I spent the morning with Domo making a photograph of us as two historical characters meeting on a bridge. We were so lucky to be able to borrow masks and costumes from two of the best Ateliers in town. The Mask shop La Bottega dei Mascareri is run by Sergio e Massimo Boldrin, who made the masks for Eyes wide Shut. (LINK) The costume shop Atelier Pietro Longhi is run by Franscesco Briggi. (LINK) Both these places were wondrous to look around, Sergio and Frascesco chose masks and costumes for us to use, in keeping with the two characters we were going to be. The Painter Giorgione (me), as a Bacchus, nature being and Aldus Manucio, as a nobleman, but as a complementary character, whom is both pagan and natural, with a leaf face. It was wonderful to work with people whom were very generous in spirit. When we walked around Venice dressed as these characters, it made us laugh. It was very theatrical and anarchic. We used my Gigapan Camera and photographed each other on different sides of a composition. This proved quite difficult, not least because, the machine ran out of battery power. I am really pleased with the final outcome, which has given me a lot to think about, as it's quite different from the artwork I have made up until now.
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