It brings to mind a historic performance by the Argentine artist Nicolas Garcia Uriburu the appearance of the fluorescent green patch that took place this morning on the Grand Canal of Venice, near the Rialto bridge.
In 1968, on the occasion of the Art Biennale, Uriburu "colored" the waters of the canal green using a pigment that made the microorganisms present in the water phosphorescent.
A spectacular operation that invited people to take care of the environment, using a color, green, a symbol of universal ecology.
In the course of his activity Uriburu, who died in 2016, later performed other similar performances, in 1989 coloring in green the water of one of the fountains surrounding the pyramid of the Grand Louvre and the water of the Trocadero fountain, in Paris, the Rio de la Plata, the Riachuelo of Buenos Aires.
Green patch in the Grand Canal, as at the 1968 Biennale
2023-05-29T09:01:06.446Z
Highlights: Argentine artist Nicolas Garcia Uriburu "colored" the water of the Grand Canal of Venice. He used a pigment that made the microorganisms present in the water phosphorescent. He later performed similar performances in Paris, Rio de la Plata, the Riachuelo of Buenos Aires and the Grand Louvre of Paris. He died in 2016, at the age of 80. The color green is a symbol of universal ecology, he said in an interview with ANSA on Monday.
A performance by Argentine artist Uriburu (ANSA)