Fun Palace ! Mock Italianate Urban Kitsch ? :-)
The vast, sprawling, Casino complex at Montecasino near Fourways, Johannesburg, is a delightfully 'outrageous' example of modern urban 'kitsch'! Over-stated in every possible aesthetic and architectural idiom, it a favourite gathering ground for those in search of amusement or escape from the dullness of everyday life into am extravagant 'pleasure palace' ! A Casino, shopping mall and child-friendly spaces all wrapped into one vast, ornate 'mock- Mediterranean' emporium, it has a deliciously 'decadent' feel to it. It adjoins a splendid bird park and has coffee-shops, fashion boutiques, cinemas and theatres - all decked out in outrageously over-stated 'regalia' - with mock skies and - really - mock-everything! Definitely worth a visit! You name it, Johannesburg has it! :-)
Fun Palace ! Mock Italianate Urban Kitsch ? :-)
The vast, sprawling, Casino complex at Montecasino near Fourways, Johannesburg, is a delightfully 'outrageous' example of modern urban 'kitsch'! Over-stated in every possible aesthetic and architectural idiom, it a favourite gathering ground for those in search of amusement or escape from the dullness of everyday life into am extravagant 'pleasure palace' ! A Casino, shopping mall and child-friendly spaces all wrapped into one vast, ornate 'mock- Mediterranean' emporium, it has a deliciously 'decadent' feel to it. It adjoins a splendid bird park and has coffee-shops, fashion boutiques, cinemas and theatres - all decked out in outrageously over-stated 'regalia' - with mock skies and - really - mock-everything! Definitely worth a visit! You name it, Johannesburg has it! :-)