Some great opportunities to get out and about at Willow Court and Frascati House in May and June 2016. The maximum cost is $5 for persons over 12 years old.
The Friends of Willow Court will be running events at the site for Heritage Festival 2016 which you can access. On May 14th and 15th Heather Burke, Assoc Professor of Archaeology, Flinders University, will talk about the results from the recent geophysical investigations around Willow Court and Frascati House, and her long term plans to conduct archaeological excavations at the site over the next 10 years. Cost $5, under 12 years, free.
The Friends of Frascati are also running an event the weekend before at Friscati House. Frascati dates back to 1834 when John Burnett, the first Colonial Secretary, built his country villa on the site. Recent works have questioned whether Burnett added onto an existing building and whether there was a pre-existing building on site at the time. Come and rediscover some of Frascati’s history. Tours of Frascati House and historic gardens available. Two great weekends of Willow Court activities to enjoy, entry by gold coin donation.
Another opportunity to visit the site will be during a Dark Mofo event. Seminal Australian performance artist Mike Parr pushed to his limits in and around the grounds of the former Royal Derwent Hospital (circa 1827). Please register your interest in the event; full details will be announced soon: http://darkmofo.net.au/
Asylum, the exhibition, is open:
Thursday 9 – Monday 13 June, 12 – 4pm
Saturday 18 + Sunday 19 June, 12 – 4pm
Free
Entry by Mirror Only, the 72-hour performance, is open continuously for three days:
Begins 12pm, Thursday 9 June
Ends 12pm, Sunday 12 June
Entry by mirror only: bring a shard, or full mirror, to leave behind.
Please note that both the exhibition and installation contain disturbing content and themes, and may not be suitable for children.
Presented by Detached Cultural Organisation in association with Dark Mofo