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Beyond Perception Exhibition Sciencworks Melbourne - Mypoppet.com.au

Beyond Perception an Innovative New Experience for Teens at Scienceworks

Beyond Perception: Seeing the Unseen is a brand new immersive permanent gallery space at Scienceworks created exclusively with teens in mind. Filled with large-scale immersive experiences, Beyond Perception: Seeing the Unseen aims to inspire and intrigue teens to engage with science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) by taking them to its most fascinating and imperceptible corners. The concepts covered are…

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Wonderland - Alice in Wonderland in Film Exhibition - ACMI Melbourne Australia - mypoppet.com.au

WONDERLAND – Follow Alice’s Adventures through film History at ACMI

Journey down the rabbit hole at ACMI’s brand new exhibition WONDERLAND celebrating the screen history of Lewis Carroll’s timeless stories of Alice and her various adventures in Wonderland. Made in Melbourne by the team at ACMI, this wholly original exhibition presents over 300 unique objects sourced from all around the world. Displayed in interactive and visually interesting ways, first edition…

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ACMI Wallace & Gromit and Friends

Wallace & Gromit and Friends: The Magic of Aardman at ACMI

It’s not very often that I walk out of an exhibition where my face hurts from smiling too much. There really should be a warning sign at the entrance of ACMI’s latest exhibition Wallace & Gromit and Friends: The Magic of Aardman clearly stating the risk of facial cramping from the abundant whimsy and delightful displays of artistry that await…

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Scienceworks - LightTime exhibition - Light art mypoppet.com.au

LightTime – A new immersive exhibit at Scienceworks

Scienceworks is exploring science through art in LIGHTTIME, a brand new exhibit. Eleven experimental Melbourne artists have been commissioned to create immersive works around the theme of light, resulting in an immersive experience with other-worldly aesthetic and dramatic optical illusions. Unlike Sciencework’s regular exhibits, LIGHTTIME is presented more like an art gallery. The pieces play with perception and encourage the…

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Van Gogh And The Seasons – Debunking myths about Vincent Van Gogh

The paintings of Vincent Van Gogh are some of the most iconic artworks of the Impressionist era. Even those of us without a background in art history will recognise his signature use of colour and heavy brushstokes in his most famous painting such as Sunflowers or The Starry Night. Van Gogh is one of art history’s most recognisable figures, we…

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Oz Comic-Con - Australia win Family Passes

Oz Comic-Con is Back – Win a Family Pass (Closed)

Oz Comic-Con is back baby! It’s time to celebrate your inner geek, get dressed up and have some fun with the whole family. The 2017 event kicks off in Perth and then heads to Adelaide, Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney, and the exciting news is I have a family pass to giveaway to one lucky reader. Oz Comic-­Con hosts a number…

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KOOZA by Cirque du Soleil

Cirque du Soleil’s Kooza brings out Melbourne’s inner child

“Guess what Emma? We’re going to the circus!” I thought she’d be excited, but instead her response was lukewarm, “Can’t you take someone else? The circus isn’t really my thing.” Geez, kids these days really don’t know how to have fun! Turns out she was a little bit worried about the clowns, but once I explained that Cirque du Soleil…

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bokeh photography with butterfliesmypoppet.com.au

Out of Focus – Experimenting with Bokeh Photography in Melbourne

Have you ever wanted to push the boundaries with your photography and really get to know how to use that big camera beyond just the ‘Auto’ setting? If you own a Canon, you may enjoy taking part in some FREE photography workshops, located all over Australia. This post contains amazon affiliate links – indicated by an * I recently attended…

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