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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27499147250624425832011-07-29T07:11:15.721+02:00travelingidahogirltravelingidahogirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03193602941690694109noreply@blogger.comBlogger211100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2749914725062442583.post-20062484031396265022009-11-19T19:07:00.024+01:002009-11-20T20:51:18.192+01:00La Biennale di Venezia<meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 12"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 12"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CGARCIA%7E1%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><link rel="themeData" href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CGARCIA%7E1%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_themedata.thmx"><link rel="colorSchemeMapping" href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CGARCIA%7E1%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_colorschememapping.xml"><style>  </style> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">In the art world, Venice’s every-other-year contemporary art show, the Biennale, is, I guess, well-known.<span style=""> </span>As I am not one in said world, I’d never heard of it (but I had heard of the film festival that is part of it), but when I discovered it was happening this year, I was quite excited.<span style=""> </span>I found out about it while searching for anything cool in the area for the summer visit by Mom and her friend, ArtsyFartsy.<span style=""> </span>This was the jackpot as far as ArtsyFartsy was concerned.</span></p><p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"> <br /></p><p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 12"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 12"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CGARCIA%7E1%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><link rel="themeData" href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CGARCIA%7E1%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_themedata.thmx"><link rel="colorSchemeMapping" href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CGARCIA%7E1%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_colorschememapping.xml"><style>  </style> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Georgia","serif";">One of the nice things about the Biennale is that is a long exhibit.<span style=""> </span>The art portion (there is also a drama/dance portion and the film festival) went from June through November (it finishes up this weekend).<span style=""> </span>There’s more than can be seen in a day or two, so being able to return is pretty handy.<span style=""> </span>I was lucky enough to go four times, each time with a different friend.<span style=""> </span>Still, even with the multiple trips, I missed quite a bit.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p></p> <br /> <br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 12"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 12"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CGARCIA%7E1%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><link rel="themeData" href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CGARCIA%7E1%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_themedata.thmx"><link rel="colorSchemeMapping" href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CGARCIA%7E1%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_colorschememapping.xml"><style>  </style> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Another cool thing about the Biennale is its location.<span style=""> </span>Obviously Venice</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_k-LubLCpTyg/SwboawMoGQI/AAAAAAAAAV8/Z4gVEfh5xN0/s1600/DSC00259.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_k-LubLCpTyg/SwboawMoGQI/AAAAAAAAAV8/Z4gVEfh5xN0/s200/DSC00259.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406263949016963330" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Georgia","serif";"> rocks, </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Georgia","serif";">but there are two main places for the exhibition, the Giardini and the Arsenale.<span style=""> </span>These are at the fish-tale </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Georgia","serif";">end of Venice, which is not usually overrun with tourists.<span style=""> </span>The both have unique characteristics that you don’t get elsewhere in Venice.<span style=""> </span>The Giardini is, as it sounds, in the midst of green space.<span style=""> </span>A large park and playground is adjacent; more grass, less piazze.<span style=""> </span>The Arsenale location is part of the old shipyard, so it is very old-worldy industrial-like (that’s an architectural term, isn’t it?).</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 12"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 12"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CGARCIA%7E1%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><link rel="themeData" href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CGARCIA%7E1%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_themedata.thmx"><link rel="colorSchemeMapping" href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CGARCIA%7E1%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_colorschememapping.xml"><style>  </style> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Georgia","serif";">In addition to the main exhibition spots, throughout the islands of Venice are “collateral events” with art from a country in some usually unused flat.<span style=""> </span>Oh, and the random sculpture (or submarine) located along the Grand Canal was a nice touch as well.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <span style="font-size:100%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_k-LubLCpTyg/SwWbHXEdoaI/AAAAAAAAASk/__H5NOI9pKA/s1600/biennale+023.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 112px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_k-LubLCpTyg/SwWbHXEdoaI/AAAAAAAAASk/__H5NOI9pKA/s200/biennale+023.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405897478482272674" border="0" /></a></span> <br /><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span><p></p> <span style="font-size:100%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_k-LubLCpTyg/SwWZcIt-7FI/AAAAAAAAASc/fatcV0uBR7E/s1600/DSC06086.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_k-LubLCpTyg/SwWZcIt-7FI/AAAAAAAAASc/fatcV0uBR7E/s200/DSC06086.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405895636383886418" border="0" /></a></span> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 12"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 12"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CGARCIA%7E1%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><link rel="themeData" href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CGARCIA%7E1%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_themedata.thmx"><link rel="colorSchemeMapping" href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CGARCIA%7E1%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_colorschememapping.xml"><style>  </style> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Ok, so the Biennale is, as previously mentioned, <i style="">contemporary </i>art, which is not the usual art form around these parts.<span style=""> </span>And I have missed it!<span style=""> </span>Don’t pounce on me—I’m not about to complain about the abundance of medieval and renaissance art and architecture; I’m just saying a little random weirdness is also good.<span style=""> </span>And when you put contemporary random weirdness in the location of Venetian beauty, well, it’s freaking awesome!<span style=""> </span>(Didn’t I already come to this conclusion in my Villa Pisani post?<span style=""> </span>Well, it bears reiterating.)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <br /> <br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 12"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 12"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CGARCIA%7E1%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><link rel="themeData" href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CGARCIA%7E1%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_themedata.thmx"><link rel="colorSchemeMapping" href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CGARCIA%7E1%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_colorschememapping.xml"><style>  </style> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Georgia","serif";">As you may have noticed, I do not have an extensive art vocabulary.<span style=""> </span>Nonetheless, I’m going to attempt to verbalize a few thoughts on some of pieces/works/installations and share what I can of the ones I most liked.<span style=""> </span>Try not to be too judgmental. (I may also use some pics taken by Mom & ArtsyFartsy since both have a better eye and camera than I do.<span style=""> </span>AND, quite critically, my camera battery died early into my first visit.<span style=""> </span>I didn’t ask permission; I’m just going to count on their love and forgiveness.)<span style=""> </span>I’ll also try to credit the artists when I think I can figure out who they are (I actually tried to take notes, but that lasted all of 12 minutes).<o:p></o:p></span></p> <br /> <br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 12"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 12"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CGARCIA%7E1%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><link rel="themeData" href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CGARCIA%7E1%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_themedata.thmx"><link rel="colorSchemeMapping" href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CGARCIA%7E1%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_colorschememapping.xml"><style>  </style> <p style="font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_k-LubLCpTyg/SwWkoXmaPQI/AAAAAAAAASs/M8Rhj1l_j-8/s1600/DSC07795+blog.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_k-LubLCpTyg/SwWkoXmaPQI/AAAAAAAAASs/M8Rhj1l_j-8/s200/DSC07795+blog.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405907941164989698" border="0" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Let’s start at the biggest portion of the exhibit, the Giardini.<span style=""> </span>Notice ArtsyFartsy’s grin.<span style=""> </span>Not sure about the graffiti-looking bit on the sign—I think that is actual graffiti, but I don’t know.<span style=""> <br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 12"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 12"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CGARCIA%7E1%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><link rel="themeData" href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CGARCIA%7E1%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_themedata.thmx"><link rel="colorSchemeMapping" href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CGARCIA%7E1%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_colorschememapping.xml"><style>  </style> </p><p style="font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_k-LubLCpTyg/SwWnX5ULZqI/AAAAAAAAATE/wke8nzFR5JY/s1600/DSC07797.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_k-LubLCpTyg/SwWnX5ULZqI/AAAAAAAAATE/wke8nzFR5JY/s200/DSC07797.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405910956692432546" border="0" /></a></span></p> <meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 12"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 12"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CGARCIA%7E1%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><link rel="themeData" href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CGARCIA%7E1%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_themedata.thmx"><link rel="colorSchemeMapping" href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CGARCIA%7E1%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_colorschememapping.xml"><style>  </style> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Georgia","serif";">This is Chen Zhen’s piece welcoming you into the garden.<span style=""> </span>The whole title of La Biennale was <i style="">Making Worlds</i>, or rather <i style="">Fare Mondi</i>.<span style=""> </span>This sculpture is called “<b>back to fullness, face to emptiness.”<span style=""> </span></b><span style="">It’s all neon Chinese (I think?) characters in the middle. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><span style=""> <o:p></o:p></span></span><p class="MsoNormal"> <br /> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> <br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 12"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 12"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CGARCIA%7E1%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><link rel="themeData" href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CGARCIA%7E1%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_themedata.thmx"><link rel="colorSchemeMapping" href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CGARCIA%7E1%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_colorschememapping.xml"><style>  </style> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Throughout the space are multiple “pavilions,” buildings for countries to exhibit one or more artists.<span style=""> </span>Then there is the Exposition Palace, a large building that was more like a regular art museum than anything else there.<span style=""> </span>One of the coolest works was in the biggest room of the Palazzo.<span style=""> </span>These string (actually more like cable) balls are by Argentinean Tomas Saraceno.<span style=""> </span>Entitled: <span style=""> </span>“</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Georgia","serif";">galaxies forming along filaments, like droplets along the strands of a spider's web.”<span style=""> </span>This was a fun room to be in, but not one in which you could wander aimlessly.<span style=""> </span>It’s hard to show the scale of artwork with a little camera, but I think this picture does an ok job of it.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <span style="font-size:100%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_k-LubLCpTyg/SwWopFEM1-I/AAAAAAAAATM/YK0lMEWj44o/s1600/DSC09111.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_k-LubLCpTyg/SwWopFEM1-I/AAAAAAAAATM/YK0lMEWj44o/s320/DSC09111.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405912351416047586" border="0" /></a></span> <br /><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><span style=""></span><o:p></o:p></span><p></p> <br /> <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_k-LubLCpTyg/SwbnzsHiN6I/AAAAAAAAAV0/aZns_PkzU04/s1600/DSC09118.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_k-LubLCpTyg/SwbnzsHiN6I/AAAAAAAAAV0/aZns_PkzU04/s200/DSC09118.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406263277906966434" border="0" /></a><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 12"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 12"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CGARCIA%7E1%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><link rel="themeData" href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CGARCIA%7E1%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_themedata.thmx"><link rel="colorSchemeMapping" href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CGARCIA%7E1%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_colorschememapping.xml"><style>  </style> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Georgia","serif";">The most disturbing piece I saw, hands down, was in the room directly behind this one.<span style=""> </span>Swedish Nathalie Djurberg’s “Experimentet” is a nightmare, and I feel slightly violated having seen it (of course, I couldn’t wait to show Louisiana Gal it when I returned in October, so, uh, it was also effective?).<span style=""> </span>The room was dark and there was farily loud, sinerstly playful music playing.<span style=""> </span>There are these large, funky wax-like flowers and plants throughout, which are kinda pretty,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 12"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 12"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CGARCIA%7E1%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><link rel="themeData" href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CGARCIA%7E1%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_themedata.thmx"><link rel="colorSchemeMapping" href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CGARCIA%7E1%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_colorschememapping.xml"><style>  </style><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Georgia","serif";">and maybe also a little phallic,</span></p><p style="font-family: georgia;" face="georgia" class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_k-LubLCpTyg/SwWrxIeEi_I/AAAAAAAAATk/ElkznncLaD4/s1600/DSC09119.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_k-LubLCpTyg/SwWrxIeEi_I/AAAAAAAAATk/ElkznncLaD4/s200/DSC09119.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405915788303698930" border="0" /></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> <br /></p><p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_k-LubLCpTyg/SwWm028YkcI/AAAAAAAAAS8/yPeHyxcHnUI/s1600/DSC09116.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_k-LubLCpTyg/SwWm028YkcI/AAAAAAAAAS8/yPeHyxcHnUI/s200/DSC09116.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405910354760339906" border="0" /></a></span></p> <meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 12"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 12"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CGARCIA%7E1%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><link rel="themeData" href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CGARCIA%7E1%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_themedata.thmx"><link rel="colorSchemeMapping" href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CGARCIA%7E1%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_colorschememapping.xml"><style>  </style><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Georgia","serif";">but then you look closer at them and they seem to be dripping in goo.<span style=""> </span>And there was this pooping-eyeball frog:<span style=""> </span></span><p class="MsoNormal"> <br /><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 12"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 12"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CGARCIA%7E1%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><link rel="themeData" href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CGARCIA%7E1%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_themedata.thmx"><link rel="colorSchemeMapping" href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CGARCIA%7E1%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_colorschememapping.xml"><style>  </style><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Georgia","serif";">So you’re walking through here, and it is weird.<span style=""> </span>And creepy.<span style=""> </span>And you notice a video screen playing cartoons—or claymation.<span style=""> </span>Fun, right?<span style=""> </span>No.<span style=""> </span>Disturbing as hell.<span style=""> </span>I will not go into the levels of wrongness in these videos (there were actually three screens, each with a loop of different trauma-inducing actions), but if you want just a hint of the chill factor, check out this <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWrPZGgudMM&feature=related">clip</a>.<span style=""> </span></span><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 12"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 12"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CGARCIA%7E1%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><link rel="themeData" href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CGARCIA%7E1%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_themedata.thmx"><link rel="colorSchemeMapping" href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CGARCIA%7E1%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_colorschememapping.xml"><style>  </style><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Georgia","serif";">If you want to watch a particularly disturbing section, check out <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlTS_RF6iBI&feature=related">this. </a></span><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 12"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 12"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CGARCIA%7E1%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><link rel="themeData" href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CGARCIA%7E1%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_themedata.thmx"><link rel="colorSchemeMapping" href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CGARCIA%7E1%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_colorschememapping.xml"><style>  </style><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Georgia","serif";">(BUT NOT if you are squemish or if we ever attended church together when I was a child.<span style=""> </span>Or maybe if you voted Republican lately.).<span style=""> </span>Oh!<span style=""> </span>Nahalie Djurberg won the </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Silver Lion award for a Promising Young Artist; and ArtsyFartsy loved this one—she really does know what she’s talking about.<span style=""><o:p></o:p></span></span> <br /> <br /> <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_k-LubLCpTyg/SwbnYXinrcI/AAAAAAAAAVs/LJT2LWS2lF4/s1600/DSC09123.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_k-LubLCpTyg/SwbnYXinrcI/AAAAAAAAAVs/LJT2LWS2lF4/s200/DSC09123.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406262808526958018" border="0" /></a><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 12"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 12"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CGARCIA%7E1%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><link rel="themeData" href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CGARCIA%7E1%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_themedata.thmx"><link rel="colorSchemeMapping" href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CGARCIA%7E1%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_colorschememapping.xml"><style>  </style> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Georgia","serif";">A couple more things from the main building.<span style=""> </span>I liked these stretched plastic bags holding colored liquid hanging across the room (sorry, no idea whose they are).<span style=""> </span>Not sure what is going on with the light bulbs in the sandbox though.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /><p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_k-LubLCpTyg/SwWuLlvUvRI/AAAAAAAAAUE/V3LEUuvpqoI/s1600/DSC09127+blog.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 185px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_k-LubLCpTyg/SwWuLlvUvRI/AAAAAAAAAUE/V3LEUuvpqoI/s200/DSC09127+blog.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405918441860545810" border="0" /></a></p> <meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 12"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 12"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CGARCIA%7E1%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><link rel="themeData" href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CGARCIA%7E1%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_themedata.thmx"><link rel="colorSchemeMapping" href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CGARCIA%7E1%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_colorschememapping.xml"><style>  </style> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Georgia","serif";">This was showing a film, but the film wasn’t as interesting as the projector that was this long, spiral do-hicky (I think the film was just showing them putting this thing together).<o:p></o:p></span></p> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 12"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 12"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CGARCIA%7E1%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><link rel="themeData" href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CGARCIA%7E1%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_themedata.thmx"><link rel="colorSchemeMapping" href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CGARCIA%7E1%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_colorschememapping.xml"><style>  </style><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Georgia","serif";">There was plenty of other cool things here that I thought I had more pictures of, but I thought wrong.<span style=""> </span>Here’s a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqAjPJlbMJ4">clip</a> of Hans-Peter Feldmann’s clever “Shadow Play,” which I wish I’d gotten some pictures of.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Georgia","serif";"> <span style=""> </span>Oh, here’s the entrance to the café in the Palazzo and<span style=""> </span>a cool picture of a picture-taking ArtsyFartsy, taking a picture of her daughter.<span style=""> </span>This was captured by Mom.<span style=""> </span></span> <br /> <br /><p style="font-family: georgia;" face="georgia" class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_k-LubLCpTyg/SwWrxSPid7I/AAAAAAAAATs/ESERHZQrIWQ/s1600/biennale+066+blog.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 112px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_k-LubLCpTyg/SwWrxSPid7I/AAAAAAAAATs/ESERHZQrIWQ/s200/biennale+066+blog.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405915790927099826" border="0" /></a></p> <br /> <br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 12"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 12"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CGARCIA%7E1%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><link rel="themeData" href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CGARCIA%7E1%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_themedata.thmx"><link rel="colorSchemeMapping" href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CGARCIA%7E1%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_colorschememapping.xml"><style>  </style> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Georgia","serif";">The 29 pavillions around the Giardini were built by the participating countries, and I guess most of the time they are locked up and empty.<span style=""> </span>There are a wide variety of buildings. Here are a few pictures of some of the pavillions.<span style=""> </span>The first one is Hungary (which had an art exhibit revolving around prisoners of war); the next is, as can be seen from the writing, Russia.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <br /><p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_k-LubLCpTyg/SwWwfDxpb2I/AAAAAAAAAUc/3lsI39JwUtg/s1600/DSC09129.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_k-LubLCpTyg/SwWwfDxpb2I/AAAAAAAAAUc/3lsI39JwUtg/s200/DSC09129.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405920975364124514" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" face="georgia" class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_k-LubLCpTyg/SwWvHSy-h-I/AAAAAAAAAUU/Pvqwl9v-bys/s1600/DSC09078.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_k-LubLCpTyg/SwWvHSy-h-I/AAAAAAAAAUU/Pvqwl9v-bys/s200/DSC09078.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405919467567744994" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-size:100%;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-size:100%;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <span style="font-size:100%;"> </span> <br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 12"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 12"><link style="font-family: georgia;" rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CGARCIA%7E1%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><link style="font-family: georgia;" rel="themeData" href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CGARCIA%7E1%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_themedata.thmx"><link style="font-family: georgia;" rel="colorSchemeMapping" href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CGARCIA%7E1%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_colorschememapping.xml"><style>  </style> <span style="font-size:100%;"> </span> <br /> <br /><p style="font-family: georgia;" face="georgia" class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_k-LubLCpTyg/SwWuLNySHLI/AAAAAAAAAT0/dOuDT13g-DM/s1600/DSC09059.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_k-LubLCpTyg/SwWuLNySHLI/AAAAAAAAAT0/dOuDT13g-DM/s200/DSC09059.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405918435430505650" border="0" /></a></p> <meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 12"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 12"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CGARCIA%7E1%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><link rel="themeData" href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CGARCIA%7E1%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_themedata.thmx"><link rel="colorSchemeMapping" href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CGARCIA%7E1%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_colorschememapping.xml"><style>  </style> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Georgia","serif";">This was on the side of the Russian pavillion (by </span><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-weight: normal;">Sergei Shekhovtsov)</span></strong><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Georgia","serif";">.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><span style=""> </span>Kinda cool. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: georgia;font-family:";font-size:100%;" ><span style=""></span></span><p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 12"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 12"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CGARCIA%7E1%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><link rel="themeData" href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CGARCIA%7E1%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_themedata.thmx"><link rel="colorSchemeMapping" href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CGARCIA%7E1%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_colorschememapping.xml"><style>  </style> </p><p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_k-LubLCpTyg/SwWuLXv-dXI/AAAAAAAAAT8/zQVYh_Bi-8c/s1600/DSC09066.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; 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