The lagoon / has the moon / between its legs / playing ball

After three years under the sun, in 2023 the cycle of walks "Venice as a model for the future?", curated by Barbara Casavecchia and Pietro Consolandi, moves into the twilight and the silence of the night. With the title "The lagoon / has the moon / between its legs / playing ball" (after a poem by Etel Adnan, from her book From A to Z, Post-Apollo Press, 1982), this series intends to explore how humans and more than humans co-exist in Venice and its lagoon after dark, when the wave of daily visitors leaves the city, nocturnal birds start to sing, beacons are switched on some boats to catch mullet and cuttlefish, and the moon dictates the movement of tides.

1. Saturday, May 6 (fullmoon) - Matteo Stocco e Alice Ongaro Sartori - Metagoon. Investigations into urban fishing at sunset, Ocean Space.
2. Saturday, May 27 (half moon) - The Tidal Garden - The name for world is tide, Cavallino Treporti.
3. Thursday, June 8 (half moon) - Emanuele Stival - The rhythm of the night, Ocean Space.
4. Friday, June 23 (new moon) - Rahel Kraft - Wading Breath, Isola della Certosa.
5. Friday, September 8 (half moon) - Zeyn Joukhadar & Matteo Rubbi - The secret sea | البحر السري, Ocean Space. In collaboration with Cherimus.
6. Friday, September 15 (half moon) - Silvia Franco (Ente Nazionale Sordi Onlus-Venezia) - Abecedarium. The signs of the lagoon, Giudecca.
7. Friday, October 6 (full moon) - Confluenze - Repeating eutrophia, Lido S.M.E.
8. Friday, October 13 (half moon) - Giacomo-Maria Salerno - Towards a critique of the tourism economy, Ocean Space.

"Venice as a model for the future” is a cycle of itinerant conversations, curated by Barbara Casavecchia and Pietro Consolandi and guided by activists, scientists, and guardians of this body of water and its inhabitants. This year's series, titled “The lagoon / has the moon /between its legs / playing ball” (again inspired by a poem by Etel Adnan), moves into the twilight and the silence of the night, exploring how humans and more than humans co-exist in Venice and its lagoon after dark.

Ocean Space’s 2023 public program is kindly supported by Select Aperitivo and Venezia FC.