Mi sono perso - Journay

Italy without Sicily makes no image in the soul: here is the key to everything… Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Here in Sicily, we turned our backs on our virtual travel companion Goethe and left behind his Italian Journey. We abandoned his traces and followed our own star… Vagabonding, wandering, circling, losing ourselves—this became a deliberate statement. We discovered new things and met people with names and stories.

Fifteen brass plaques—each dated with various odd dates in September—were installed in public spaces across Italy (without permission). Mounted about 30 cm above the ground—right at the level where dogs and other two-legged creatures relieve themselves—these plaques appeared at passageways, steps, and street crossings.

Some of the plaques have disappeared in the meantime, others can still be found…

1| via Siracusa 95, Avola
3| viale Paradiso 1, Casa Romana, Siracusa
5| Corte degli Angeli 15, Ortigia
7| Sabbiadoro, Avola
9| via Amore 19, Catania
11| via S. Fortuna 2, Casagiove
13| Piazza dei miracoli 39, Napoli
15| Via della Luce 51, Roma
17| Via dei Cerchi 2, Roma
19| Piazzetta del Limbo 8, Firenze
21| Via Stella 18, Verona
23| Corte dello Zucchero, Venezia
25|Via del Prosecco 3, Farra di Soligo
27|Via Abbondanza 31, Piacenza
29|Via Semplicità 3, Milano

Online contributions and reports about the plaques have been collected.

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