Program Director: Carlos Casas, visual artist and filmmaker (Spain)

Theme: “Co-ecologies”. Beyond the anthropocene.

Workshops & lectures (some events will be open to the public):

September 14 at 7pm CEST

Laura Tripaldi, independent writer and researcher (Italy) 

Commencement lecture 

September 21-22 and 25

Matthew C. Wilson and Emilia Tapprest, filmmakers and artist-researchers (The Netherlands)

21, 22, 25  workshop, watch the video 

September 21, 7pm CEST: lecture and screenings

October 5 at 3pm CEST

Michael Wang, artist (USA)

Online lecture, watch the video

October 10-12

Chris Watson, musician and sound recordist (UK) 

Workshop in the Cansiglio forest (Treviso), watch the video

October 10, 7pm CEST: lecture

October 18-19-20 

Team Thursday, designers (The Netherlands)

18, 19, 20, workshop, watch the video

19/10 lecture, watch the video

October 19, 7pm CEST: lecture

October 26

Jana Winderen, artist (Norway) 

Lecture at Complesso dell’Ospedaletto, Venice, within Listen, Venice…

November 7 at 3pm CET

Charles Stankievech, artist (Canada)

Online lecture, watch the video

November 16 at 3pm CET
Elizabeth Hénaff, computational biologist, and Daniel Grushkin, founder and Executive Director of Biodesign Challenge
Online lecture

November 20 at 7pm CET

Christina Seely, visual artist (Usa)

Masterclass and lecture

November 22 at 3pm CET

Metahaven, art & design studio (The Netherlands)

Online lecture

November 30 at 5pm CET

Melissa Dubbin and Aaron S. Davidson, artists (USA)

Online lecture

December 1 at 7pm CET

Marina Caneve, photographer (Italy)

Lecture

December 4 at 3pm CET

Jenna Sutela, artist (Finland)

Online lecture

December 16-17

Ana Roxanne, musician (Usa)

Masterclass and concert

January 18 at 7pm CET

FUSE, art studio (Italy)

Lecture 

January 2024

Institute for Postnatural studies, center for artistic experimentation (Spain) 

Workshop and lecture

In progress

John Palmesino/Territorial agency, architect and urbanist (Switzerland-UK)

Lecture 

Mentors: Vanessa De Michelis, Filipa Ramos and other international mentors.

Weekly screenings at the cinema hall focusing on filmmakers and artists dealing with the theme of the semester.

Seminars or study groups with local professionals.

Program Director: Carlos Casas, visual artist and filmmaker (Spain)

Theme: “Archaism” – origins of the future

Workshops & lectures (some events will be open to the public):

16 March
Tim Ingold, anthropologist (UK)
Commencement Lecture (online), watch the video

20, 21, 22 March
Enrico Malatesta and Attila Faravelli, musicians (Italy)
20, 21, 22 workshop, watch the video
22/3 lecture, watch the video

28-29-30 March
Kensuke Koike, visual artist (Japan)
28-29-30 workshop, watch the video
29/3 lecture, watch the video

3 April
Florian Toperngpong, designer, artist and author (Germany)
Lecture, watch the video

3 April
Haroon Mirza, artist (UK)
Online lecture

4-5-6 April
Marten Spangberg, performance artist (Sweden)
4-5-6 workshop, watch the video
6/4 lecture, watch the video

11-12-13 April
Rie Nakajima, sculptor (UK)
11-12-13 workshop, watch the video
13/4 concert

19 April
Tyler Whisnand, creative director (Usa)
Online lecture, watch the video

21 April
Carl Stone, composer (Usa)
Masterclass and concert open to the public

11 May
Dora Budor, artist (Usa)
Online lecture

19 May
Opening of Venezia Fabrica Futura

Guest lecture Nina Canell at 7pm
Concert by Furtherset at 9pm

Complesso dell’Ospedaletto
Barbaria de le Tole 6691 – Venice

Free entrance

22-23-24 May
Borut Peterlin, photographer (Slovenia)
22-23-24 workshop, watch the video
22/5 lecture, watch the video

25 May
Alberonero, artist and farmer (Italy)
Lecture, watch the video

12-14 June
Brynjar Sigurðarson, artist and designer (Iceland)
12-13-14 workshop, watch the video
14/6, lecture, watch the video 

17 June
Venezia Fabrica Futura
Artnight – program of the evening

19 June, 7pm CEST
Elena Biserna, indipendent curator (Italy)
Lecture, watch the video

23 June
Nicol Vizioli, artist (Italy)

6 July
Tomas Leach, filmmaker and cinemaotographer (UK)
Lecture

21 July, 7pm
Monument to Dust, final exhibition, event open to the public

Mentors: Vanessa De Michelis, Filipa Ramos, Luca Trevisani

Weekly screenings at the cinema hall focusing on filmmakers and artists dealing with the theme of the semester.

Seminars or study groups with local professionals.

Program Director: Carlos Casas, visual artist and filmmaker (Spain)

Theme: “Otherworlding” – projections of possible and impossible futures

Workshops & lectures (some events will be open to the public):

19 September, 4pm CEST
Guillermo Brotons, multisciplinary designer (Spain)
“Thirteen years ago”, online lecture
Watch the lecture

23 September, 7pm CEST
Emanuele Coccia, philosopher (Italy)
Lecture in presence open to the public
Watch the lecture

28-29 September
Neil Leonard, musician (Usa)
28-29, workshop in presence
29/09 at 7.00pm, live concert open to the public
Watch the video

5 October, 3pm CEST
Alice Bucknell, artist and writer (Usa)
“Ways of Worlding”, online lecture
Watch the lecture

20 October, 11am CEST
Dean Brown, designer (UK)
“Fabrica: before, during and after”, lecture in presence open to the public
Watch the lecture

9 November, 11am CET
Ramon De Marco, sound scenographer (Switzerland)
“Sound Scenography: the Art of Designing Sound for Spaces”, lecture in presence open to the public
Watch the lecture

10 November, 7pm CET
Andreas Greiner, artist (Germany)
“Art=Nature, an ancient dichotomy”, lecture in presence open to the public
Watch the lecture

14 November, 11am CET
Cosimo Bizzarri, editor and copywriter (Italy)
“The Colors Canon”, lecture in presence open to the public
Watch the lecture

15-16-17 November
Phill Niblock, composer and multi-media musician (Usa)
15-16-17, workshop in presence
17/11 at 7pm, live concert open to the public together with Katherine Liberoskaya

18 November, 3pm CET
Libby Heaney, artist and quantum physicist (UK)
“The plural possibilities of quantum”, online lecture
Watch the lecture

23 November, 3pm CET
Jakob Kudsk Steensen, artist (Denmark)
“Sensing the Unseen”, online lecture

29 November, 11am CET
Marina Vitaglione, visual artist & photo editor (France)
“Visual art and climate change: using photography to raise awareness on environmental issues”
Watch the lecture

30 November, 3pm CET
Tarik Barri, audiovisual composer (The Netherlands)
“Composing visual music”, online lecture
Watch the lecture

13 December, 7pm CET
Quayola, artist (Italy)
“Gazing machines”, lecture in presence open to the public
Watch the lecture

11 January, 3pm CET
Yehwan Song, web artist and designer (Korea)
“Dynamic circulation”, online lecture
Watch the lecture

24-25-26 January CET
Nonhuman Nonsense, design and art studio (Germany-Sweden)
24-25-26, “Portals Into Nonhuman Worlds”, workshop in presence
Watch the video of the workshop
“Pink Chickens, Talking Stones and Other Nonsense”  26 at 7pm, lecture in presence open to the public
Watch the video of the lecture

1 February, at 7pm CET
Theresa Wong, composer and cellist (USA)
“Fluency of Trees”, concert open to the public

8 February, 5pm CET
Ian Cheng, artist (USA)
“Worlding”, online lecture

24 February, 7pm CET
“Here Becomes Elsewhere”, final exhibition
Watch the video of the event 

Other activities:

Curatorial and mentoring sessions with Filipa Ramos,  Simone Bertuzzi and other international mentors

Weekly screenings

Seminars or study groups with local professionals

Program Director: Carlos Casas, visual artist and filmmaker (Spain)

Theme: “Extintion?”
It will address a broader debate on the environment, ecology and the relationships between humans, non-humans and nature.

Workshops & lectures (some events will be open to the public):

17 March
Timothy Morton, philosopher and writer (UK)
“Break The Man”, online lecture
Watch the lecture

6 April
Studio d-o-t-s, editorial and curatorial production (France)
“Towards a Phyto-centred Design”, online lecture
Watch the lecture

22 April
Filipa Ramos, writer and curator (Portugal)
“Transhumancing the Alps-on the reciprocal constitution of humans, nonhumans and landscapes across mountains and valleys”, lecture in presence

12 May
David Carson, graphic designer (Usa)
Lecture open to the public

31 May – 1 June
John Gerrard, artist (Ireland)
Workshop in presence
“John Gerrard / Digital Art in the Age of NFT’s”, online lecture
Watch the lecture

9-10 June
Philippe Rahm, architect (France)
“Climaticism”, workshop in presence

15-16-17 June
Rafal Milach, photographer, artist and activist. Associate member of Magnum Photos (Poland)
“Visual art strategies in action”, workshop in presence
“Photography as a social practice”, lecture in presence
Watch the lecture

20-24 June
Barbara Soalheiro, journalist, writer and founder at Mesa Company, and Gabriel Massan, digital artist, will lead a challenging experience where Fabricanti get to go from an idea to a launched product in 5 days.

1 July
Studio Ossidiana, architects (Italy / The Netherlands)
“The Design of the Encounter”, online lecture
Watch the lecture

6-7 July
Sean Raspet, artist (USA)
“New Structures”, workshop in presence
“On the Science of Scent, Flavor and Molecular Structure”, online lecture
Watch the lecture

21 July
JUST PASSING THROUGH
Final thesis show
Watch the video of the lecture by Andrea Lissoni (Italy), artistic director of the Haus Der Kunst in Munich.

Curatorial sessions with Andrea Lissoni, Filipa Ramos, Ute Meta Bauer

Mentoring sessions with Xavier Garcia Bardon, Francesco Bergamo,   Vanessa De Michelis  and Sonia Levy

Weekly screenings at the cinema hall focusing on filmmakers and artists dealing with the theme of the semester.

Seminars or study groups with local professionals.