Flowers and People – Gold, 2015 (teamLab). Still from video installation. Seen at NSW Art Gallery, Sydney. Image: Su Leslie 2018
A slightly different take on flowers today.
Flowers and People — Gold, (above) is a video installation that sees digital flowers bud, bloom and wither, moving about on a giant screen in infinite variety. It’s installed at the NSW Art Gallery, and watched at the end of a long day, it is mesmerising and incredibly soothing.
Princess flower tea; with jasmine and globe amaranth flowers. Image: Su Leslie 2018
My last meal in Sydney (if you don’t count snacking in the Air NZ Lounge) was lunch at the White Rabbit Gallery teahouse. I couldn’t resist photographing my princess flower tea as the jasmine and globe amaranth flowers unfurled in the pot.
Unfurled. Princess flower tea with jasmine and globe amaranth flowers. Image: Su Leslie 2018
Zimmerbitch 
It is totally acceptable to photograph that tea pot because it is a work of art. 🙂
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That first pictures look magical!
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I would have loved to view the soothing flower video. Have a great weekend, Sue!
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Perfect for Bonfire night Su. Hope you had a good journey back home and are feeling rested. Oh, my gotta go – the sky has just turned pink!!
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That was a wonderful get away. Thank you for sharing it with us Su.
Leslie
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I love flowering teas, Su, and that first shot is really cool. I also went a different way this week. Great minds?
janet
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The opening photo is magical – and the tea looks so unique – did it taste as good as it looks? I know jasmine can be quite strong – well
At least the jasmine tea I’ve tried –
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Hi Yvette. I’ve just found this in my spam folder — so apologies for not replying sooner. It was really good, even after they had topped the pot up. I know what you mean about jasmine tea being strong though. 🙂
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sniff – I hate when I get spammed but thanks for rescuing moi –
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White Rabbit is now on my “to do” list. Did you have a yummy cake as well?
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😀 I had the dumplings, which were very good.
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Sounds yummy
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Such a beautiful post! The still of the video installation makes me yearn for that peaceful and mesmerizing effect it evokes. And the teaflower looks so lovely too. Xxxxxx
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I found this video of it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ArAUMTkc_0
It’s short, and obviously not like seeing the real thing, but it does give an idea. Hopefully it will play ok for you. xxxxx
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Oh, it was wonderful!! Thanks for the link, Su! I really got the sense of calmness and peace. It would be so lovely to have such an installation at home, wouldn’t it? I’d love watching this for half an hour or so before going to sleep. 😊 xxxxxx
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That would be wonderful!! I guess with technology, something like this could probably be accessible for home viewing in the not too distant future. 😀 xxxx
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Very pretty pictures. 😊🌸
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Thanks a lot!
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