January 23, 2008: Italian ball pit!

Clodfobble · 01-23-2008, 03:18 PM

It's not just art, it's fun! Italian artist Graziano Cecchini recently released more than a million plastic balls from the top of Rome's famous Spanish Steps monument in a political protest.

"This was an artistic gesture to demonstrate the problems we have in Italy and to do so, I used art," he said. "Both the Left and the Right are telling us so many lies, and I and the Italians have had enough. They have broken our balls and hence this live art display."

Thus we see that scrotal puns can, in fact, survive translation. This is not the first time he has clashed with the powers-that-be in Rome: just a few weeks ago he dumped several large containers of red dye into the Trevi Fountain to resemble blood. Cecchini is now facing prosecution for the ball-pit stunt, but should be able to afford a good lawyer as he has revealed he was paid £14,000 by a mystery sponsor to pull it off.

TheMercenary · 01-23-2008, 04:01 PM

"...recently released more than a million plastic balls..."

Did he just imagine them to be there and so they came to be?

cenzi · 01-23-2008, 04:14 PM

Apparently the significance of it all is in the Italian word for “balls” (”palle”) which can also mean “untruth”. The symbolism behind 500,000 “untruths” rolling through town is beautiful in it’s simplicity, noticeability, and ability to totally piss people off.

more here: http://shapeandcolour.wordpress.com/...alls/#comments

Happy Monkey · 01-23-2008, 04:33 PM

May I have ten thousand marbles please?

Sheldonrs · 01-23-2008, 04:43 PM

Not what I was expecting (and hoping for) when I read the title. hahaha

Kerotan · 01-23-2008, 06:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Sheldonrs

Not what I was expecting (and hoping for) when I read the title. hahaha

I seriously have to ask myself what you did think, and I call myself jaded.

back on topic, once you learn the significance of the word balls in italian, it makes more sense and isn't a totally missing the point, like most works of modern art.

Leah · 01-23-2008, 11:19 PM

Oh boy, my son would absolutely love to play in that. He would have a ball. :p

lumberjim · 01-23-2008, 11:33 PM

i heard that there were little venomous snakes nesting in that ball pit.

classicman · 01-23-2008, 11:53 PM

Its all fun and games till those balls end up in the ocean and some stupid fish try to eat them and choke to death.

monster · 01-23-2008, 11:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cenzi

Apparently the significance of it all is in the Italian word for “balls” (”palle”) which can also mean “untruth”. The symbolism behind 500,000 “untruths” rolling through town is beautiful in it’s simplicity, noticeability, and ability to totally piss people off.

more here: http://shapeandcolour.wordpress.com/...alls/#comments

balls (and all other euphemisms for testicles) in apporpriate context = bullshit in British English. No sublety required.

TheMercenary · 01-24-2008, 12:15 AM

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Originally Posted by lumberjim

i heard that there were little venomous snakes nesting in that ball pit.

I don't know about that but I did hear there are HIV infected needles and heroin filled syringes in there.

http://www.snopes.com/horrors/parental/archer.asp

xoxoxoBruce · 01-24-2008, 03:12 AM

How does one get a million plastic balls to the top of the Spanish Steps without some cop saying, "WTF"?

Kolbenfresser · 01-24-2008, 03:58 AM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

How does one get a million plastic balls to the top of the Spanish Steps without some cop saying, "WTF"?

Pretty easy in Italy: The carabinieri do not speak English.
Kind of weak comment, hm?
Here's a vid how they did it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFYdUhhcJFQ

morie · 01-24-2008, 11:25 AM

calling it a political protest is understandable; calling it art is bullshit. like most modern art is.

Morie
www.rantsaboutchina.page.tl

Gravdigr · 01-24-2008, 03:23 PM

Man, it took a lot of balls to do something like that.

01-23-2008, 03:18 PM	#1
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	January 23, 2008: Italian ball pit! It's not just art, it's fun! Italian artist Graziano Cecchini recently released more than a million plastic balls from the top of Rome's famous Spanish Steps monument in a political protest. "This was an artistic gesture to demonstrate the problems we have in Italy and to do so, I used art," he said. "Both the Left and the Right are telling us so many lies, and I and the Italians have had enough. They have broken our balls and hence this live art display." Thus we see that scrotal puns can, in fact, survive translation. This is not the first time he has clashed with the powers-that-be in Rome: just a few weeks ago he dumped several large containers of red dye into the Trevi Fountain to resemble blood. Cecchini is now facing prosecution for the ball-pit stunt, but should be able to afford a good lawyer as he has revealed he was paid £14,000 by a mystery sponsor to pull it off.

01-23-2008, 04:01 PM	#2
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	"...recently released more than a million plastic balls..." Did he just imagine them to be there and so they came to be? __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

01-23-2008, 04:33 PM	#4
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01-23-2008, 04:43 PM	#5
Sheldonrs Master Dwellar Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 4,412	Not what I was expecting (and hoping for) when I read the title. hahaha __________________ Laugh and the world laughs with you; cry and the world laughs AT you.

01-23-2008, 11:33 PM	#8
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	i heard that there were little venomous snakes nesting in that ball pit. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

01-23-2008, 04:14 PM	#3
cenzi Recruit or Something Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 4	Apparently the significance of it all is in the Italian word for “balls” (”palle”) which can also mean “untruth”. The symbolism behind 500,000 “untruths” rolling through town is beautiful in it’s simplicity, noticeability, and ability to totally piss people off. more here: http://shapeandcolour.wordpress.com/...alls/#comments

01-23-2008, 11:19 PM	#7
Leah Love my Heffalumps Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Sydney, Australia (best place in the world) Posts: 346	Oh boy, my son would absolutely love to play in that. He would have a ball. :p

01-23-2008, 11:53 PM	#9
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Its all fun and games till those balls end up in the ocean and some stupid fish try to eat them and choke to death. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

01-24-2008, 03:12 AM	#12
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	How does one get a million plastic balls to the top of the Spanish Steps without some cop saying, "WTF"? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-24-2008, 11:25 AM	#14
morie Mystical Miscreant Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 46	calling it a political protest is understandable; calling it art is bullshit. like most modern art is. Morie www.rantsaboutchina.page.tl

01-24-2008, 03:23 PM	#15
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Man, it took a lot of balls to do something like that.

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