Casa dei Tre Oci – Berggruen Institute Europe
About the European Center of the Institute
The Berggruen Institute Europe attracts philosophers and political thinkers, artists and architects, scientists and technologists, to develop and promote long-term answers to the main challenges of the 21st century and to investigate Europe’s possible contribution in addressing them. Complementing the centers in Los Angeles and Beijing, the Venice Center links the Institute’s work in the East and West and provides an environment to foster constructive intellectual dialogue between the USA, China, and Europe.
About the Casa dei Tre Oci
In centering its European program at the iconic Casa dei Tre Oci in Venice, the Berggruen Institute preserves the historic function and identity of the palazzo as part of the cultural fabric of the city. Designed as a private home and studio by the artist Mario De Maria, the neo-Gothic Tre Oci has a long history of hosting artists and intellectuals and serving as a venue for cultural meetings and debates. Berggruen Institute Europe evolves Casa dei Tre Oci into a house of ideas hosting an international program of summits, workshops, symposia, and exhibitions.
Ca’ Foscari Zattere – Tesa1
Ca’ Foscari Zattere is one of the locations of the Linguistic Area Library. It offers services and education activities, projects designed and developed by the student community, spaces for sharing and relaxation, over 370 reading, study, and consultation stations, as well as exhibitions and meetings with authors. It also hosts one of the studios of Radio Ca’ Foscari, the university’s web radio.
Ca’ Foscari Zattere includes Tesa 1, a space dedicated to hosting activities for students and faculty, such as exhibitions, meetings with authors, and more.
CREA
CREA Cantieri del Contemporaneo is a project that starts from far, from the first steps of One Contemporary Art Association on the Giudecca Island in 2016. During the last six years, the contemporary arts intervention project within the “Consorzio di Cantieristica Minore Veneziana” has been calibrating itself, identifying itself more and more towards a permanent and daily collaboration with the local artisans, almost merging into a single vision, in a single direction that daily aims to preserve the identity of the city, its heritage of arts, crafts and residences, drawing on the proactive power of the world of contemporary arts.
Six exhibition spaces have been created over the years in this suggestive construction site, spaces created alongside, never overlapping, the artisan shops, filling gaps in the text in places, over time, which have remained in disuse. “CREA Cantieri del Contemporaneo” therefore arises from the need to concentrate and push in the direction of this path, a path almost spontaneously born, organic to the place that hosts us and its needs.
Morion
The Morion Occupied Laboratory is a self-managed space occupied since 1991. Strengthened by a tradition of radical grassroots politics, it is the home of many city struggles, from the No Grandi Navi Committee to the Social Assembly for the House (ASC), which have been building networks for years social and resistance against the exploitation of the city at the crossroads between overtourism, speculation and environmental devastation.
The Morion is an anti-fascist, transfeminist and intersectional social and political space that over the years has welcomed and relaunched city, regional and national battles on climate and social justice with an eye always turned to internationalism and radical and revolutionary movements from all over the world.
For years the Morion has opened its doors to the city with an independent musical and cultural offer that keeps the city fabric alive between different generations.
Cinema Galleggiante – Acque Sconosciute
Cinema Galleggiante – Acque Sconosciute is a cultural event that takes place in between August and September in the waters behind the island of Giudecca in the Venice Lagoon. The festival features a floating stage, viewable from private boats or a shared floating platform, where attendees can enjoy a diverse array of screenings and performances by both international and local artists. Now in its fifth edition, Cinema Galleggiante – Acque Sconosciute explores experiments related to moving images, bridging cinema and visual arts. Previous editions have showcased pre-cinema techniques – such as shadow theater and magic lanterns – silent films with live soundtracks, film projections, and digital technologies.
meeting point for the boat tour: CREA Giudecca 211/A 30123 Venezia
Zenobia
Zenobia is an amateur sports and social promotion association, founded in March 2023. It is located at Giudecca, in Campo Junghans.
It was created with the idea of promoting inclusive and accessible sports for everyone, aiming to break down walls, barriers, and discrimination, providing a service to the neighborhood but also to the city, and revitalizing spaces so that residents can reclaim their city.
Zenobia aims to be an open home, a welcoming place for the community where sports, culture, and socializing come together. In our association, which also has a beautiful library, we organize book presentations, musical moments, and events that foster social interaction and strengthen the sense of being a community of people. You can propose activities, spend time together, and enjoy the space.
PASE
Pase, founded in 2011 by Valeria Zane and Victor Nebbiolo di Castri, promotes new artistic expressions in contemporary art and music with a focus on spatial and sonic relationships. The creative studio, based in Venice, acts as a collaborative space for students, artists and professionals, hosting exhibitions, concerts and workshops to enhance community engagement and professional growth. Pase supports emerging and established talent globally. Since 2019, its residency programme has promoted artistic development through expert guidance and advanced sound spatialisation technologies. Over the years, Pase has collaborated with various artists, contributing significantly to curatorial, production and organisational processes in the fields of art and music.
Romanian Institute of Culture and Humanistic Research
The New Gallery of the Romanian Institute of Culture and Humanistic Research is part of the Romanian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale 2024, in the frames of the exhibition What Work Is by Șerban Savu, curated by Ciprian Mureșan. RICHR hosts the making of a large-scale mosaic and a program of public debates, welcoming visitors between April 20 and November 24 at Campo Santa Fosca, Palazzo Correr, Cannaregio 2214.
