Today I took a trip way down on the Prenestina (to #913 to be exact) to visit the ex-Fiorucci factory, occupied for the past few years and now dubbed Metropolitz. It’s now occupied by hundreds of low income families ranging from Rom to African to Peruvian to Italian and is undergoing a sort of artistic revolution with the help of some initiatives that I’ll get into more in the next few days when I post some street art photos that I took. For today I couldn’t help but post that I have dubbed “Still Life with Tags.” The inner core of the factory was an incredible space and I could have spent hours there....
A Walk Home
posted by Jessica
Almost seven years in Rome and even with its frustrations and annoyances, somehow walking through the city never fails to bring me some peace. It might seem impossible with the chaos of the cars and scooters,...
Borondo in Rome
posted by Jessica
I first started noticing some new art up in Rome late in the Fall. First along the Prenestina by the ATAC terminal and then one night at Teatro Valle Occupato I saw an amazing technique I’d never seen in Rome before. Thin layers of white paint, applied in a swirling fashion, were...
Solitudine
posted by Jessica
A rare chance to get the front of a building without cars parked in front in...
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