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Venice, October 1, 2021- Not a classic re-enactment but an event made of architectural installations and a live performance by a contemporary circus, all to remember the 1600 years from the end of patriarchy and to celebrate Venice’s founding, 1600 years ago. Although the “Patria del Friuli”, from 1420 onwards, was no longer a State but an autonomous province under the Venetian rule, the territory maintained its own parliament and blooming artistic activities that characterize the short period during which Friuli fell within the territories of the Venetian mainland. Exactly to investigate the origin of its relationship with the Serenissima, the Department of culture of the municipality of Cividale del Friuli organized “Lo Stato dell’arte” (the State of art), an event that brings, on Saturday 2 and Sunday 3 October, circus performers, coming from Spain and Finland, in what once was the capital of the first Lombard Duchy of Italy. A two-day program created to explain the cultural roots of Cividale and its history under the Republic of Venice. 

The event will begin with the slow walk “Lo Stato dell’Arte”, scheduled on October 2, at 3 and 5PM. An activity made to discover, starting from the archival research of Professor Angelo Floramo, but also to attend a performance which will involve 11 artists, organized by “Circo all’inCirca”, with the artistic direction of Davide Perissutti. On stage seven contemporary circus performers, two musicians, a dancer, a storytelling actor and a group of sculptors, will take the audience from the Arsenale Veneto- symbol of the Serenissima- to Borgo Brossana, emblem of the ancient medieval fortifications which the Principality built during its domain. Two places enclosing the journey that eventually led to the merger of the Patriarchal State with the Venetian Republic. Together with the circus, music, dance, and the art installation of “Centro Arti Plastiche Fvg, will present, in their own way, stories of people and places. The day will end at 8.30PM with the contemporary circus performance, in the Church of San Francesco, which will see on stage the Soon Circus Company Nilas Kronlid (from Finland) and Manel Roses (from Spain). The day after will again begin with the walk “Lo Stato dell’Arte”, at 11AM and 4PM, while at 9PM a concert organized by the musical association “Sergio Gaggia”, will take place in the Church of San Francesco. During the concert a talk, about the archival works from which the artistic performances took a cue from, will also be presented. 

For further information www.circoallincirca.it.

Venice, September 29th, 2021 – There are countries in which tea marks every moment of the day, countries in which it is a symbol of welcome, composure and calm. With sugar, milk, or lemon. Green, black, with spices or mint. Together with cup-cakes or sandwiches, tea is part of people’s lives and is the most popular drink after water. Not surprisingly, Venice– crossroad between East and West throughout its 1600 years of history - is the place in which the Accademia del tè Ar-Tea Academy was born, founded by tea sommelier Gabriella Scarpa. Born of an English mother and Venetian father, wheel- thrown pottery lover, particularly the Japanese technique raku, Gabriella has become a tea sommelier in London and opened in Italy her Academy. Here she opens the door of a culture which roots lies in China, where originally monks discovered its countless benefits and used these plants as a tonic able to keep them awake and relaxed throughout long meditative vigil.

With the Serenissima domain, where vineyards flourished, Gabriella teaches how to “choose, prepare and serve tea. Moreover, she teaches how to match every existing tea in the world with gestures and warmth. Slowness, precision, and elegance of movements. Offering a cup of tea – she explains – is something I do with every guest. It’s not just a cup of tea, but a gift, something precious given with love, and so I try to transmit this feeling by means of my country’s culture.” Codified rituals and cultures of the world are hidden behind a cup of tea. Gestures, slowness, tools, and silence. The tea ceremony is a harmony between man and nature which aims at triggering any sense to taste the drink fully. As for wine, that must be served at a specific temperature, also tea has a specific and correct temperature for its infusion. Moreover, the right pottery and the right pairs of pliers to pick the leaves up needs to be chosen correctly, because nothing is left to chance. The magic of tea, as Gabriella calls it, happens when the leaf is wet and so when it goes back to its original form, when different colours and shapes can be noticed: buds, flat leaves, and gems.

“Tea is perfect here in Venice. It is a moment of rest, meditation, cultural exchange, warmth and sharing. In a city as Venice – says – tea should have a key role, but instead it is barely known. In a city that recalls the East, tea, together with the romantic western tradition, fits perfectly. I choose to open the Academy in Venice as a hope to provide this city with something precious”.

If someone thinks that preparing tea means just sinking a tea bag in a cup full of water, Gabriella instead teaches how to retrace a story that got lost through time, thousands of years ago. Gabriella also teaches how to categorise six different types of tea according to the Chinese colour, universally used to classify tea according to their level of oxidation, hence the process through which Camellia Sinensis fresh leaves are subjected in order to become tea. We can taste white, yellow, green, light blue-green, red and black teas which represent the base upon which we can create any type of tea, by adding other ingredients or just perfumes such as flowers, according to different traditions such as the Chinese one. In her lessons, Gabriella explains anything about oxidation, fermentation, water, and terroir, comparing similar teas coming from different countries. By means of different infusion parameters, the preparation process, as well as the serving process are taught. Tea sommeliers as well as wine sommeliers must know how to choose suppliers, teas, and the accessories for the companies for which he or she works.  Knowing how to store precious teas correctly, having a deep knowledge about teas, and knowing how to tell their stories, match, suggest and prepare them, is indeed essential. A tea sommelier must be able to create a tea paper, with labels for the packages and  must also recognize price and quality of teas. Moreover, a tea sommelier must know each country’s tradition in order to transmit them.

“What China can teach us is very important and so I try to take this knowledge and bring it here in Italy, to the Italian culture, matching it with the Chinese way to conceive tea. I do that by dwelling over things, understanding them, considering them, and trying to do it in the best way – she concludes -. We have to stop and try to understand what we are doing, allowing ourselves some time to rest, to share and to enjoy beauty. This is what I really want to bring here in Italy through tea culture”.

Venice, October 1st 2021- Just a few steps from Riva degli Schiavoni, next to the Church of San Zaccaria, from which it takes its name, there’s a building originally belonged to the Benedictine order that became, just after the annexation of the Veneto Region to the Italian Kingdom, in 1867, the headquarters of the Carabinieri provincial command of Venice. In the sestiere of Castello, a place of priceless historic and artistic value, of which we can read tangible evidence already in the will of Doge Giustiniano Partecipazio of 829, and which on Saturday, September 25, will be on view on the occasion of the 1600 years of Venice, to give the opportunity to citizens to visit a place of extraordinary relevance both for the history of Venice and for Carabinieri Corps. 

“We wanted to give all Venetians this opportunity- says Colonel Mosè De Luchi, Commander of the Carabinieri provincial command of Venice- and show them a place of unique charm that dates back even before the year one thousand, to ensure them the possibility to better understand not just the history of this place, the local police headquarters, but the importance of carrying out this profession in a special and unique city like Venice”.

Upon entering, you are immediately welcomed by a cloister that dates back to 1495, a place that still shows the signs of its past, made of tales and legends that the Police officers of San Zaccaria, have chosen to reveal to the public during the year of the 1600 anniversary from the foundation of the city. Exactly in this cloister some of the most iconic uniforms of the local police are exhibited, coming from the private collection of the Sartorel brothers from Zero Branco. We are talking about uniforms coming from different historical periods, from 1840 up until nowadays, and that recall the ancient history of this crucial job that deals with the protection of the city. Between them, two very special uniforms, the one worn in the movie with Franco Nero “Il giorno della civetta”, and a sport uniform used by the skier Pietro Gros during the 70s. 

“The local Command of San Zaccaria has a close bond with the history of Venice and with the Doge itself - goes on Colonel De Luchi- it is said that every Easter Sunday or Monday, the head of the government of the Serenissima Republic went here in procession to attend the Mass and, right in this place, it seems that he received a gift from the abbess of the convent: the “corno ducale” (ducal horn). We are talking about a bond that finds its roots in the granting by the abbess of the fields where today stands the St. Mark’s Basilica.

The old Benedictine convent of San Zaccaria was abolished after Napoleon’s arrival in 1810, as many other Venetians convents, becoming, during the Austro-Hungarian period, the seat of the Accounting Department of the Empire, and later the headquarters of the army and local police, up until the First World War. 

Beside its history and architectural beauty, the current Carabinieri provincial command of Venice hides many mysterious legends related to the story of the abbess’ ghost who is said to be still inside the cloister of the former Benedictine convent. The cuirassier Biasin, moreover, affirmed that precisely on this place a conflict between the German troops and the local police took place. At the time, after a strong fight, they managed to secure the command. 

Guided tours are free and organized by the local police force of Venice (Carabinieri) with the support of the Touring Club. 

For further information and reservations write to provveeventi@carabinieri.it or call 0412741513

Venice, 30^th September 2021 – On the anniversary of its foundation 1600 years ago, the venetian night shines again with art, for an inclusive and deepening experience in which venetians public and private cultural institutions will be involved in a free-admission marathon of events that will take place in more than 120 cultural sites. Museums open, installations, exhibitions, theatrical plays, laboratories, team games and concerts will be the main characters of an event that, for 10 years, has allowed Venetian citizens to touch, live and breathe, for one whole night, art, and its countless forms of expression. Designed and coordinated by Cà Foscari University of Venice, in partnership with the Municipality of Venice and the Veneto Region, Art Night Venezia comes back on Saturday October 2nd, together with the Nuit Blanche in Paris. Several will be the events, guided visits, activities and shows planned as an ode to the city, to celebrate its 1600 anniversary (421-2021).

The event begins at 16.30 inside Cà Foscari courtyard, with institutional greetings that will be followed by celebrations for Venice 1600 years with the video installation Venezia 3021, a virtual simulation of Venice in the future designed by Silvia Burini. Realized by Vitruvio Virtual Reality by means of computer graphics, the short film will be on screen at 22.30 and will reproduce, digitally, paintings, pictures, engravings, and other artistic materials collected by the research group Venice Imago Project. The visual project will be completed by a publication that will allow, through a mobile phone app, to live and prolong the emotions of Bernardo’s paintings. 

From 17.00 to 20.00 the exhibition spaces at Cà Foscari will be theatre of a team game entirely dedicated to Venice’s birthday: The Game of Venice 421-2021 e la sfida continua. 1600 years of history of the city in the lagoon will be summarised beginning from Venezia in numeri, una storia millenaria, a book by Alberto Toso Fei and will become part of the quiz and challenges with anecdotes, traditions, and famous venetian characters. 

“Through”, displayed inside the Niobe courtyard in Cà Foscari, will be another homage to Venice. A site-specific installation owned by the Comitato per la Salvaguardia dell'Arte delle Perle di Vetro Veneziane (Committee for the safeguard of venetian glass pearls) entirely dedicated to the art of pearls and to the valorisation of the pearl community, pearl artists and impiraresse, part of the World Cultural Heritage Site. Designed by Architect Alessandra Gardin, the installation is composed of one gate whose sides are decorated with 1600 glass pearls, produced and threaded in Venice and Murano. Pearls are handcrafted in shades of aquamarine and amethyst, which also represent the colours and shades of the lagoon.

Throughout the event, space will be given to the topic of feminine entrepreneurship with the photographic exhibition “Stupefazioni'' by Alessandra Chemollo in the courtyard of Cà Foscari and realized in partnership with LEI - Leadership, Energia, Imprenditorialità (Leadership, Energy, Entrepreneurship). Several will be the guided visits organized by Ca’ Foscari Tour A(r)t Night, to discover tiny venetian architectural jewels such as Cà Dolfin and its stunning great hall, which will take place at 17.00, 18.00 e 19.00. Reservation is mandatory. 

The Venetian night will continue at the S. Margherita Auditorium, with a theatrical play at 20.30, titled Al Sogno! Dante sogna/Sogna Dante, an ode to Dante Alighieri realized for the 700th anniversary of his death. Once the play will be finished, a video with several drawings representing Dante by Alberto Martini will be shown, with the help of Cameranebbia and live electronic music played by Federico Costanza in the background. Actress Francesca Sarah Toich will also join. 

The Metropolitan City contributes to the initiative by postponing the closing time of both the Museum in Torcello until 19.30 and the Insane Asylum Museum of San Servolo with two additional visits at 17.00 and at 18.00, which could be booked until Friday 1st October at 14.00 on: museomanicomio@servizimetropolitani.ve.it. In the very same island, it will be possible to visit the installation "Senza Terra / Pomerio" event part of the 17° Mostra Internazionale di Architettura della Biennale di Venezia and the exhibition "Acque e terre, dipinti e land – art" by Ettore De Conciliis. 

The access to ArtNight events will be free of charge. The reservation is mandatory on the website of Art Night Venezia or by the app MyPass Venezia. Green pass, social distancing and face mask are also mandatory.

To know more https://www.unive.it/pag/11331

Venice, September 27, 2021- The time travel through the autumn of the 1600^th year of Venice, started only a few days ago, has a stop into the ancient vineyard of the Serenissima, in the hearth of the D.O.C Lison-Pramaggiore area. Land of white and red wines, birthplace of “Pinot Grigio” and “Refosco dal Peduncolo”. Here, in the place where Venice, Treviso, and Pordenone blend one into the other, the gaze is lost amid the stretches of vineyards, which belonged to the Doges and that still today keep the long tradition, being one of the most productive at national level. 

A bucket, big scissors, heavy gloves, and a hat to shelter from the sun: these are the few things you need to hand harvest grapes between the endless fields whose vineyards cover the area of Pramaggiore, in the Lison area. Machine harvesting is something different, here modern devices replaced human labour. 

Located in a plain only a few kilometers far from the Venetian coastline, between the rivers Tagliamento and Livenza, the DOC Lison-Pramaggiore area witnesses the cultivation of vineyards ever since, while ensuring the unique character of local wines. The local climate is defined as temperate, because of the proximity of the sea and the presence of lagoon areas. The flat position also helps the vineyards have a right wind exposure. 

The soils are rich in minerals, especially in caranto (calcium carbonate), potassium, calcium, and magnesium, and are characterized by a balanced supply of organic matter and a good water reserve capacity. All these factors give birth to a good wine structure, good acid balance, and intense aromas of fresh fruits, and a strong personality. The designation takes its name from the Lison Roman Village and from the Village of Pramaggiore, as evidence of a local homegrown product which puts its roots already in Roman times. 

The one that is reaching the end will be a harvest beyond expectations. We are talking about quality over quantity, but the area of Lison-Pramaggiore, probably guarded in some way by the Serenissima Republic, again this year has not suffered the repercussions of hailstorms and will so be able to rely on a quite large quantity of good grapes and wine. 

Along the viticultural path, it happens to come across the gates of the wine company “Le Carline” in which, for over thirty years, organic wines have been produced, respecting nature and land.  The transformation process of grapes, from vineyards to barrels, happens without the use of any additional sulfite or adjuvant, according to the ancient wine-making culture. 

“Since its creation, our company has been a pioneer in the organic sector. Right here, in fact, the first organic-district “Bio Venezia” has born, counting today over 50 companies with 1500 hectares of bio cultivated products- says Daniele Piccinin, owner and winemaker of “Le Caorline”- the Piccinin family wine tradition is well-known and successful in Italy as well as abroad: from the bronze medal at the Decanter World Wine Awards, won in 2015, to the medals won in 2020 at the International Wine Contest in Brussels and the International Organic Wine Award”. Between clusters of bells dropping down into buckets and tractors delivering the product into the squeezing tanks, which ferments at 14 degrees in huge steel containers, there is almost no end to the work. While the whites ferment, it’s up to the reds. 

The wine-making business in the D.O.C Lison-Pramaggiore is made up of different local realities that come together to create IGT, DOC and DOCG wines. The agricultural company “Cantine”, located in Pramaggiore, is a case. In business for over 60 years, today it has about 200 members and it collects annually over 130 thousand quintals of grapes. 

“This is a wine cooperative where members bring their own product which is here weighed, checked and taken out from tractors- says Samuele Busatto, a real “deus ex machina” of the wine cooperative of Pramaggiore-. In this period, we receive from 4 to 5 quintals of white and red grapes per day, which are used to produce wines such as Prosecco, Pinot Grigio and Merlot. We start at 7AM, and the last load can get in here no later than 6PM. This is the real beating heart of the wine producing area of Pramaggiore. In the last years the demand has increased more and more, and this historic identifying mark, which comes to us from the city of Venice, is a pride that we carry inside”. 

In this Venetian small reality, quality and tradition run together handed down from generation to generation. The Pivetta winery has been proudly producing wines of excellence since the late ‘60s, among them Refosco, Merlot and Cabernet are the reds, Pinot Grigio, Tai and Chardonnay are the whites. 

“Hand-crafted production, from the harvest to the long fermentation, leads to a niche but high-quality product- say the Pivetta brothers- we talk to our vineyards, and we listen to them. We respect traditional methods, which were handed down to us by our grandparents and fathers, we bet on ourselves and especially on our D.O.C reds. This is a unique environment: the vines and their roots look for water almost by themselves. They never run dry, and if it's not raining there is no need to feed them water artificially”. 

They never run out of work in the Lison- Pramaggiore area, there’s still time before bottling up but the magical rites of the grape harvest stay the same, as in the days of the Serenissima Republic.

Venice, 24^th September 2021 – The most famous bread in the world? The French baguette, for sure, although in Venice the typical “rosetta” is the most famous handmade bread. It’s the symbol of peace, of hunger and richness. Considered as a basic food in several cultures, its history dates back to at least ten thousand years ago. Although simple, bread is essential on the tables of all civilizations and for this, it will be the main character of the third edition of “Pane in Piazza” which will be held in Piazza Ferretto on Saturday September 25th and on Sunday September 26th. The funds raised will be completely donated to Anfass. This year, the event – promoted by Confcommercio Mestre with the Associazione dei Panificatori di Venezia e Provincia, in partnership with the Municipality of Venice, Vela, the Chamber of Commerce and Confcommercio Unione Metropolitana di Venezia – will be full dedicated to the 1600 years of Venice.

“We decided to organize this event not only to let people know all different kinds of bread, but especially to show them how bread is created and so what usually happens inside laboratories, through the process of bread-making- explains Massimo Gorghetto, the president of Confcommercio Mestre, of the association Panificatori di Venezia e Provincia e Veneto (Bakers Association of Venice Province and Veneto Region) –. Craftsmanship, with its manual skills, always attracts many people. Watching bakers working provides a specific meaning that shapes our activity”.

For two days, the city centre of Mestre will welcome thirty bakers coming from all over Italy and that, thanks to the support of students from the Berna Institute, they will create an en-plein air oven , from which bread, pizzas, cakes, and pastries will be baked off. Moreover, on Saturday from 16 to 19 and on Sunday from 11 to 13 and from 16 to 18, a tiny workshop for kids will be organized, allowing them to try how the baking process looks like. This year, an exhibition stand will host the international organization Ambassadeurs du Pain, which owns different seats in the world and that promotes a different bread-making process from the one we currently apply, recalling the use of other methods and ancient products. In Mestre, there will also be Piergiorgio Giorilli, considered as the best baker in the world. 

“Traditional bread, such as the rosette, the hoagie and the montassù baked with type 0 flour, is still considered as the most popular among customers – explains Gorghetto – although any kind of bread, if well made, respecting its own baking times, is delicious. The thing is that many people don’t know this, and so purchase frozen bread baked last minute. The smell of freshly baked bread makes you want to buy it, but since it doesn’t respect any of the leavening and fermentation processes, it could later cause you stomach-ache. Bread has just one single rule: the longer it takes to make it the better it will be.  As a matter of fact, my dad taught me to make it with the “bighe”, which is a dough made with water, flour and a pinch of yeast and stored to be used the day after. Therefore, it will be kneaded again, while adding other ingredients. The process of bread making is long and it takes time for bread to ferment, leaven and so for sugars to be absorbed”. 

In Italy we have almost 22 thousand bakery companies, among these 400 are located in the Venice province while almost 2500 in the Veneto Region. “We faced some crisis too, and someone had to shut his business down. Generational turnover is also a cause, this is a hard job, you need to start working at 2AM, sometimes also the inability to move with the times can force you to shut down- he continues- Today time have changed and even the baker needs to present itself in a different way, seek new products, suit with the tastes of the time, and have a nice shop. A baker is the bread entrepreneur, and so needs to know everything about company costs, how to train those who sell, and have a 360-degree view of what a business is”.

Even though it is something that every Italian has on its table, today bread is bought more for its taste than for necessity. As Gorghetto recalls, once one or two kilos of bread were bought from hunger, while today the per capita daily consumption is 80 grams and the national average per family is 300 grams.

Sometimes banned from the table due to diet, recently bread took its revenge also thanks to the discovery of the so-called “ancient grains'. Since then, within Italian households, whole meals, rye, durum wheat, buckwheat and Khorasan flours have appeared. “00 flour has been demonized but its only flaw – explains Gorghetto- is that it has lost all its nutritional properties, due to the fact that it is extremely refined. It was very used in the post-war period, it was considered to be “the bread of the lords” because it came out all nice and white. Today it is almost no longer used, even in bakeries we don’t produce bread with 00 flour anymore. Rough flours are much used, and they taste completely different. Bread remains the basic element in a diet, whatever is the way you decide to produce it. To highlight this aspect, Saturday at 5PM, in the courtyard of the museum M9, the conference “Pane nelle religioni” (bread between religions) will be held, “Dialogo tra esponenti delle confessioni cristiane sul valore sacro e sociale del pane nei 1600 anni di storia e... di futuro della comunità di Venezia” (exchange between the spokesmen of Christianity on the holy and social meaning of bread during the 1600^th years of history and…future of the city community of Venice). An exchange of views between the Catholic, Greek Orthodox and Armenian Mekhitarist Churches. The bread sculpture “bread in the world” will also be displayed, made by bakers from the Lombardy Region, is a sculpture that represents a world made of bread. “The meaning is clear- says Gorghetto- we have bread, and we all deserve to have it. 

Venice, September 22, 2021 - Helping us to reflect on the relevance of learning languages in order to increase our personal growth and on the value of linguistic and cultural diversity, as a part of an intangible heritage to love, respect and protect. “The European Day of Languages' ', and Venice- multilingual and multicultural city since its origins- will join the celebrations dedicated to the 1600 years since its foundation, with the purpose of enhancing and promoting the culture of the Serenissima Republic. It’s called “Venezia plurilingue. Ieri come oggi: aperta all’altro” (Venice, a multilingual city. Then as now: open to others). 

The day’s schedule will be open by the institutional greeting at 10AM and will close with the projection of the theatre show “La donna del fuoco”, dedicated to Marietta Barovier, a modern, innovative, brave woman and entrepreneur, bearer of the craftsmen and glassmakers’ secrets. The artist that stands behind the particular glass design “Perla Rosetta”.  In addition to many different activities and speeches, which will involve professors and students from the University of Venice, throughout the event a videotape realized to celebrate the 1600 years from the foundation of Venice will be presented by Francesca Vianello (head of the Europe Direct-Eurodesk for the Municipality of Venice) and Eugenia Sainz (representative for the “Third Mission” of the department of Languages and Cultures Compared Studies, Ca’ Foscari University). In the morning the winner of the competition “Put your mask on and tell Venice”, which involved students of the Veneto region performing the history of the city, will also be announced. 

The event will be fully live streamed on the Official YouTube Channel of the Ca’ Foscari University (YouCaFoscari) and will remain available for the following days. 

Venice, September 3, 2021- A new project signed by Venice1600, dedicated especially to the youngest and aimed at illustrating the history of the Serenissima, with an outlook on the future. Every Thursday on the Official Instagram account of Venice1600 (@venezia1600_official) a three-cartoons comic strip will be published, giving followers the chance to “vote”, through likes, which narrative path will follow. The resulting history will thus be created in a shared way, by engaging readers in choices and plot points of the strip. 

Venice1600 means experimentation and innovation, an open attitude towards news and creativity which characterizes our city, allowing Venice to be “the oldest city of the future”. Culture, art, and freedom of expression have always been a part in this kind of attitude, and so we want to make some room for a project that melts with graphic novels, a means of cultural development and a new form of social aggregation, that for decades now has been able to express high-quality works, using new technologies, and letting the public take part into a new creation, sharing the narration. Taking inspiration from role-playing and interactive games, “Venezia1600- la striscia a fumetti” (Venice1600- the comic strip) will ask readers to choose how the events of the characters will evolve during their journey throughout the history of the Serenissima. 

The graphic side is developed by Remer Comics, the organizers of Venezia Comix and other cultural events related to comics, and by the authors Fabrizio Capigatti and Diego Bonesso. This project, divided into four monthly editions for ten months, allows comics fans, from smaller to bigger, to use social networks to get involved in building together a path that has Venice and its millennial history on its background. A different way to know and learn, through direct involvement and the use of new social channels. 

Venice, 1^st September 2021 - Three exhibitions and three different places to explain Venice architecture through images. To celebrate Venice 1600 years, Fondazione Venezia – in partnership with M9 Museo del ‘900 and the Circolo Fotografico La Gondola – celebrates the important anniversary of the city through the event “Istantanee di Venezia”, a cultural project in which photography is the main character of Venice timeless dimension. These three exhibitions will be displayed within three different locations: the seat of the Fondazione di Venezia in Rio Novo,the Casa dei Tre Oci in the island of Giudecca and the M9 – Museo del ’900 in Mestre. In each one of this places, Venetian architectures will take shape through a selection of photos from the collection of several archives: the one of the Fondazione, the one of the Progetti dell’Università Iuav di Venezia and from the one of the Circolo Fotografico la Gondola.

M9 
September 3rd, 2021 – January 9th, 2022

The first one to be open on September 3rd will be the exhibition” Le sfide di Venezia. L’architettura e la città nel Novecento”, at the Museo del ’900 in Mestre. This exhibition is a branch of the parallel exhibition “Venetia 421-2021. Nascite e rinascite”, displayed at the Doge’s Palace. Realized in partnership with the Fondazione Musei Civici, the exhibition is curated by Guido Vittorio Zucconi (architect, architecture historian, italian scholar and one of the founders of the Associazione italiana di storia urbana) and by the Archivio Progetti dell’Università Iuav of Venice. The exhibition contains several images and documents on loan from the Archivio Progetti and proves the architectural changes carried out within the city of Venice, its lagoon and its metropolitan area throughout the XX and XXI century, in accordance with culture, tourism and the growing industrial and port activity. 

The Venice of the 1900s stretches far away from its traditional boundaries, which nowadays include both the mainland and the isthmus between the land and the sea, whilsr balancing its deep culture with tourism and the growing industrial and port activity. The main character of this exhibition is the architecture which, through the 1900s, gave effective responses in accordance with the idea of modernity although respecting traditions. To the innovative trait that characterizes it – expressed by means of bridges, stations, garages and touristic infrastructures – the activity of research to research and mediation between the two sides, as in the case of residential building, must also be added. As a matter of fact, nationally, Venice had a key role in this field and fully contributed to develop an original view. 

Open until January 9^th, 2022, the exhibition has the following timetables: Thursday to Friday from 14 to 20. Saturday to Sunday from 10 to 20.

CASA DEI TRE OCI 
September 16th, 2021 – Novembre 1st, 2021

At the Casa dei Tre Oci, from September 16^th the exhibition “La Venezia umana – La Venezia disumana”, in which the Circolo Fotografico La Gondola recalls – in two apparently different sections – a city alive and inhabited through shots by Sergio Del Pero, together with a city which is more and more dehumanised, although not completely defeated, of a Venice portrayed by several other photographers. 

In the “Venezia umana”, the images of Sergio Del Pero are made of contrasts, which are proof of an inhabited city, which human presence describes as a living and working reality. Wrinkles on people’s faces witness the connection between land and water, dreams and sacrifices, beauties and weaknesses. Del Pero’s photos describe the popular and authentic side of the city, which from 1958 to 1978 fully represented these two sides of the city’s existence. Death and rituals are typical of the lagoon context, in addition to the vibrant life which characterizes work, moments of play, sheets to dry along the calli and class struggle. “La Venezia disumana” (through the photos of Enrico Gigi Bacci, Lubomira Bajcarova, Antonio Baldi, Marino Bastianello,Luciano Bettini, Aldo Brandolisio, Ilaria Brandolisio, Nicola Bustreo, Paola Casanova, Carlo Chiapponi, Mariateresa Crisigiovanni, Ezio De Vecchi, Francesco Del Negro, Enrico Facchetti, Paolo Mingaroni, Marzio Minorello, Matteo Miotto, Sandro Righetto, Andrea Sambo, Massimo Stefanutti, Teresa Turacchio, Fabrizio Uliana, Izabella Vegh, Anna Zemella) faces the choices that determined and changed Venice in these last decades and, at the same time, shows a more authentic version of this city that moves, creates and invents, in which we can see that same human realitycaptured by Del Pero. The exhibition, promoted by Fondazione di Venezia and realized in partnership with Marsilio Arte, will be open every day from 11 to 19 until November 1^st, 2021 (Tuesday closed). 

FONDAZIONE VENEZIA 
September 17th, 2021 – January 9th, 2022

The last opening, scheduled on September 17^th, is “Venezia, Gianni Berengo Gardin e Maurizio Galimberti. Due sguardi a confronto”, set up in the seat of the Fondazione di Venezia in Rio Novo. Curated by Denis Curti (advisor for the photographic funds of the Fondazione di Venezia and artistic director of the Casa dei Tre Oci). The exhibition creates an original dialogue between two of the most important Italian photographers of the XX century and their peculiar ways to live and observe the city. Gianni Berengo Gardin can be found through the icons of the city in which he first approached photography, before becoming a famous and recognized photographer at an international level. His black and white is a pure language. “Colours are distracting” claimed the photographer “black and white allows you to look less carefully compared to the natural vision, which forces you to look better”. Maurizio Galimberti’s photos are polaroid. On the one hand a huge mosaic whilst on the other, modified shots. Galimberti seems to be looking for the unveiling of secrets kept for centuries. The repeated glances refer to the school of pop-art, while the method of “deconstruction” takes us back to a strongly futuristic vision. The iconic eye of Berengo Gardin and the fast one shown in polaroid of Maurizio Galimberti create a new path which each visitor can undertake, in order to explore new different angles and to see and read the most fascinating city in the world. The exhibition, open until January 9th, 2022, can be visited Monday to Friday, from 10 to 19.