Approximately 500,000 colored balls thundered down Rome’s Spanish Steps on Wednesday as self-styled artist and activist Graziano Cecchini pulled off his second eye-catching stunt in three months.
In October last year, Cecchinipoured red industrial dye into the waters of the Trevi fountain, creating a spectacle that angered local administrators, delighted tourists and was beamed around the world. Early on Wednesday, helped by three assistants, the 54-year-old ‘artist’ struck again.
Standing at the top of the famous staircase in front of the Trinita’ dei Monti church, he tipped over huge sacks of plastic balls which then went careening down the marble steps into the piazza below.
As tourists rushed about picking up souvenir balls, police quickly cordoned off the area and called in the municipal refuse collectors. They arrived a little later with large nets to scoop up the colored spheres.
Meanwhile, Cecchini, a former militant with extreme right-wing groups, was explaining the philosophy behind his exploit to reporters.
”This is an artistic operation which documents through art the problem that we have in Italy. They’re always telling us lies, both the Left and the Right,” he said.
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