I had this in my previous post, but I think it deserves its own.
This is one of the most hilariously and tragically ironic things I’ve ever seen, and all the more reason why people should stop assuming that Europeans are somehow “better” than us capitalist pig Americans. This is a famous piece of architecture in Venice called the “Bridge of Sights” (Ponte dei Sospiri):
It presently looks like this:
Yeeeeeaaaaaah.
I just had a lovely jaunt to Venice to perform at Ca’Zanadi for the Biennale art festival. Venice is a town of smartly dressed dogs and meter-wide “streets” that can only be successfully navigated by people who are relaxed but alert after an hour long spritz break followed by an hour-long espresso break.
I was part of a group of artists performing “site-specific” pieces inspired by the Ca’Zanadi house, a gaudy and lovely old Rococo building that now serves as a boutique hotel/art space.
There wasn’t a whole lot of street art in Venice that I saw–mostly just random tagging, but the tags were all layered upon each other in a cool looking way on specific doors and other enclosed areas. And I found this gem of a stencil near the Ca’Zanadi. Look closely–yes, those are chewing gum penises.
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Random nod to the west side… To which “west side” were they referring? California? Portugal? Ireland?
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My contribution to Venice street art: Bloody Mario, made from leftover “blood” from my performance.
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I had the tiniest little hotel closet of a room, which would have been a bit of a bummer if the awesome person who stayed there before me had not left a pair of heart-shaped light up glasses under the bed for me to find.
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So, really great trip. I took a lot of pictures to satisfy my door fetish, but I’ll link to those later. More photos on flickr.
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