Exhibitions
The Gallery (Ground floor)
18 January, 2012
Urban transformations: a new exhibition opens
Most of the world’s population now lives in cities. Perth, WA’s capital city, has seen rapid growth in its time due to economic booms reflecting its history as a resource and energy capital. From infancy, WA’s story has been boom and bust – from ‘Swan River mania’ to convict transportation; from the mineral led rushes of the 1890s, 1970s and 2000s to the Great Depression.
The State Library and the State Records Office present an exhibition showcasing records held by both organisations relating to town and urban planning and architecture, in support of the 11th Australasian Urban History/Planning History Conference, to be held in Perth from 5-8 February 2012.
The exhibition features real estate posters from the past; architectural drawings ranging from simple worker’s cottages to opulent houses, clubs and institutions; photographs of Perth buildings; and records of the Town Planning Department and the Workers Homes Board.
2nd Floor
Images composed : music inspired by artworks
What do Modest Mussorgsky, Claude Debussy, Don McLean, Stephen Sondheim, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Coldplay and 1950s popular song composer Jay Livingston have in common? Besides each being at the peak of their particular musical genre and period, they have composed music inspired by certain artworks. Music and painting have always been considered separate arts, yet there are shared artistic styles and ideas which link the two inextricably.
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