nanopolitics handbook - Minor Compositions

Carve the initials of the person you love onto a padlock and, together, lock it tothe bridge you love the most— Teacher from Istituto Comprensivo Dante AlighierisafetyWe know the streets and the police know the streets, if we cross each otherthere is a big panic, we run and they run and sometimes we end up knockinginto people and hurting them (recently a bride was knocked over and therewas a lot of trouble). Sometimes the police split up into two groups, using theirknowledge of the network of small streets to corner us, this is often at SestiereCastello. We prefer the police from Padua because they don’t know their wayaround the streets and alleys. Sometimes there are places to hide, we makeholes in the fabric wrapped around the scaffolding and hide in there. When weare being chased we try to get over the bridge at Campo Arsenale becausethen we are in the interior and it’s harder for the police to find us.— Senegalese man illegally selling handbags around VeniceSometimes a group of teenagers who are too young to go to bars will gather inthis square to hang out and have fun, it is very quiet and it’s next to the water.The problem is that the people who live here call the police and tell them weare taking drugs so the police come and there is nowhere for young peopleto be.— Elena, who, while showing Venice, recalls her teenage experiencesWhen we were young, the police used to come when we were playing footballin the streets, they used to corner us in the small streets and takeaway our football, there has never been a lot of space for children to playin Venice.— Sig Gervasuti, local elder who has always lived in Castello, Venicerio de janeirojoyDo tricks on the tram, grab the handles, run along side and then jump on; youcan twist your body round to face the back, then jump and turn to the frontagain, or you can wedge your body horizontally on the side of the tram.— Robert and his friends in Santa Teresa116