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Within a precise routine

everything becomes a still

clear calibrated panorama

1958, in the illustrious Red Book* 

the architect foretells mid-air arcs

those bending dancers back 

their moves cast clearly somehow 

into soaring concrete walls

what iconic shells she sails...

ingeniously extrapolated by an orange

show how engineers measure their curves 

from the spherical - the Yellow Book, 1962*

the architect sketches firstly its form

like choreographers make theirs flesh 

their moves too are improvised and renewed

one million and 56,006 tiles patterned chevrons

reflect all shades and types of light 

by night to day project soaring pliers

mid-century / middle C / classic

iconic modernist architectural poetry

concrete glass watermarked dazzlingly

each vista etched fresh on minds

their lines became everyday

a harbour city wonder

drawn by mortar glass / air and art

rock sand cement / inside outside 

an impossible delight

Utzon moves this way

image - Symphony for ballet - detail /  synthetic polymer paint on linen panels (6) total 77x 107cm

*The Red Book and Yellow Book, were produced by Jorn Utzon and archived by the NSW Government, they expand his record of architectural intentions while designing the Sydney Opera House during the late 1950's through to the mid 1960's