The mere words are enough to provoke fear, anger and loathing in the average person. For many, it merely conjures up Damien Hirst, Tracy Emin and Banksy (none of whom I particularly like). I'm sure that many people feel that coming to the Biennale is a waste of time, money and effort. And you know, some is. I have a particular loathing of muddy looking video installations of a bloke hitting a tuna whilst a monotone ArtNoise blare sends the viewer half mad. But it's not all like that and at this Biennale my son and I saw and interacted with some really interesting pieces. He loved it, even though the walk is a good few hot and dusty miles and the Biennale and Arsenale sites took over six hours to complete.
These are our highlights:
Arriving in style.
An interactive room where you could play with plasticine. The colours red, black & white represent the flags of many Arabic nations.
Socks and Rocks.
I loved this cash machine which played organ music when used
Excellent pun: Track and Field.
They look like old records. But look closer.
A graveyard for mobile phones.
Beautiful geometric folded card.
An interactive exhibit from Russia - fabulous for 8 year old boys.
Big Korean panels. Look carefully at the camouflage.
Robotic pieta.
My son ignoring a load of kettles and twirling instead. Frankly, fair enough.
Fabric dragon.
A melted candle man.
Brilliant for kids: a mist installation.
Enjoying art in flight.
The juxtaposition of bizarre art & Venice.
And my favourite EuroSprog graffiti from the back of the toilet doors.
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Location:Venice Biennale
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