How was it for you? (2019)
La Biennale di Venezia is a global cultural event which draws the world’s gaze to Venice. How Was It For You? is an investigation into the ways in which the institution serves the interests of the city and its residents.…
Collettivo Barena Bianca
In 2018 WahV began a collaboration with the artist collective Barena Bianca, following their meeting during a workshop at IUAV Visual Arts dept. Barena Primavera-Estate Barena Primavera-Estate was a workshop produced by We are here Venice and curated by the…
Critical care: Architecture and urbanism for a broken planet (2019)
Critical Care. Architecture and urbanism for a broken planet” is a book published by MIT Press and was an exhibition at Architekturzentrum Wien edited and curated by Elke Krasny and Angelika Fitz. The book was reviewed in Architectural Digest. The book contains 21 case studies as well…
Do we know where Venice is going? a conference organized by Confartigianato, Ateneo Veneto, 15.02.2019
At a conference in February 2019 organised by Confartigianato Venezia on the future for artisan activities, the talented oar maker Saverio Pastor (president of the El Felze association) presented a particularly eloquent paper framing the identity and vocation of Venice as a…
Anchoring the debate about cruise ships
Actions are needed now Coincidentally preceding the crash of the large cruise ship MSC Opera against the dock at San Basilio on June 2, 2019 and the relative worldwide attention to the excesses of tourism, exemplified by the large ships…
The first Artist Residency at the Accademia Galleries, Venice
As conclusion of the artist's residency, the presentation of Aurale, Brusii per audioguide After three months of his artist residency, Claudio Beorchia presented his works at the Gallerie dell’Accademia on Friday, April 12, and they will be available to the…
Why Venice?
6th December 2018, WahV speaks out regarding the OECD Conference in Venice and appeals to participating institutions to help Venice get a voice as a community. The great and the good have come together today under the auspices of the…
Venezia H20: WahV’s exciting new collaboration with the Peggy Guggenheim Collection
WahV is especially delighted to be collaborating with the Peggy Guggenheim Collection under the umbrella of the Alleanza Italiana per lo Sviluppo Sostenibile. We have devised a set of six family workshops with the Guggenheim’s team of educators on the theme…
London restaurant POLPO support We are here Venice
Polpo, the popular London restaurants inspired by Venetian bacari, are hosting an evening of cocktails and cicchetti at their Notting Hill restaurant on 3rd October, with all proceeds from the event going to We are here Venice. London-based supporters can…
Implications and information gaps of the One Belt One Road project
A telephone interview for the Dutch news-site De Correspondent about the giant Chinese infrastructural project One Belt One Road and the implications for Europe brought to mind the work of Saskia Sassen on the concept of The Global City: Introducing…
Video showing the water displacement from a cruise ship prompts widespread reaction
This video, taken in the small harbour behind the Island of San Giorgio, shows the wide-reaching water displacement of a cruise ship leaving Venice as it passes Sant'Elena: The video was immediately shared over 180 times on Facebook, provoking widespread…
NBC Today filming at the Arsenale
This morning started with NBC Today in the Galleazze Ovest of the Arsenale. An opportunity to show how Venice’s glorious past can mark the way for the future IF the city authorities open the huge redundant spaces for new productive…
Laguna Viva at the V-A-C Foundation
Laguna Viva opens at the V-A-C Foundation's Palazzo delle Zattere Laguna Viva is integral to the long-term strategy whereby Palazzo delle Zattere engage with the complexities of everyday life in Venice. V-A-C Foundation commissioned London based collective Assemble, who work across the…
Opening of Antigua & Barbuda’s National Pavilion
Students officially thanked by the Governor General of Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda’s inaugural National Pavilion at the 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale explores environmental justice as a civil right through an investigation into the acute crisis of climate change.…
Connected – A documentary project on sea level rise
The trailer for Connected, a documentary project on sea level rise, has been released featuring substantial interview material from We are here Venice's co-founder and Executive Director, Jane da Mosto. Watch the full trailer below:
Sticker Campaign
What have we done? We are here Venice sent over 50 letters to the curators of national pavilions, collateral events and parallel exhibitions whose press previews coincide with the Architecture Biennale vernissage, inviting them to help spread the word and…
Explore our Venice Resource on the Royal Geographical Society Website
The Royal Geographical Society partnered with We are here Venice to produce a Venice module which has now been launched on the Royal Geographical Society's new website. The resource features videos, fact sheets, podcasts, interviews, activities and lesson plans and…
Beyond artistic display: Art and Law in practice
Moving beyond the sphere of artistic display and exhibition, Venice returns to the forefront of professional development, as illustrated by the series of meetings, ART AND LAW, organised by the Venice Arbitration Chamber. With talks from collectors, museum directors, lawyers and…
Book Launch: Donne come noi
WOMEN LIKE US: 100 STORIES OF ITALIANS WHO HAVE DONE SOMETHING EXCEPTIONAL Donna Moderna, one of Italy's most popular weekly magazines, are celebrating their 30th anniversary with a book collecting stories of 100 Italian women who, tenaciously, have done something…
Critical research on changes in lagoon circulation
In 2017 a new volume, edited by Luigi D’Alpaos, was released by the Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere e Arti containing an important study produced with support from WahV. Analysis of historic tide gauge data from the lagoon-wide network of monitoring stations has…