ON THE VENETIAN BOATS – The Gondolino

Created and used exclusively for the Historical Regatta, the gondolino first raced in 1825. It was designed specifically to make the Regatta more competitive and exciting.

It is lighter and swifter than the gondola on which it is modelled. The current version measures 10.5 metres from end to end, whilst its bottom is 0.65 metres wide.



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Love and Music in the Venice beach (May- August 2012)

Where:

Lido of Venice

Music combined with love and all of its possible facets. This is the aim of «Amore e musica in spiaggia» with a series of concerts and shows which will liven up Blue Moon Beach all summer long. The musicians involved will introduce a number of songs, with the common theme of love in its many forms.





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Art night Venice 2012

Enjoy a free evening of art, music and entertainment as Venice’s most prominent arts and cultural institutions swing open their doors.



A crescent moon, shaped unmistakably like the metal prow of a gondola immersed in a sea of indigo is the symbol chosen for Art Night Venice, scheduled for Saturday, June 23rd 2012.

From sunset until late at night the whole city will become an open air show, and several events - of all sort of arts, including music, cinema, literature and poetry - will attract art lovers around the canals and along the Grand Canal, which will turn into a fascinating stage.

Museums, galleries, foundations, public and private venues will swing open their doors and leave free entry to all who want to discover their secrets. Even the bookshops will open their spaces to visitors, and all the shops will stay open until late.

It will also be a way to know the city from other points of view: under the starry sky of the lagoon city, you can explore the hidden Venice and lesser known works of art.







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The Green Night in Venice

Green economy and sustainable development





The City of Venice participates in the event Green Night in the NorthEast, that involves several cities and districts of the metropolitan area of Veneto, Trentino Alto Adige and Friuli Venezia Giulia, on Saturday May 5th 2012.



From late afternoon and into the night, many cities will simultaneously go green when city squares, industrial plants and cultural venues will illuminate with green lights: 200,000 people are expected to give rise to the largest European event of this kind.



Debates and workshops, project presentations and products, artistic performances and exhibitions, tastings of organic products or km 0, will enliven Venice and the other cities in the Northeast, exploring the best sustainable experiences: clean technology and alternative energy, mobility and waste management, green architecture and design, smart city, agriculture, formation. Shops and cultural venues will be open throughout the night

ON THE VENETIAN BOATS – The Gondola

The Gondola

The Venetian boat par excellence, whose origin remains a mystery in spite of extensive research into the subject.

Once, gondolas were extravagantly decorated by their wealthy and titled owners, whose fondness for ostentation was curbed by a sumptuary edict dictating that henceforth they should all be painted black.

The rules for construction are extremely strict: the right side must be 24 millimetres narrower than the left (this assymetry is know as lai); the boat must measure 10.75 metres in length and have an internal breadth of 1.38 metres. The gondola is used exclusively for ferrying persons and for boat races. Eight different types of wood are used in its construction and it is made up of over 280 different parts. The only parts in metal are the characteristic "ferro" of the prow and the "risso" of the stern.

The "ferro" characterises the gondola's prow and guarantees the boat's longitudinal stability, acting as a counterbalance to the gondolier's weight.

Popular tradition has it that the anterior "pettini" represent the six neighbourhoods of the city and the posterior one represents the island of Giudecca; the double "S" curve is the Grand Canal and the lunette, positioned under a stylised doge's cap, is Rialto Bridge.





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La Biennale in Venice - The Calendar

ART
27th November > 21st December 2011and from 9th January 2012 onwards
Video Medium Intermedium
Open until 21st December 2011 (reopens on 9th January 2012), an exhibition of artists’ videos realized between 1969 and 1977, along with photographs and other documents from the Collections of the ASAC - Historical Archives of the Biennale, selected by Bice Curiger.



DANCE
30th January > 17th June 2012
4th Arsenale della Danza
From 30th January to 17th June 2012, the fourth edition of the Arsenale della Danza, the training center in contemporary dance directed by Ismael Ivo and comprising a series of master classes.Demonstrations for the public in the Open Doors cycle from 11th February to 12th May 2012.




DANCE
8th > 24th June 2012
8th International Festival of Contemporary Dance
From 8th to 24th June 2012, the 8th International Festival of Contemporary Dance, directed by Ismael Ivo.




CINEMA
29th August > 8th September 2012
69th Venice International Film Festival
The festival will run 29th August to 8th September 2012, directed by Alberto Barbera.
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ARCHITECTURE Common Ground
29th August > 25th November 2012
13th International Architecture Exhibition
From 29th August to 25th November 2012, in the venues of the Giardini, the Arsenale, and in other locations in Venice. The exhibition will be directed by David Chipperfield and titled Common Ground.




MUSIC
6th > 13th October 2012
56th International Festival of Contemporary Music
From 6th to 13th October 2012, the 56th International Festival of Contemporary Music, directed by Ivan Fedele.




THEATRE
August > December 2012
International Theatre Workshop
The new edition of the International Theatre Workshop, directed by Àlex Rigola, runs August through December 2012.


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The "Art Vaporetto" to discover Venice

One of the goals set by the present City Council of Venice is to foster policies aimed at attracting qualified tourism, that is, visitors interested in experiencing art in all its forms and in discovering Venice beyond its most famous highlights, such as St. Mark's Square and Rialto Bridge. It is exactely in order to promote this kind of tourism that the City has decided to launch the "Art Vaporetto", a new waterbus line which will connect the main cultural sites in town along the Grand Canal and St. Mark's Basin. Visitors will receive on board multimedia information about the attractions to be seen and will be able to hop-on hop-off at any time to focus on their specific interests. The new service, to be run by the City's public transport company Actv, is set to start on June 1st 2012. With the 'Art Vaporetto' Venice especially chose to enrich its cultural offer for those who are curious to discover the City's immense cultural heritage. The other very important outcome of this project is that we have been able, as a public administration, to create a network among the many cultural institutions in town. I'm absolutely confindent that this initiative will contribute to reinforce the nomination of Venice with the NorthEst as European Capital of Culture 2019".
Eight stops are planned:
Ferrovia Santa Lucia (Jewish Museum)
San Stae (Ca’ Pesaro, Palazzo Mocenigo, Prada Foundation, Oriental Art Museum)
Ca’ d’Oro (Franchetti Gallery at the Ca’ d’Oro)
S. Samuele (Palazzo Grassi, La Fenice Theatre)
Accademia (Accademia Galleries, Ca’Rezzonico, The Peggy Guggenheim Collection)
Salute (Punta della Dogana)
S. Marco Giardinetti (Doges’ Palace, Correr Museum, National Archaeological Museum, Marciana Library, Clock Tower, Palazza Grimani Museum)
S. Giorgio (Cini Foundation)
with the addition of Arsenale and Giardini in high season for visitors to the Biennale.

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