A lot has been written and said about Venice. When you start digging deeper, you come into contact with an incredible world of beauty, of diverse realities, of problems, of critical issues. Seeing and trying to understand Venice as “foresti” (as the Venetians say), the dream is that it can continue to exist forever. But the more you go into specifics, the more critical issues create distance from this dream.
Venice Forever: From Reality to Imagination develops from a reading of the present to imagine a projection into the future. It is based on idea that Venice creates conditions to integrate a new community of young people into the existing fabric, who have the social, cultural, economic, and technological skills, and who can settle down and start a family here.
Even if there may be missed opportunities or inconsistencies, we cannot allow wonder to vanish without doing everything we can to prevent cynicism, apathy, and distraction from taking over.
Venice Forever is told through data, images and narratives. The installation is comprised of six video monoliths, a golden dome “frescoed” inside, and a long beam with video interviews.
Participants
CIBIC WORKSHOP SHANGHAI, CHINA; MILAN AND VICENZA, ITALY Aldo Cibic, Schio, Italy, 1955. Lives and works in Shanghai, China, annd Vicenza, Italy. Joseph Dejardin, Wing, UK, 1988. Lives and works in Shanghai, China. Chuck Felton, New York, USA, 1958. Lives and works in Milan, Italy.
ANDREA RINALDO, Venice, Italy, 1954. Lives and works in Padua, Italy.
Authorial Collaborators
Università Ca’ Foscari; Treccani; Dotdotdot with Lucio La Pietra; Gabriele Manoli
Technnical Collaborators
Bertone Design Group
Team
Cibicworkshop: Aldo Cibic, Joseph Dejardin, Chuck Felton, Giovanni Elia Bray, Smilian Jack Cibic, Susanna Slossel; Andrea Rinaldo, Gabriele Manoli; Dotdotdot with Lucio La Pietra: Alessandro Masserdotti, Laura Dellamotta, Giovanna Gardi, Fabrizio Pignoloni, Lucio La Pietra; Ca’ Foscari workshop team: Chiara Amicone, Livia Falcone, Davide Forcolin, Benedetta Marconato, Arooba Mubeen, Marina Pavlova, Carola Pessotto, Sofia Quarisa, Emma Sist, Alice Zatti Thanks Marco Bettini, Massimo Bray, Agar Brugiavini, Simone Brunozzi, Federico Faggin, Fabrizio Magani, Vittorio Radice, Luigi Serafini
Supporters
Bertone Design Group; Fondazione Zoé – Zambon Open Education; Gemmo SpA; Patrizia Beltrame, AFV Beltrame Group; ICB Srl; Friends: Paolo Benea, Jeff and Tina Bird, Alvise Boniver, Giovanni and Lorenzo Bonotto, Mimi and Peter Buckley, Antonio Citterio, Paola Coin, Elmo Coleman, Lino Dainese, Michele De Lucchi, Angelo Fenili, Giorgio Galli, Niccolò Gioia, Rosie Kahane, Mark and Lindsey Levy, Andreina Longhi, Giuseppe Lupi, Adriana Maltauro, Beppe Marcante, Angelo Negro, Alberto Quaresimin, Vittorio Radice, Cristoph Radl, Cynthia Rising, Giovanna Stefanel, Anty Stoppelli, Anatolie Timbur, Kris and Doug Tompkins, Catherine Vautrin, Tiziano Vudafieri, Antonio Zago
