A mix of political and motivational street art on a wall in Venice. The Italian graffiti reads "La libertà non scade con il tempo" ("Freedom doesn’t expire with time"), while the English stencil says "Life is too short to be negative", accompanied by a large smiley face and cartoon-like symbols. The multilingual messages reflect both global pop culture and local political expression.
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Emily_Roughton
Italy
Venezia
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Venezia bottom-up
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Tallulah
Italy
Venezia
The sign symbols give a general indication that these toilets can be used by men, women, and those with disabilities. However, interestingly, one symbol on the right-hand side has been covered by a blank square - why has it been covered? what type of person has been excluded?
Venezia bottom-up
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Alexander
Italië
Venezia
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Venezia bottom-up
Group 1
134136
Italy
Venezia
A stenciled bird with sarcastic graffiti text reads "Nessuno legge le tue cazzo di poesie su Facebook" ("Nobody reads your fing poems on Facebook"), signed by the street artist Pavesi. Below, a scratched/engraved response continues the ironic tone: "Ma tutti sto cazzo di disegno" ("But all this fing drawing"), creating a layered street-level dialogue between writer and passerby.
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Italien
Venezia
WLAN und Drinks – leicht zu verstehen!
98040
Kurt Feyaerts
Italy
Venezia
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Venezia bottom-up
102904
Kaiko Lenhard
Italy
Venezia
double house number
Venezia bottom-up
Group 3
134137
Italy
Venezia
A wall near Venice’s prison covered with layered political and activist graffiti. Messages include "Il carcere uccide" ("Prison kills"), "Fuoco a TV e giornali" ("Fire to TV and newspapers") ironically placed under an old wall chimney/fireplace structure, "L'architettura è una disciplina fascista" ("Architecture is a fascist discipline") and "From the river to the sea" (a slogan linked to Palestinian resistance). Other graffiti reference anti-Green Pass sentiments and solidarity with detainees. The site’s proximity to the prison and the symbolic placement of the "fire" slogan under the chimney visually reinforce the protest tone.
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Alexander
Italië
Venezia
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Venezia bottom-up
Group 1
134138
Italy
Venezia
A large, personalized graffiti piece filled with names, pop culture references (e.g., "Fortnite", "Sprite", "Mercedes"), and casual friendship tags like "Amicizia" ("Friendship") and "Vittoria" ("Victory"). This informal wall art blends Italian street language with global youth slang, showing how personal identity and friendship are visually performed in the Venetian urban landscape.
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