The first few days the Art Biennale exhibition is open only to journalists, people not credited are not allowed to see the show. Artists stay around the exhibition only for the first 2-3 days (before the opening to the public anyway). Great performances happen only during this time, then videos and pictures will replace them just to tell visitors what they missed.
Maybe Gelatin didn’t really realize this but thanks to their amazing raft we became part of the Gelatin performance and enter to the main exhibition by water with no credit.

These days in Venice the air is amazing. It’s the week of the 52 Art Biennale. Wherever you go, you will definitely bump into some art event revealing places you never saw before or ending up having dinner with some crazy artists you never seen before.
Last night after watching a performance at the top floor of the Mondadori bookstore near San Marco square, I went with Zefrey and Drea (from Artradio P.S.1 MoMA) to dinner at the Nono Risorto and met Florian, one of the great Gelatin Artists. I told him that whenever I have guest in Venice one of the first thing I do is to show them the “Nella nutella” book made at the 2003 Art Biennale by Gelatin.
Florian and the Gelatin group will inaugurate their art-work tomorrow at the Bacini, near the Arsenale. Looking forward…

It’s great to be an Art radio journalist these days in Venice, especially because I love Zefrey idea to give voice to very normal Venetian people. Very few Artists, taking part at the Biennale, exhibit works that have some kind of relation with the city of Venice. How are Venetian citizen living this crazy invasion of Art in their town? Is Art bringing any benefit (apart from the money to restaurant and hotels)? Can this potential powerful engine of Art help Venice solving any of its problems?
Get tuned from 4 to 10 June on 101 FM or www.wps1.org and find out…