On March 22nd 2013, the Management Plan of the UNESCO World Heritage site "Venice and its Lagoon" was officially presented to the public in the presence of the Mayor of Venice Giorgio Orsoni, the Director of the Regional Office for Science and Culture in Europe (Venice) Yolanda Valle-Neff, and the main stakeholders of the site. The meeting was the occasion to present to the public and stakeholders the work of the responsible institutions that took part in the preparation of the Management Plan. Particular focus has been given to the resources for the conservation and the sustainable development of the site and the main issues to be faced in the coming years in order to protect the unique characteristics of the lagoon that allowed its timely inclusion in the World Heritage List of UNESCO in 1987. The meeting was also a great opportunity to directly involve the cultural institutions that are active within the site and to present the progress of the European project SUSTCULT that aims to improve the effectiveness of heritage sites. Venice and its Lagoon, cultural site: founded in (...)
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Founded in 2000, Circuito Off in thirteen years has become an international reference point of experimental audiovisual creation. A catalyst for new styles, trends and languages, Circuito Off has always placed at the center of its mission the mixing of genres, questioning the fluctuating identity and mutable nature of video. Today, Circuito Off represents for its audience a window into the vast world of video creation in all its complexity, in its evolution, between new technologies and old tricks of the trade. An ideal bridge between art (...)
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On February 14th 2013, was presented at the Ateneo Veneto the book The square in European city. Places, paradigms, good design practices, edited by Franco Mancuso and published by Il Poligrafo (2012). The book covers the most significant experiences regarding redevelopment and revitalization of European squares, starting from a research project concluded in 2007, which involved the Department of Urban Planning (University IUAV of Venice) in collaboration with Polytechnic University of Barcelona, the Jagiellonian University of Krakow, the (...)
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Friday, March 15 at the headquarters of Fondazione di Venezia, which oversaw the organization, took place a round table on the theme of artist residencies in Venice. The Foundation took the opportunity of the book output Art Enclosures/Confini d’Arte. Residenze per artisti internazionali a Venezia, published by Marsilio Editori, which documents the fruitful experience of artist residencies Art Enclosures that have been held for four years starting in 2008, to make a reflection on the theme of Venice as a place of creativity, production and (...)
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