Blue Wedding to the Sea Video and Photos

Blue Wedding to the Sea Video and Photos

In Venice, Italy, we married our lover the Sea at the water’s edge. Friends artist collaborators, plus some people we had never met, traveled from nine different countries to join us. It was a very hot, sweaty August day. The ceremony happened in four parts/scenes. First there were many fantastic, uninhibited, very blue performances outside the Fear Society Pavilion at the Venice Biennale. Then we processed through Venice for about a half hour to a very scenic plaza where we had food and drinks and everyone blessed the rings for the Sea. Next some gondolas arrived to take carry us by water to the Sea. We then gathered by a bridge. Our anti-priest Beatriz Preciado gave her stirring sermon about liquid community. Then everyone made our promises to love, honor and cherish the Sea forever and eternity. We threw our beautiful blessed wedding rings into the water. (A more detailed story to follow soon. For more info about the collaborators view the press release and the program.) Photos by Gigi Gatewood, Mark J. Snyder and Graham Bell Tornado

Articles about the Wedding to the Sea:
Carnal San Francisco - A Birthday and a Wedding
The Believer - 2009 Art Issue
Pornoterrorismo - After Wedding

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