Showing posts with label graffiti. Show all posts
Showing posts with label graffiti. Show all posts

Friday, December 28, 2018

Weeda

At the corner of Via Demi with Viale Marconi, Livorno
At the corner of Via Demi with Viale Marconi.
All'angolo di via Demi con Viale Marconi.


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Friday, October 19, 2018

If It is Legal...

Street art, Scali del Monte Pio
Scali del Monte Pio: “Se è legale mi fa schifo” (If it is legal, it sucks).
Scali del Monte Pio: “Se è legale mi fa schifo”.

Friday, September 14, 2018

Free Robots

Ogni robot è ilbero nel 3018 (Every robot is free in 3018), Via Santa Caterina, Livorno
“Ogni robot è ilbero nel 3018” (Every robot is free in 3018), Via Santa Caterina.
“Ogni robot è ilbero nel 3018”, via Santa Caterina.

Friday, August 3, 2018

Walled Door and Graffiti

Walled door and graffiti, Scali della Fortezza Nuova, Livorno
Walled door and graffiti, Scali della Fortezza Nuova.
Porta murata e graffiti, Scali della Fortezza Nuova.

Friday, January 5, 2018

Luminous Things

Trust in luminous things, not in illuminated ones, Via Bonamici, Livorno
“Fidati delle cose luminose, non di quelle illuminate” (Trust in luminous things, not in illuminated ones), Via Bonamici.

Sunday, November 12, 2017

Still an Ugly Corner

Livorno
We posted about this place almost seven years ago. Not much has changed for this corner, even with the ongoing refurbishing of the area.
Avevamo pubblicato delle foto di questo posto quasi sette anni fa. Non è cambiato molto per quest'angolo, anche con la risistemazione dell'area attualmente in corso.

See also: Ugly Corner
Vedi anche: Angolo orribile

Friday, October 27, 2017

Friday, September 29, 2017

Safe Streets

“Le strade sicure le fanno le donne che le attraversano”, Viale Marconi.
“Safe streets are made by the women who cross them”, viale Marconi.

Friday, July 14, 2017

Sex, Drugs, and...

Sex, drugs, and ‘five and five’, Via dell'Origine.
Sessso, droga e ‘cinque e cinque’, via dell'Origine.

Friday, December 30, 2016

Pappa Beota

A cantina on Scali del Refugio, Livorno
A “cantina” on Scali del Refugio. (Already posted on Instagram)
Una cantina sugli scali del Refugio. (Già pubblicato su Instagram)

Friday, July 22, 2016

The Sea

What the land divides the sea unites, Via del Molo Mediceo, Livorno
“Il mare unisce ciò che la terra divide” (What the land divides the sea unites), outside the Circolo Nautico Orlando in Via del Molo Mediceo. (Already posted on Instagram)

Friday, May 13, 2016

Repressione...

#Livorno - 
Graffiti, Via Fiorenza, Livorno
“It is hard for you all to repress us!”
“Who gives a shit about you?”
Via Fiorenza, Livorno

Thursday, September 10, 2015

L'infinito

It doesn't happen every day to see a real poem written on a rolling shutter: Trillian and I found this on our way to the supermarket, in Via Bernardina. “L'infinito” (The Infinite) is one of the most famous poems written by one of our greatest poets: Giacomo Leopardi (1798-1837).
L'infinito, The Infinite by Giacomo Leopardi, Via Bernardina, Livorno
L'infinito

Sempre caro mi fu quest’ermo colle,
e questa siepe, che da tanta parte
dell’ultimo orizzonte il guardo esclude.
Ma sedendo e mirando, interminati
spazi di là da quella, e sovrumani
silenzi, e profondissima quiete
io nel pensier mi fingo; ove per poco
il cor non si spaura. E come il vento
odo stormir tra queste piante, io quello
infinito silenzio a questa voce
vo comparando: e mi sovvien l’eterno,
e le morte stagioni, e la presente
e viva, e il suon di lei. Così tra questa
immensità s’annega il pensier mio:
e il naufragar m’è dolce in questo mare.
(Giacomo Leopardi, 1819) 
The Infinite

This lonely hill was always dear to me,
and this hedgerow, which cuts off the view
of so much of the last horizon.
But sitting here and gazing, I can see
beyond, in my mind’s eye, unending spaces,
and superhuman silences, and depthless calm,
till what I feel
is almost fear. And when I hear
the wind stir in these branches, I begin
comparing that endless stillness with this noise:
and the eternal comes to mind,
and the dead seasons, and the present
living one, and how it sounds.
So my mind sinks in this immensity:
and floundering is sweet in such a sea.

(Translated by Jonathan Galassi)

You will find several more English translations following the Wikipedia link.

External links: L'infinito - Giacomo Leopardi (Wikipedia)

Friday, January 16, 2015

Sorry, love...

Scusa amore ti amo, Fuck the police, toilet seat, Livorno
“Scusa amore ti amo” (Sorry, love, I love you) has been written almost over an old stenciled “Fuck the police”. We were not able to ascertain if the toilet seat and its garish cover are part of the message.

See also: Fuck the Police
Search labels: graffiti

Friday, January 2, 2015

Two Fools

Graffiti, scali Cerere, Livorno
Scali Cerere: “2 folli non fanno uno sano, ma sanno tenersi la mano” (2 fools doesn't make one wise, but they can hold their hands).

Search labels: graffiti

Friday, February 7, 2014

Non-Clet

Scribbled over road signs, via della Cinta Esterna, Livorno
Road signs marking the work site for the new bus terminal: somebody scribbled them over.
Scribbled over road signs, via della Cinta Esterna, Livorno
These artless taggers make us appreciate even more the funny works of Clet Abraham.

See also: Clet Abraham
Search labels: Clet Abraham

Friday, October 25, 2013

Love Will Tear Us Apart

Love will tear us apart or Love is art, graffiti, via Bottini dell'Olio, Livorno
“Love Will Tear Us Apart” or “Love Is Art”?

External links: Love Will Tear Us Apart (Wikipedia)

Friday, May 17, 2013

Black on Black

Black bicycle and black graffiti, Via Roma

Search labels: bicycle art
External links: Bicycle Art

Friday, April 19, 2013

Fuck the Police

The linguistic proficiency of the typical Livornese is almost non-existent: one of the most funny scenes you may enjoy in town is a “conversation” between a local and a group of tourists.
Fuck the Police graffiti, via Maggi, Livorno
But when it comes to insult police officers, even the most ignorant tagger becomes a polyglot: as you can see from the links below, these guys can suddenly write in English, French and even modern Greek.

See also: 1312 - Kiss the Police - All Cops Are Bastards

Friday, February 8, 2013

Fade to Black

Nothing matters, no one else, Fade to Black graffiti, Livorno
A line from Metallica's Fade to Black, not a really mood uplifting song:

“Nothing matters no one else
  I have lost the will to live ...”

Search labels: bicycle art
External links: Bicycle Art