Today was our last full day in Venice, and it was well-spent at the Biennale. Man, words can't describe how awesome and thought-provoking all the things I saw today were! I really loved the Biennale--it's like a world expo of modern art exhibits. I have so many brochures from all the pavilions I visited...haha. Every pavilion was so unique, not just in its content, but even in its architecture; every pavilion is built differently, which is pretty nifty.
At the Giardini (Gardens), we saw Spain (which was really weird and hard to understand--not the best one to see first, haha), Belgium, the main Illuminations pavilion, Israel, USA, Sweden, Denmark, France, Czechoslovakia, UK, Venice, Egypt, Austria, Australia, Japan, South Korea, Venezuela, Russia, and Switzerland. So much cool stuff! Man, I can't even describe all o fthem...The main pavilion had some cool things, both to do with light and not. Israel's was called "One man's floor is another man's feelings" and focused on the artist's attempt to build a salt bridge on the Dead Sea. Denmark's was really neat, focusing on free speech. The USA pavilion had a weird ATM-organ which was pretty amusing. I don't think I saw any (other than Spain) that I didn't really like. Ahh...I can't describe it all. It was cool, though, to see so many international things, and it reminded me of a lot of things that happened worldwide this past year, like the miners in Chile, the tsunami in Japan, and the riots in Egypt. What a sad state our world is in today =\
I also went to the Arsenale and saw some more pavilions: Iraq, Bangladesh, China, Italy, Chile, and then a whole line of India, Argentina, Serbia, Slovenia, Turkey, and UAE. Those were also pretty neat, and I also checked out their gift shop and spent some time reading a guidebook for Houston, of all places XP It's always fun to read an outsider's view on your hometown, in my opinion, haha.
We all met back together at St. Mark's and had dinner in Campo Santa Margherita. I tried calf liver with polenta, Venetian style, and it was pretty good. Not my absolute favorite, but worth trying for sure. We briefly visited the Lido again before coming back to the campo and hanging out at a pub.
It's been a wonderful, amazing, and fun three days in Venice. Every day was so different and so full of new things, and I couldn't have thought of a better way to spend our time. I love that feeling :) and I love Venice! I think it's my favorite city in Europe so far...there's just something magical about the water.
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