repository of everything Percy, including other composers’ music & objects, as well as his collection of whips & relics of his mother (Rose suicided when confronted with rumours of an incestuous relationship with Percy); his skeleton, destined for the museum, didn’t eventually make it. In his problematic highly racialised view he would have preferred calling the museum a ‘past-hoard-house’ (but note he was a huge admirer of Duke Ellington). Thankfully after many tribulations & much neglect it’s survived (the website notes one female curator “ran away with a German weightlifter (female)”, though I haven’t visited since I did a 4th year project on it. (at Grainger Museum) https://www.instagram.com/p/B5O4FJzHPI3/?igshid=3mxpel39oofz

The Kangaroo Pouch Tone Tool, a complex instrument designed by Grainger and Burnett Cross as a way to create "Free Music" experiments. #percygrainger #graingermuseum #melbourne #music #PandTGoDownUnder #australia (at Grainger Museum) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bp6tEyNBjNcc-8ktg2YHetazoko93l3ZObNFXs0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=119pkuhqxb3gh

I know that feeling, Percy. #graingermuseum #percygrainger #melbourne #australia #PandTGoDownUnder (at Grainger Museum) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bp6jDpoBQV-0lnPVYdR0DpcPkkgD_iPJk9aU7U0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1xx30wptwrdbx

Electronic Music album cover at the Grainger Museum, University of Melbourne, Parkville #albumcover #electronicmusic #vintage #graingermuseum #theuniversityofmelbourne #royalparade #parkville (at The University of Melbourne) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bnn1FElj5mB/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=gegc8cqu309t

Electronic Music album cover at the Grainger Museum, University of Melbourne, Parkville #albumcover #electronicmusic #vintage #graingermuseum #theuniversityofmelbourne #royalparade #parkville (at The University of Melbourne) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bnn0qZeHneP/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=cryaoled5y6v

#graingermuseum #guitar #musichistory #music #guitarharp #chiefrhythmofficer #melbourne