Video: "Floating Cities of the Serenissima" - an unusual flotilla in Venice
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
Remember the story of Peter Pan, who stubbornly refused to grow up, who escaped from his house through the chimney and flew to Kensington Gardens? It seems that among us, adults, there are not so few of those who also cannot imagine their life without travel, and therefore come up with any ways to not only see the world, but also surprise. Photographer Tod Seelie has recently joined American traveling artists conquering Europe on unusual rafts, and has already collected an impressive photo report.
Project name - "Floating cities of the Serenissima" … It was not chosen by chance, since Serenissima literally means "the most radiant". This is exactly what the solemn name of the Venetian Republic sounds like, and this is where the wandering artists from New York went. The idea of such an unusual event came from the artist nicknamed Swoon, for her this is not the first expedition to the shores of Venice. This year she gathered enthusiasts on three rafts "Alice", "Maria" and "Old Hickory". These unusual boats are assembled from all kinds of junk, so they look very funny.
Swoon emphasizes that it is important for real artists to get inspiration from travel, as well as to charge those people who see "floating cities" with positive. A group of enthusiasts does not just float along rivers and canals, wandering artists organize concerts, puppet theater performances and all kinds of exhibitions that find a lively response from the townspeople.
Previously, the artist Swoon has already organized trips of the "garbage" flotilla along the Mississippi and Hudson rivers, now she is going from Slovenia to Venice. It is planned to leave for Oregon in mid-August. Todd Seeley intends to accompany the artists further, delighting us with new photographs from the "Swimming Cities of Serenissima" series.
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