Rhino-mania / Næsehornsmani

imaginary Venice

we get fed up with

the rhino-mania

no, it takes more than two

cormorants to fly in a line

another film

about mankind's

last hope

I bow down

to tie my shoes

shot and all she wanted was

to go to school

imaginær Venedig

vi får nok af

næsehornsmanien

nej, der skal mere end to skarver

til at flyve i en linje

endnu en film

om menneskehedens

sidste håb

jeg bøjer mig

for at binde min sko

skudt og alt hun ville var

at gå i skole

In the Rococo period there was a craze with "odd" animals and it's said that it was impossible to find a person in Europe who hadn't seen a rhino. In the same period Canaletto painted sceneries of Venice that were half reality and half fantasy to please the European consumers. A Venice that never was.

I rokokotiden var der en mani med "mærkelige" dyr, og det siges, at det var umuligt at finde et menneske i Europa, som ikke havde set et næsehorn. I samme periode malede Canaletto vuer af Venedig, der var halvt virkelige og halvt fri fantasi for at tilfredsstille europæiske købere. Et Venedig, der aldrig var.