OCTOBER 1994 - STOCKHOLM

THE REMAINS OF THE LADY IN BREAD "LA DONNA DI PANNE"

WERE -LATE THAT NIGHT- CAREFULLY TRANSPORTED BACK TO GIUDECCA

DROVE TO MILANO AND FLEW TO STOCKHOLM

THESE REMAINING PIECES OF 'LA DONNA' WERE (ARE) VERY CHARGED

EVERYBODY THAT LOOKED AT THEM, EVEN NOT KNOWING THE BACKGROUND,

GOT VERY TOUCHED AND HAD A COMPULSIVE NEED TO CRY

WHEN ASKED TO GUESS WHAT THEIR ORIGINS WERE

WE ALWAYS GOT THE SAME ANSWER:

REMAINS OF

A MAYA OR INCA MUMMY SMUGGLED FROM SOUTH AMERICA

RELICS OF A SAINT OR SOME HOLY PERSON STOLEN IN ITALY

A PIECE OF AN ANCIENT HUMAN RELATIVE STOLEN FROM A MUSEUM

BUT NO DOUBT ABOUT IT

IT ONCE WAS A HUMAN BEING

NO CULTURE NO ART NO ARTEFACT

FAMILY

THEY SHOULD BE IN A MUSEUM:

PUBLIC PROPERTY

THEY DESERVE JUSTICE

THEY ARE RELICS

Reliquias

SO
 

 

I DID THE BOXES

AND PLACED THEM

ON A SOFT BED

THAT WOULD TAKE THEM

TO THE FUTURE

 

  
 

BUT SOMETHING WAS MISSING:

TO RE-ACT THE ACTION

TO close the circle

 

  
     
 

RELÍQUIAS

  
 

TO CLOSE THE CIRCLE WE ORGANISED A SHOW IN STOCKHOLM

- CALLED THE VENICE OF THE NORTH -

WHERE THE RELIQUIAS WERE GOING TO BE EXHIBITED FOR A LAST TIME

FOR A CULTURAL AUDIENCE

 

  

IN A GALLERY SPACE WE BUILT A ROOM WITHIN the ROOM made OF SILK PAPER

THAT COVERED THE CEILING AND THE WALLS WITHOUT TOUCHING them

SUSPENDED IN THE AIR

 

A PICTURE OF "LA DONNA" ALSO IN SILK PAPER WAS HANGING IN THE MIDDLE

IMPEDING THE VIEW OF THE BOXES FROM THE ENTRANCE

THE FLOOR WAS COVERED WITH BREAD

 

 

NOW

 

TO MAKE A SYMMETRY

WE BAKED BIRDS in bread:

FAMOUS PIGEONS

 

 
 

CULTURAL CONSTRUCTIONS

 

  

BEFORE ENTERING THE RELIQUIAS ROOM

THE PEOPLE Was INVITED TO EAT

BIRDS

BAKED IN BREAD

WHICH THEY INNOCENTLY DID

HUMANS EATING BREAD-BIRDS IN THE NORDIC VENICE

AND TO VIEW THE REMAINS OF WHAT HAPPENED IN VENICE

THEY HAD TO WALK ON BREAD

STEP ON IT SMASH IT

REPRODUCING THE OUTRAGE

OF VENETIAN HOOLIGANS

 

 

THE CIRCLE

WAS CLOSED

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