These heart-stopping cold cut rugs were designed in Germany by Flachbild but they’re sure to be a hit in Italy. Available in sizes up to 5 meters in diameter, they’re made of wool and are faithful reproductions of Europe’s favorite preserved meat products. Choose from mortadella, salami, blood sausage, or liverwurst.
No doubt the majority of our readers are aware that the Italian Prime Minister, Romano Prodi, and his government have been deposed, leaving Italy in a state that’s quite relatively common – without a government. Elections scheduled for mid-April will remedy this situation and the campaigning for office has already begun so that the city is cloaked in election posters singing the praises of this candidate and that one.
As visitors and residents to Rome are aware, such posters are most often mounted on metal street standards. Those who want to put up posters are required to apply for permits allowing them to cover whatever the current ad campaign with their own advertisement. The result? Constantly changing streetside visuals, the dense paper layers of which are as chock-full of contemporary history as the soil of Rome is with strata of the ancient past.
Thus, we giggled when we saw the poster above. It looks like just another political poster in election season, but upon further inspection we discerned it to be an advertisement for an exhibit of photographs by Carina Wachsmann that’s being held in the Palazzo Valentini. Aptly titled, “Electoral Lasagna,” Washmann’s photo are studies of the layers of political posters seen on Rome’s streets and admittedly we haven’t seen it. But, the poster advertising her exhibit definitely wins our vote.
