colorpop

Zinnas in nature-neon colors pop on this first rainy day since weeks.

The woman who's peeking though the flowers, is a print we made from a street art photo, shot in Palermo during the Manifesta 12 in June. The artist of the original work is BR1.

il manifesto

On the second day of our stay in Palermo, we came across a bright billboard, on the way to the botanical garden.

We tried to find out the artist of this striking drawing of the woman with lilac & yellow headscarf. So we looked it up and initially thought the number 863 on the sign, would lead us to the artist. Not...

On our way back, we even tried loosen the poster from the billboard (I have to admit), but it was stuck on dozens of layers of posters. In the end we decided to photograph the poster and make a poster of it later.

After a few days when we past this place again on our way to the station, we came to the conclusion that 'our' beautiful poster was covered by a supermarket advertising. What a shame! (for an unknown cola brand, how irreverent...)

Luckily we still had the photo! And luckily now there is a new version at our home, a splendid souvenir of Sicily.

Just in case there's someone who knows the name of the artist, I would really like to know.

palermo - il giorno più lungo

Palermo - Sicily - Wednesday 20th of June

Il giorno più lungo - the longest day.



I woke up very early today and watched the sunrise on the balcony (and went back to sleep afterwards)

sicilian life

Sicilian life feels completely at home after four days in Palermo.

Manifesta 12, which is a European nomadic biennial, capital of culture 2018, living in a typical Italian apartment overlooking the Golfo di Palermo and always and everywhere the most delicious Sicilian fresh food imaginable!

Today we climbed to the roof of the cathedral (with an amazing panoramic view of the city), we visited the market in Ballaro and found the cutest Huang pelican lamp from the eighties in a vintage shop.

We'll stay here for a while...