Venice is always a joy to visit. I had three hectic days there at the opening of this year’s Biennale. I was there to work with the Pressroom.org and to write a review for The International Times (both responses pending as of 24th May). I loved the intensity of everything, the sunshine and the dust, the blues of the sky and the water; I loved the 3 screen installation Vertigo Sea by John Akomfrah (which made me cry so I could not watch to the end), and The Key in the Hand by Chiharu Shiota, which was also beautiful and moving, but more optimistic. More to come….