VIDEO | Minister Giuli goes viral again: “Everything that is creativity is born in amniotic fluid”

At the Venice Biennale a new monologue jumps to the top of the trends. Speaking about the foundation's magazine, it talks about the connection between water and art

ROME – The Minister of Culture Alessandro Giuli continues to make headlines. The controversy over the resignation of the Chief of Staff Francesco Spano has not yet died down, while we await next Saturday’s episode of Report, but the summit of the ministry in via del Collegio Romano is already trending on the web.

To animate the debate, a new ‘original’ intervention by Giuli, today at the Venice Biennale, on the occasion of the presentation of the foundation’s magazine that is reborn after 53 years.

After the much talked about programmatic speech “on the global infosphere” and the debate in the Chamber with Matteo Renzi, a new soliloquy from the minister is immediately trending: “When one picks up a magazine, the first thing to do is to grasp its aesthetic and tactile beauty, to smell it naturally. And remember that there is water behind this magazine: otherwise it wouldn’t exist. The human body and everything that is creativity is born in amniotic fluid. This is the amniotic fluid of something that starts again after decades. Just as the human body feeds on water and is a container of water that tends to dehydrate, civilizations that are not aware of themselves and of water dehydrate morally and civilly..:”.

The full speech, which ends with applause from the audience and a tribute to Venice, is on the Facebook page of the Venice Biennale.