Tag Archives: venezia

Oddtag summer

June 30, 2008 – 17:36

Oddtag goes (almost) offline this summer, until Summer Bank Holiday (more or less). No travelling but hard work, sweat and sun. Have a look on the Venetian Writings (in italian), be good, have fun.
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re:public Refusés in Venice

May 21, 2008 – 19:36

txt: re:public - www.ibrida.org
Re:public. “Re” as reply and “public” as public. The reply of the public. More than 100 artists, that were not admitted to the last Colletiva Bevilacqua La Masa, will face the public’s judgement in a open, clear and clean, confrontation. The public will be invited to leave a comment about the expositions [...]

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The Venice Factory

May 11, 2008 – 14:47

Gondolas full of tourists. In the background the renovation works’ scaffolding of the Punta della Dogana de Mar (also known as Punta della Salute). Project: architect Tadao Ando, $$ François Pinault Foundation, Palazzo Grassi.
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That sinking/not sinking feeling

March 30, 2008 – 9:27

txt: Is Venice Sinking?
The net effect was like letting the air out of your tires, or perhaps more aptly, draining your waterbed. It wasn’t until the late 60’s that hydrologists put one and one together, slapped their foreheads, and sounded the alarm. The Italian government acted swiftly and banned groundwater pumping in the area forever.
That [...]

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Fondamenta Nuove

March 28, 2008 – 8:41

Looking at the sea
While my ferry’s approaching:
I won’t look back.
—-
Guardando il mare
arriva il mio traghetto:
non mi volto più.
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The long Pigtails (a Venice story)

March 14, 2008 – 12:20

txt: Who was Emily Harvey? - Emily Harvey Foundation
In 1992 she married, Angelo Colombo, her Venetian friend, Her marriage to Angelo brought her to Venice for increasing lengths of time. Under Angelo’s tutelage she began to learn Venetian Italian and to understand Venice, and the customs of its people. Out of this grew a commitment [...]

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Tomorrow. Now. In Venice

March 12, 2008 – 8:08

txt: Tomorrow now. Work without center. Conferences on the nature of art work in the digital age
The title of the event introduces the issue concerning works of art that, in the digital age, transform the idea behind exhibition space, the concept of the aesthetic fruition of the observer, and the role of the artist and [...]

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