Yesterday was a “no-photo-no-video-no-nothing” day. Just walking on small paths aside the lagoon. Laying on the beach. But coming back on the vaporetto we saw an adventure getting his happy end: The Swimming Cities of Serenissima fleet was approaching the Arsenale area. Welcome to Venice!
txt: The Swimming Cities of Serenissima – about
The Swimming Cities of Serenissima is a fleet of three intricately hand crafted vessels that will navigate the Adriatic Sea from the Litoral region of Slovenia to Venice, Italy in May of 2009. Designed by the visual artist SWOON, the floating sculptures are descendants of the Swimming Cities of Switchback Sea (Hudson River, 2008) and the Miss Rockaway Armada (Mississippi River, 2006 and 2007).
SWOON’s boats are inspired by dense urban cityscapes and thickly intertwined mangrove swamps from her Florida youth. The Swimming Cities of Serenissima are built from salvaged materials, including modified Mercedes car motors with long-tail propellers. The boats’ crew is made up of 30 collaborating artists from the United States.
links:
www.swimmingcities.org
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img: R0015125 from swimmingcities photostream
