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An assessment of the experience and Venice application for 2019
 The “European capital of culture” project was officially initiated in 1985 after the ministries of Culture approved the resolution. Its first edition took place in Athens that same year. As early as 1983, on the occasion of a forum organized together with other 10 European ministers of culture, Greek Minister Melina Mercouri had already powerfully suggested the need to develop a stronger awareness of the continent’s cultural value between European citizens. Starting from 1985, every other year, in turn, one or more European cities have organized this cultural event: in Italy the organizing cities have been Florence in 1986, Bologna in 2000 and Genoa in 2004. In 2019 Italy will take part again in the project. Between 2007 and 2019, the law that regulates the applications for “European Cultural Capital” is Law No.1622/2006/CE. In 2010 the project will reach its 25th edition, with 41 cities that have hosted the event in the past. It is then a well-consolidated initiative, whose consideration allows for a few thoughts and evaluations. |
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Web site and logo of Venice application for the Olympic games 2020
“Venice as a capital” is both a reality and an inspiration. It implies existing and evolving territorial, social and economic patterns and a fascinating as well as ambitious vision for the future that is not completely outlined yet. “Venice as a capital” is the attempt to overcome the strong resistance, tying the image of this lagoon city to its past, in order to create a new central role for it on an international level. There are many ways to achieve this important goal, but apparently Venice (...) |
Events, producers and users
According to the Sixth Report on Cultural Production, presented on 22 December at the Fondazione Venezia, in 2008, exactly 2.020 events took place in Venice: 1838 were located inside the city of Venice while the remaining 182 in other places of the Province.
Over the year, the Agenda Venezia website registered 1838 events for a total amount of 11.043 days, corresponding to some 30 events per day, lasting averagely 6 days each.
Considering the kind of events, the significant cultural offer (...) |
Venice / Representation / Atlas of a global situation
In Venice, since the 1980’s, the conspicuous arrival of two archetypical figures of immigration in Italy has been registered: “vu cumprà” (men selling small paraphernalia on the streets in order to get by, usually coming from Sub-Saharan Africa) and “badanti” (Care attendants, people who take care of disabled, ill or dependent adults). Initially they were well accepted as the sign of a limited, temporary or/and bizarre phenomenon. But as its relevance increased, immigration laws were passed to (...) |
