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Protest artist drops hundreds of coloured balls down Spanish steps

(16 Jan 2008) SHOTLIST 1. Wide of Spanish Steps with coloured balls coming down 2. Close up of coloured balls coming down of the Spanish Steps 3. Wide of municipal cleaner cleaning up Piazza di Spagna 4. Wide of Carabinieri (Italian military police) 5. Wide of people passing by and picking up balls on the ground 6. fountain known as "La Barcaccia" filled with coloured balls 7. Close up of "La Barcaccia" filled with coloured balls 8. Wide of Carabinieri looking over the situation 9. SOUNDBITE: (Italian) Carlo Buttarelli, Municipal Police, 1st group Commandant: "The author is the same individual (who put red paint in the Trevi Fountain in October, 2007), joined by two persons who helped him with transporting the sacks of balls. It is again a form of political protest - for sure - which is unlikely to have caused damage - we hope so as they are plastic balls which did not disfigure the monuments." 10. Wide of municipal cleaner taking pictures with his phone 11. Wide of municipal cleaner 12. Close up of coloured balls 13. Young lady picking up coloured balls from the Spanish Steps 14. Wide of "La Barcaccia" filled with coloured balls STORYLINE: A man identified as Graziano Cecchini dumped what he said were some 500,000 coloured balls down the Spanish steps on Wednesday. The balls were released from the top of the steps into the Piazza di Spagna, ending up filling a fountain known as "La Barcaccia." The improvised art installation was claimed by Cecchini, known for having coloured with red dye Rome's world famous Trevi Fountain last October 19th, 2007. The man, a self proclaimed futurist, said his action aimed at pointing out Italy's problems, and Naples' garbage crisis in particular, Italian news agency ANSA quoted him as saying. The European Commission on Tuesday threatened to take legal action against Italy if it does not resolve the garbage crisis in Naples that has left an estimated 100,000 tons of waste on the streets. Collectors stopped picking up garbage in Naples and the Campania region more than three weeks ago because there was no more room for the trash at dumps. The region has long been plagued by garbage crises: Dumps are packed to overflowing, and local communities have blocked efforts to build new ones, citing health risks. "The author is the same individual, joined by two persons who helped him with transporting the sacks of balls." said Carlo Buttarelli, Municipal Police Commandant. Buttarelli said the plastic balls were unlikely to have caused any damage to the steps or the fountain. A crowd of onlookers started picking up balls and taking pictures as souvenirs while municipal cleaners cleared the square from the balls. Piazza di Spagna (Spanish Square) owes its name to the Spanish Embassy, the first to be permanently established in Rome in 1647. The square was completed with the building of the Spanish steps in 1725 on a project financed by King Louis XV of France. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...