Running Red

In Italy, someone from the "FTM Futurist Actions 2007" group has been said to have "vandalised" the historical Trevi fountain. This act of protest was carried out in broad daylight, and a box of leaflets was distributed accross the courtyard, the group claiming they aim to combat "everything and anyone with a spirit of healthy violence" and to turn this "grey bourgeois society into a triumph of colour"

The Authorities had quicklly shut off the water supply (which comes from natural springs over 16 km away)and resupplied the fountain with clean water. Curator of fountains suggests that there "shouldnt be any relevant damage".

The colour red was used in this instance in protest about the incurred expenses from the Rome Film Festival and wanted to draw symbolism to the red carpet.

Not too long ago, in America, TV Network Showtime put on a marketing media stunt to promote their 2nd Series of the amazing TV show called Dexter, a series on a man who is a crminal investigator who specialises in blood splatter, while also being a serial killer. nice. now this stunt involved 12 sites across their country in which they police taped off fountains in the area and made the water run red to create a stir.

Cool how that if you are a corporate entity you can get away with similar acts of "Vandalism" as long as you can put it down to a media stunt or run with the "holds commercial value" game.