“Back soon (but better)” is a call for citizens to express their ideas, desires and reflections on the city post-coronavirus. From May 2020, We are here Venice uses its cruise ship poster campaign to put up posters that have been…
We are here Venice's Jane da Mosto spoke to BBC Radio Scotland about the impact of Covid-19 on Venice's tourist-based economy. International scrutiny on Venice has intensified as the world wonders how a city that was so dependent on tourism…
The collaboration between WahV and the Tide Forecast and Warning Center has been made official. The aim of this cooperation is to facilitate the spread of the Center's services and the communication of the inevitable uncertainty of forecasts, exacerbated by…
As a cruise passenger your energy consumption and waste production are several times higher than those of a resident The new poster of the WahV campaign is reported on the front page of La Nuova Venezia, drawing attention to the…
"The ships must become smaller" New ideas on a scientific basis: The environmental expert Jane da Mosto fights for the protection of Venice. She criticises that the old town is being squeezed out "like a lemon" for ship tourism. There…
Jane da Mosto is interviewed together with Justin Francis, CEO of Responsible Travel, at BBC radio 4 Today about the decision to fine two German tourists in Venice for reasons of decency. Jane da Mosto explains why this decision is…
Jane da Mosto speaks on BBC Scotland Radio after a Costa cruise left the Venice port during a storm and risked hitting the bank near Giardini on 7th July 2019. Here you can listen to the interview (min 55:00). The…
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…
"Nothing to see here", Sandberg Institute, Venice 22.09.2019 WahV meets the students of the Design Department of the Sandberg Institute to share their point of view on the dynamics of the city and stimulate a dialogue with the group of…
WahV met the students from Colorado College in the frame of their the course “Introduction to Global Climate Change”. Among the fundamentals of the Earth system, the natural forces that drive Earth’s climate, the paleoclimate records, the students had the…
Chiarastella Cattana has produced a special cushion dedicated to the Venice lagoon, as a "memento of the people, the rhythms of the seasons, traditional fishing that are part of a complex ecosystem that is now so vulnerable". 10% of sales…
Cat Bauer writes about We are here Venice's collaboration with the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in LUXOS Magazine. The first workshop in the Venezia H2O series was held at the Naval Historical Museum in Venice. View the full article here and extracts…
On 24th November 2018, Jane da Mosto took part in the symposium Beauty and the Beast: Venice and the Rhino at Palazzo Contarini Polignac with a talk titled Venice: A Fragile and Resilient City Venice is a paradoxical city built right in the…
This is the second year that WahV has been asked by the British Council to provide orientation sessions to their Venice Fellows, as a Supporting Partner. The students and researchers come to work at the British Pavilion during the Biennale…
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…
We are here Venice was very pleased to be invited by the University at Buffalo to participate in their "Mapping the City" workshop during their two-week study abroad programme in August. We are here Venice's So Young Han joined 15 students…
Air quality in port cities is a major cause for concern, especially as more evidence emerges from epidemiological studies that show a direct correlation between illnesses associated with air pollution and proximity of homes to busy ports. In preparation for…
wahv met a group of students from the Krogerup College, Humlebaek, Denmark with the Professor Bjarne Hald. Together we explored Sant'Elena by night, trying to perceive and analyse its characteristics and its differences in relation to other areas in Venice.…
On 15 May 2018 the Gazzettino announced a new committee for keeping Venice and Mestre together. This provoked a spontaneous reaction from across both Venice and Mestre: over 130 signatories were gathered in support of the Referendum and the benefits…