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What can we ask the Ocean? In our sonic explorations, we dive deep into conversations about art, culture, the Ocean, equality, imagination and community, as well as music curated around the oceanic stories of our human and non-human collaborations.
Created and curated by TBA21–Academy, a cultural organisation investigating environmental injustice through the lens of art, and its initiative Ocean Space, a new embassy for the Oceans situated in the Church of San Lorenzo, Venice.
This episode of Magical Fresh & Salty Conversations features the artist and STARTS resident Sonia Levy in conversation with Erika Balsom, a London-based scholar and critic working on cinema, art, and their intersection. During their STARTS residency, Sonia Levy and her collaborators, environmental anthropologist Heather Swanson, ecologist Meredith Root Bernstein, and landscape architect Alexandra Arènes, looked at the Venetian Lagoon through the lens of nature-based solutions to mitigate flood risks. What issues arise from Venice’s long history of taming its waterscape? With a shared commitment to noticing more-than-human worlds, the group strived to forge their own understanding of the controversies arising from the lagoon’s water management.In Sonia’s eyes, lagoons are fascinating places to think about the meeting of different bodies of water - fresh and saltwater. Filming underwater became a way to get to know the ephemeral world of the lagoon and its processes of transformation in the hope that this submerged perspective might also bring about speculative approaches to policy change.Magical Fresh & Salty Conversations is produced by TBA21–Academy with the support of STARTS, an initiative by the European Commission.Special thanks to our guests: Erika Balsom and Sonia Levy.Editor at large: María Montero SierraSound edited by: Elena ZieserIntroduction and credits voice-over: Nathan JohnsonMusic by horizonsndUnderwater sound recordings of the Venetian Lagoon by Sonia Levy and Jez Riley FrenchProduced by: Miriam Calabrese, María Montero Sierra, Katarina Rakušček, and the artists.Hear more episodes at ocean-archive.org or subscribe with your podcast provider.
Every living being is an experiment made out of the flesh of the planet. In order to navigate it, the stars have to become a part of you. This episode of Magical Fresh & Salty Conversations features two discussions that touch upon the interests of the STARTS residents: Sonia Levy is joined by scholar, writer, and surfer Karin Amimoto Ingersoll, while her collaborator Meredith Root-Bernstein talks to philosopher Emanuele Coccia. Together, our guests look at the possibiliy of knowledge otherwise emerging from our interactions with watery spaces. How can immersed perspectives generate epistemologies that challenge imperial structures? How can thinking at the interplay of surface and subsurface processes help us understand both human and more-than-human agency in a changing world? Part I: Sonia Levy with Karin Amimoto IngersollA Kanaka master navigator enacts his oceanic literacy daily by embodying about 3,000 environmental pieces of information and making about 200 decisions based on the corporeally collected data. In her conversation with the artist Sonia Levy, Karin Amimoto Ingersoll, a Kanaka Maoli political scientist, writer, and surfer based in Honolulu, discusses her notion of "seascape epistemology”. How can embodied literacies like navigation (ho’okele) and fishing (lawai’a) offer cultural affirmations that open up alternatives to the neocolonial systems that continue to subjugate Hawai’ian identity? In their residency project, Sonia Levy and her collaborators think from within the depths of a very different space: the Venetian Lagoon. How can Ingersoll’s approach informs Levy’s submerged perspectives, initiating life-affirming passageways of knowing and being?Part II: Meredith Root-Bernstein with Emanuele CocciaIn this conversation, the lagoon is a cocoon: a place of transformation where every single living being reciprocally transforms and is transformed by its environment. The interdisciplinary conservation scientist Meredith Root-Bernstein talks to the philosopher Emanuele Coccia, departing from his works Metamorphosis and The Life of Plants. Examining various approaches to agency and image-making, the residency project was interested in wetland flora as agentive beings instead of passive tools in lagoon restoration projects, echoing biological and ecological concepts such as developmental plasticity and ecosystem engineering. Our guests delve into this interest in moving beyond questions of observation, or gaze, toward a situated and embodied understanding of life on Earth.Magical Fresh & Salty Conversations is produced by TBA21–Academy with the support of STARTS, an initiative by the European Commission. Special thanks to our guests: Emanuele Coccia, Karin Amimoto Ingersoll, Sonia Levy, and Meredith Root-Bernstein.Editor at large: María Montero SierraSound edited by: Elena Zieser Introduction and credits voice-over: Nathan JohnsonMusic by horizonsnd.Underwater sound recordings of the Venetian Lagoonby Sonia Levy and Jez Riley FrenchProduced by: Miriam Calabrese, María Montero Sierra, Katarina Rakušček, and the artists.Hear more episodes at ocean-archive.org or subscribe with your podcast provider.
In this episode, we are joined by Jol Thoms, a London-based artist and researcher teaching the MA program Art & Ecology at Goldsmiths, University of London. Thoms is the founder of a multi-year sound project called Radio Amnion, commissioning artists and researchers to stream sonic composition from the depths of the Pacific Ocean. Radio Amnion explores the magical spaces of intersection between cultural and scientific cosmologies and also joined the STARTS artists-in-residency for their final showcase event at Ocean Space in Venice on the summer solstice in 2021.In a conversation with Elisa Resconi, an astrophysicist from the Technical University of Munich, and Dwight Owens from Ocean Networks Canada, an initiative of ocean observatories monitoring the Canadian coastline, this episode delves into the deep world of ocean science and compassionate ecological art, departing from the smallest and perhaps most elusive particles described by physics. What happens when science opens up its depths to the transformative potential of art? "Magical Fresh & Salty Conversations is produced by TBA21–Academy with the support of STARTS, an initiative by the European Commission." Special thanks to our guests: Dwight Owens, Elisa Resconi, and Jol Thoms Editor at large: María Montero SierraSound edited by: Elena Zieser Introduction and credits voice-over: Nathan JohnsonMusic by horizonsnd and underwater sound recordings of the Venetian Lagoon by Sonia Levy and Jez Riley FrenchProduced by: Miriam Calabrese, María Montero Sierra, Katarina Rakušček, and the artists.Hear more episodes at ocean-archive.org or subscribe with your podcast provider.
In this episode, "Rhythmic Bodies: A Walk Through the Performance-Expedition, Breathings of the moon,” we are joined by curator of performance and ecology Lucia Pietroiusti, who interviews the S+T+ARTS artists in residence Diego Delas and Leonor Serrano Rivas to discuss the performance-expedition they developed during their residency in Venice.In his work Mundus Subterraneus, published in 1665, the Jesuit scholar Athanasius Kircher devised a theory on the movement of water, claiming that water moves in an upward motion from the sea to the mountains. Although incorrect, this theory was the departing point for Diego Delas and Leonor Serrano Rivas to explore the notion of water moving upward, the Venetian acqua alta, and the magical rhythms of the lagoon from the perspective of the water itself. This episode focuses on the materiality of their artistic project and its various components: the tides of the Venice Lagoon and its acqua alta, the moon cycles, the rhythm of rowing and the audience’s heartbeat, all becoming magical strategies to help us become attuned to the voice of the water.Magical Fresh & Salty Conversations is produced by TBA21–Academy with the support of STARTS, an initiative by the European Commission. Special thanks to our host and guests: Diego Delas, Lucia Pietroiusti, and Leonor Serrano Rivas.Editor at large: María Montero SierraSound edited by: Elena Zieser Introduction and credits voice-over: Nathan JohnsonMusic by horizonsndand underwater sound recordings of the Venetian Lagoonby Sonia Levy and Jez Riley FrenchProduced by: Miriam Calabrese, María Montero Sierra, Katarina Rakušček, and the artists.Hear more episodes at ocean-archive.org or subscribe with your podcast provider.
In this episode, “The Problem of Imagination: The Triangle of Magic-Imagination-Science,” our guests examine three concepts that have historically framed the notion of nature. The hosts, S+T+ARTS artists in residence Diego Delas and Leonor Serrano Rivas, engage in a conversation with philosopher and writer Federico Campagna and professor of history of art, science, and folk practices John Tresch.How do we imagine nature in the time of climate change? Can we redefine scientific knowledge through art? Do fiction and imagination have a reality-altering potential that could help us surpass the dichotomy of problem versus solution? In their conversation, guests Federico Campagna and John Tresch explore some of the key ideas that run through Diego Delas and Leonor Serrano Rivas’s residency in Venice, such as the role of imagination, magic, and technology in interpreting the universe around us, and the power of fiction from the pre-scientific period to today.Magical Fresh & Salty Conversations is produced by TBA21–Academy with the support of STARTS, an initiative by the European Commission.Special thanks to our hosts and guests: Diego Delas, Federico Campagna, Leonor Serrano Rivas, and John Tresch.Editor at large: María Montero Sierra Editing and sound design: Elena ZieserVoice over: Nathan JohnsonSounds: Sonia LevyMusic: horizonsndProduced by: Miriam Calabrese, María Montero Sierra, Katarina Rakušček, and the artists. Hear more episodes at ocean-archive.org or subscribe with your podcast provider.
In the final episode of Aridity Lines, Eyal Weizman (professor of spatial and visual cultures at Goldsmiths, University of London, and the founding director of Forensic Architecture) recontextualizes his research on the aridity line, stemming from his 2015 book The Conflict Shoreline, and discusses how it can be understood today. Addressing issues of environmental colonialism and its entanglement with structures of violence, namely in occupied Palestine and the Mediterranean region, Weizman reflects on the use of scientific tools and inherited forms of knowledge in his work as well as reconsidering a futurity imbued with unconventional signifiers.Guest: Eyal WeizmanHosted by Reem ShadidEdited by Barbara Casavecchia and Reem ShadidIntroduction and credits voice-over: Jinane ChaayaSound editor: Moe ChoucairProduced by María Montero SierraAridity Lines was commissioned by TBA21–Academy and co-produced with Radio Ma3azef as part of The Current III: “Mediterraneans: ‘Thus waves come in pairs’ (after Etel Adnan).”
ENG. 2.8 (De)constructing Venice. Reflection from the outside, with Abiba Coulibaly (geographer) e Ella Navot (visual anthropologist). Ocean Fellowship 2021, TBA21–Academy.
How is Venice seen from the outside? Is it possible to deconstruct the multiple overlapping images associated with Venice? Have you ever imagined Venice as a place of alienation, and segregation? What symbols and images are conjured up for people that come from aboard?
Can we reflect on how to deconstruct political and social images of cultural representation in Venice? In this episode, entitled “(De)constructing Venice. Reflection from the outside”, we’re going to present a very special collaboration with Abiba Coulibaly and Ella Navot, who designed and wrote the final episode of the second season of "Nowtilus", and who share their experiences in Venice as fellows of the 2021 Ocean Fellowship.
Venice is a construct. If we take the definition in its most literal sense, a construction, according to the Oxford dictionary, is ‘a thing that has been built or made’. But if we expand our interpretation of the word construction to ‘an idea or an imaginary situation’, it also provides a means by which we can explore the non-material frameworks of the city, which frequently intersect and entangle themselves with the more obvious elements of the manmade environment, resulting in the Venice we experience and imagine today. So what does it mean to deconstruct Venice? How is it possible?
Abiba Coulibaly, a geographer based in London, and Ella Navot from Tel Aviv, a visual anthropologist, will create a dialogue that will allow us to reflect upon imaginary borders, segregation, unexpected angles, the Jewish Ghetto, and a careful analysis of the Blackamoors, like the ones represented in the Monument for Giovanni Pesaro at Basilica dei Frari.
These reflections aim to stimulate a necessary revision of the surfaces of Venice, to dive deeper into various multifaceted perspectives, and to ask who exactly is behind the construction of these images, given that such an act is often imbued with a great deal of power, bias, and political implications, even at the subtlest level. This episode presents an interview with Moulaye Nyang, a Senegalese-born glassmaker based in Venice, who tells us his rich life story, along with the challenges and perspectives involved in moving from Senegal to Murano, where he learned the art of Glassmaking, combining it with the traditions of his home country.
Abiba Coulibaly and Ella Navot are two former fellows of the program of TBA21–Academy's Ocean Fellowship 2021. For the 2021 edition of the program, TBA21–Academy partnered with Artis, to support one fellow artist/researcher from Israel whose work addressed aesthetic, social, and political questions that inspired reflection and debate around oceans with an emphasis on the Mediterranean.
The episode is available in English on Ocean-Archive.org and on TBA21–Academy Radio on SoundCloud, Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts.
“Nowtilus. Stories from an urban lagoon in the 21st century” is a podcast produced by Ocean Space, Venice, for TBA21–Academy Radio. Music by Enrico Coniglio.
In the fourth episode of Aridity Lines, researcher, writer, and arts practitioner Nadia Christidi discusses water supply systems and water-mediated social relations in Beirut as an entry point into a better understanding of water scarcity or aridity in the Mediterranean as a hydro-social, rather than purely hydrological problem.
Guest: Nadia Christidi Hosted by Reem Shadid Edited by Barbara Casavecchia and Reem Shadid Introduction and credits voice-over: Jinane Chaaya Sound editor: Moe Choucair Produced by María Montero Sierra
Aridity Lines was commissioned by TBA21–Academy and co-produced with Radio Ma3azef as part of The Current III: “Mediterraneans: ‘Thus waves come in pairs’ (after Etel Adnan).”
ITA. Come si nutre una città? In giro per cucine, campi e cantine. Con Chiara Spadaro (Università Ca Foscari), Marco Bravetti (Tocia! Cucina e Comunità) e Francesco Molinari (Adriatico Mar).
In questo episodio ci occuperemo di cibo, del suo ruolo nello scenario culturale della città, non solo nei contesti della ristorazione, ma anche e soprattutto nella sua complessità che non è mai disgiunta da un approccio multiculturale. Cibo da trasformare, cibo che nasce a Venezia o che arriva da lontano, in cui identificarsi, attorno a cui trovare delle comunità, con cui attivare delle riflessioni. A bordo di “Nowtilus” ascoltiamo i pensieri e le storie di Chiara Spadaro, dottoranda in Geografia all’Università Ca Foscari, con un progetto di ricerca sulle politiche del cibo nella laguna di Venezia, Marco Bravetti, cuoco-ricercatore e fondatore di “Tocia! Cucina e Comunità”, un’associazione culturale che fa del cibo un’ingrediente fondamentale per una rivoluzione sociale e Francesco Molinari, oste e proprietario di Adriatico Mar, non una semplice osteria bensì un vero e proprio crocevia di sapori e mescite naturali.
L'episodio è disponibile su Ocean-Archive.org e su TBA21–Academy Radio su SoundCloud, Spotify, Apple Podcasts e Google Podcasts. "Nowtilus. Storie da una laguna urbana del 21esimo secolo" è un podcast realizzato da Ocean Space, Venezia, per TBA21–Academy Radio. Musiche di Enrico Coniglio.
ENG. How does a city feed itself? A tour of kitchens, fields, and cellars.
With Chiara Spadaro (Ca Foscari University), Marco Bravetti (Tocia! Cuisine and Community), and Francesco Molinari (Adriatico Mar).
In this episode we will be dealing with food and its role in the cultural context of the city, not only in terms of restaurants, but also in terms of its complexity, which can’t be separated from a multicultural approach. Food that is transformed or created in Venice, or food that comes from afar, with which we might identify, around which we might find communities, and which might give us reason to reflect. Aboard “Nowtilus” we’ll be listening to the thoughts and stories of Chiara Spadaro, PhD student in Geography at Ca’ Foscari University, with a research project on food policies in the Venice lagoon, Marco Bravetti, chef-researcher and founder of “Tocia! Cucina e Comunità” (Cuisine and Community), a cultural organization that makes food a key ingredient in social revolution, and Francesco Molinari, host and owner of Adriatico Mar, not a mere bar, but a true crossroads of natural flavors and beverages.
This episode is available in Italian on http://Ocean-Archive.org and on TBA21 – Academy Radio on SoundCloud, Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts.
“Nowtilus. Stories from an urban lagoon in the 21st century” is a podcast produced by Ocean Space, Venice, for TBA21 – Academy Radio. Music by Enrico Coniglio
IT. “Contro/correnti. Grandi navi, rampe da skate e attivismo rinnovato" con Marco Baravalle (S.a.L.E. Docks, Comitato No Grandi Navi - Laguna Bene Comune), Francesca Guarnotta (Venice Calls), Andrea Curtoni e Giulia Mazzorin (Biennale Urbana).
Il sesto episodio di “Nowtilus" è dedicato alle azioni di rigenerazione culturale e difesa dell’ambiente lagunare. Andremo alla scoperta di alcune pratiche e esperienze di cura, difesa e re-immaginazione della città che sono sorte da dinamiche cittadine spontanee, fuori dagli schemi istituzionali. Come in ogni città, anche Venezia ha visto il sorgere, negli anni, di progetti, associazioni, gruppi, comitati, che si interrogano sulle necessità del tessuto urbano e ambientale e vanno a colmare quelle zone di fragilità di cui l’apparato istituzionale e politico - per scelta o noncuranza - sembra non tutelare abbastanza. Tra le tante storie che la laguna può offrire, abbiamo deciso di ospitare quelle di Marco Baravalle che ci racconta della nascita e missione di S.a.L.E. Docks e delle forza cittadina e l’eco internazionale che il "Comitato No Grandi Navi - Laguna Bene Comune" è riuscito a catalizzare; con Francesca Guarnotta parliamo del giovane gruppo di volontario e attivisti di Venice Calls, che aiutano la città nelle grandi e piccole emergenze di ogni giorno e infine con Andrea Curtoni e Giulia Mazzorin, conosciuti anche come Biennale Urbana, abbiamo il piacere di ascoltare le storie di due esperienze di rigenerazione urbana davvero significative ancora oggi: quelle del Teatro Marinoni e della mCaserma Pepe al Lido.
L'episodio è disponibile in italiano su Ocean-Archive.org e su TBA21–Academy Radio su SoundCloud, Spotify, Apple Podcasts e Google Podcasts.
"Nowtilus. Storie da una laguna urbana del 21esimo secolo" è un podcast realizzato da Ocean Space, Venezia, per TBA21–Academy Radio. Musiche di Enrico Coniglio.
ENG. "Against / currents. Big ships, skate ramps, and renewed activism" with Marco Baravalle (S.a.L.E. Docks, Comitato No Grandi Navi - Laguna Bene Comune), Francesca Guarnotta (Venice Calls), Andrea Curtoni and Giulia Mazzorin (Biennale Urbana).
The sixth episode of “Nowtilus" is focussed on acts of cultural regeneration and defending the lagoon environment. We will be exploring practices and experiences relating to safeguarding, defending, and reimagining the city that have spontaneously arisen from the city’s unique dynamics, independently from institutional projects. As is the case in every city, over the years Venice has also seen the rise of projects, associations, groups, and committees that task themselves with tackling the needs of the urban and environmental fabric, filling the gap left by the institutional and political apparatus in vulnerable areas, where, either by choice or through carelessness, they don’t appear to be offering the right support. Among the many stories that the lagoon can offer, we have decided to give a platform to those of Marco Baravalle, who tells us about both the foundation and mission of S.a.L.E. Docks, and the “No Grandi Navi Committee - Laguna Bene Comune” which has managed to catalyze the strength of citizens, echoing all around the world; Francesca Guarnotta, who talks about the young volunteers and activists from Venice Calls, who help the city in everyday emergencies, no matter how large or small; and finally Andrea Curtoni and Giulia Mazzorin, also known as Urban Biennale, who tell us the stories of two examples of urban regeneration that are still particularly relevant to this day: the Marinoni Theater and the Caserma del Pepe barracks on the Lido.
The episode is available in Italian on Ocean-Archive.org and on TBA21–Academy Radio on SoundCloud, Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts.
“Nowtilus. Stories from an urban lagoon in the 21st century” is a podcast produced by Ocean Space, Venice, for TBA21 – Academy Radio. Music by Enrico Coniglio.
IT. “Arrivi e partenze. Piccola mappa di migrazioni, esodi e desideri” - il quinto episodio di questa stagione di “Nowtilus” si immerge nelle dinamiche delle migrazioni sociali, storiche e contemporanee, a Venezia, sfatando alcuni luoghi comuni su tempi, modi e cause dello spopolamento della città.
In compagnia di Federico Barbierato, professore di Storia Moderna all’Università di Verona, conosciamo le correnti di popoli che intersecavano e arricchivano la Serenissima nell’epoca moderna, scoprendo un concetto di straniero del tutto diverso da ciò che ci aspetteremmo. Insieme a Clara Zanardi, antropologa, scopriamo le dinamiche dell’esodo e del turismo nella seconda metà del XX secolo, svelando sistemi di “bonifica umana” incoraggiati dalle classi dirigenti e la cui analisi pone inediti punti di vista sull’annosa questione dello spopolamento della città. Una città che vive ogni giorno la contraddizione tra continui arrivi, anche se provvisori, e svuotamento della popolazione residente, ma che in passato ha conquistato la sua “serenissima” stabilità economica, sociale e culturale proprio grazie a una mescolanza accogliente e cosmopolita. Conversazioni, quelle con Barbierato e Zanardi, che rinnovano in modo stimolante la riflessione su una sostenibilità che prima ancora di essere ecologica, deve essere umana e sociale. L'episodio è disponibile solo in italiano su Ocean-Archive.org e su TBA21–Academy Radio su SoundCloud, Spotify, Apple Podcasts e Google Podcasts. "Nowtilus. Storie da una laguna urbana del 21esimo secolo" è un podcast realizzato da Ocean Space, Venezia, per TBA21–Academy Radio. Musiche di Enrico Coniglio. ENG. “Arrivals and departures. A little map of migration, exodus, and desire” is the title of the fifth episode of this season of “Nowtilus”, which plunges into the dynamics of the social, historical and contemporary migration in Venice, debunking some myths about the times, means, and causes of depopulation in the city. In the company of Federico Barbierato, professor of Modern History at the University of Verona, we’ll find out about the flow of people that crossed through and enriched the Serenissima in the modern era, while discovering a very different understanding of what it means to be a foreigner. Together with the anthropologist Clara Zanardi we’ll discover the dynamics of mass migration and tourism in the second half of the twentieth century, revealing the systems of “human reclamation” encouraged by the ruling classes, and whose analysis offers unprecedented points of view on the age-old question about the depopulation of city. Venice is a city that embodies a contradiction between the continuous arrivals, even if only temporary, and the ever diminishing resident population, but it is also a place that in the past achieved “serenity” in terms of economic, social, and cultural stability thanks to a welcoming, cosmopolitan, and diverse demographic. These conversations with Barbierato and Zanardi represent a refreshing reflection on a type of sustainability that aside from being ecological, must also be both human and social. The episode is available only in Italian on http://Ocean-Archive.org and on TBA21–Academy Radio on SoundCloud, Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts. “Nowtilus. Stories from an urban lagoon in the 21st century” is a podcast produced by Ocean Space, Venice, for TBA21–Academy Radio. Music by Enrico Coniglio.
IT. Spostando lo sguardo verso ciò che è meno conosciuto, ma non per questo meno importante, Nowtilus si imbarca a caccia di “Musei Fuori Rotta. Pesci Scomparsi, Tesori Nascosti e Lazzaretti” dove la rotta speriamo che venga invece volontariamente invertita.
Siamo spesso portati a pensare che Venezia sia un museo in ogni suo lato e luogo, ma ci sono molte realtà museali meno note che sfuggono anche agli occhi dei conoscitori più attenti della città. È possibile uscire dalle correnti turistiche che affollano i siti culturali più importanti, ed ampliare la visione e la conoscenza delle collezioni più piccole e/o più decentrate geograficamente, riconoscendogli il giusto valore che hanno nella storia della laguna di Venezia? La risposta è chiaramente: sì.
Chiacchierando di collezioni inaspettate nel centro storico, passiamo poi a parlare di due esempi di musei in laguna davvero fuori dall’ordinario e per questo eccezionali. A bordo di Nowtilus abbiamo infatti Lara Endrizzi, biologa marina che ci racconta la storia del Museo di Zoologia Adriatica “Giuseppe Olivi” di Chioggia e Giorgia Fazzini, project manager dell’Ecomuseo dei Lazzaretti Veneziani e delle molteplici attività e percorsi a cielo aperto che offrono. Esempi virtuosi di pensiero ed azione collettivi a favore di un nuovo modo di creare spazi museali con la laguna.
L'episodio è disponibile in italiano su Ocean-Archive.org e su TBA21–Academy Radio su SoundCloud, Spotify, Apple Podcasts e Google Podcasts.
"Nowtilus. Storie da una laguna urbana del 21esimo secolo" è un podcast realizzato da Ocean Space, Venezia, per TBA21–Academy Radio. Musiche: Enrico Coniglio.
IT. Una storia d’amore secolare quella tra Venezia e la musica. La città è stata, da sempre, un approdo per i musicisti da tutto il mondo, considerata una vera capitale della musica tra ‘500 e ‘700. Quanto conosciamo questo rapporto e cosa è emerso nell’ambito della musica contemporanea oggi? Il terzo episodio di Nowtilus, “Ma che musica, Venezia! La biondina in gondoeta, Luigi Nono e altri suoni” si spinge non solo a narrare l’importanza della musica durante la Serenissima ma anche le sue identità contemporanee, dalle sperimentazioni di musica elettronica, al reggae, fino al repertorio popolare veneziano e veneto, ripreso negli anni ’60 da musicisti come Silvia Ronchini, Alberto D’Amico e molti altri.
Un tour d’ascolto in compagnia di Veniero Rizzardi, che ci racconta dello spettacolare panorama musicale rinascimentale fino ad oggi, alla musica contemporanea e al compositore e musicista veneziano Luigi Nono, che nel 1984 presenta l’opera “Prometeo” alla Chiesa di San Lorenzo, oggi sede di Ocean Space. Passando poi a Maria Bergamo, ricercatrice e cantante che ci indica la poliedrica e vasta realtà della musica popolare veneziana, storica e contemporanea, e della sua straordinaria liquidità.
Un approfondimento sul tema sarà possibile consultando Nowtilus Plus, approfondimento che accompagna ogni episodio della seconda stagione, all’interno della quale si troverà anche una playlist consigliata da Enrico Bettinello di musiche del repertorio classico e popolare dedicate alla nostra amata Venezia.
L'episodio è disponibile solo italiano su Ocean-Archive.org, SoundCloud, Spotify, Apple Podcast e Google Podcast.
"Nowtilus. Storie da una laguna urbana del 21esimo secolo" è un podcast realizzato da Ocean Space, Venezia, per TBA21–Academy Radio. Musiche: Enrico Coniglio.
ENG. Great music, Venice! 'La biondina in gondola', Luigi Nono and other sounds, with Veniero Rizzardi (Fondazione Luigi Nono) and Maria Bergamo (singer and researcher).
There’s a centuries-old love story between Venice and music. The city has always been a haven for musicians from all over the world, and was considered a true capital of music between the 16th and 18th centuries. How much do we really know about this relationship, and what has emerged in the context of contemporary music today? The third episode of Nowtilus, “Great music, Venice! 'La biondina in gondoeta’, Luigi Nono and other sounds”, not only investigates the importance of music during the Serenissima, but also its contemporary identities, from experiments in electronic music, to reggae, and right up to the Venetian and Veneto popular repertoire in the 60s by musicians such as Luisa Ronchini, Alberto D’Amico, and many others. An audio tour de force in the company of Veniero Rizzardi, who tells us about everything from the spectacular Renaissance musical landscape to date, to contemporary music and the Venetian composer and musician Luigi Nono, who in 1984 presented his work “Prometeo” at the Church of San Lorenzo, now home to Ocean Space. We also speak to researcher and singer Maria Bergamo, who explores the multifaceted and vast reality of Venetian folk music, both historical and contemporary, and its extraordinary flexibility.
The episode is available only in Italian on http://Ocean-Archive.org and TBA21–Academy Radio on SoundCloud, Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts.
“Nowtilus. Stories from an urban lagoon in the 21st century” is a podcast produced by Ocean Space, Venice, for TBA21–Academy Radio. Music by Enrico Coniglio.
In the third episode of Aridity Lines, Cooking Sections (artists Alon Schwabe and Daniel Fernandez Pascual) delve into their research on climate emergency and its effects on human eating patterns, which they deploy to examine “systems that organize the world,” as they describe it. We focus on their long-term project Climavore, started in 2015, and their recent explorations of shifting seasons and regions in the Mediterranean area for their recent exhibition “Seasons Made to Drift” at SALT Beyoğlu, Istanbul. We discuss the relationship between climate change, aridity and fertility, water buffalos and their watering routes, bird language in northern Turkey, and the Mediterraneanization of the Black Sea.
Aridity Lines is an eight-episode podcast series commissioned by TBA21–Academy and co-produced with Radio Ma3azef. Conceived by Reem Shadid and Barbara Casavecchia as part of The Current III: “Mediterraneans: ‘Thus waves come in pairs’ (after Etel Adnan),” the series invokes the local ecological knowledge that delicately treads the porous borders between its land and water bodies around the Mediterranean sea. By scientific definition, an aridity line is the line that connects all points with the same average amount of annual rainfall. We are taking this drifting threshold that traverses times and human-made borders as a magnifying lens to read through the social, environmental, cultural, and geopolitical impacts of climate change.
Guest: Cooking Sections Hosted by Reem Shadid Edited by Barbara Casavecchia and Reem Shadid Introduction and credits voice-over: Jinane Chaaya Sound editor: Moe Choucair Produced by María Montero Sierra
ITA. Il secondo episodio, “Delitto e caìgo. Fatti, misfatti e altri crimini nelle nebbie lagunari” è dedicato al rapporto tra la criminalità e Venezia. A bordo di Nowtilus salgono Davide Busato, autore di diversi libri sulla storia della criminalità nella Serenissima, che ci accompagna in un viaggio nel tempo, raccontandoci dinamiche e aneddoti di cronaca nera antica; il giornalista Carlo Mion che prova, sfatando qualche mito, prova a illustrarci come è cambiata la criminalità negli ultimi anni; e il musicista Giovanni Dell'Olivo, che ci farà rivivere l'affascinante vicenda del leggendario bandito Kociss, a cui ha dedicato un progetto editoriale, musicale e teatrale. Un'immersione da appassionati di noir, tra ieri e oggi, per capire come il crimine racconti in modo rivelatore l'evolversi di una città.
Musiche di Enrico Coniglio. Il podcast è in lingua italiana.
ENG.
"Crime and caìgo. Facts, misdeeds and other crimes in the mists of the lagoon." The second episode "Crime and caìgo. Facts, misdeeds and other crimes in the mists of the lagoon" is dedicated to the relationship between crime and Venice. Onboard Nowtilus is the author and writer Davide Busato(author of several books on the history of crime in the Serenissima)who takes us on a journey through time, recounting the dynamics and anecdotes of ancient crime reports; the journalist Carlo Mion who, by debunking some myths, tries to illustrate how crime has changed in recent years; and the musician Giovanni Dell'Olivo, who will make us relive the fascinating story of the legendary bandit Kociss, to whom he has dedicated an editorial, musical and theatrical project. An immersion for noir lovers, between yesterday and today, to understand how crime tells in a revealing way the evolution of a city.
Music by Enrico Coniglio. The podcast is in Italian.
In the second episode of Aridity Lines, my guest is Ala Tannir, an architect, researcher, and curator from Beirut, Lebanon. We focus on her work and research concerned with exploring the Mediterranean Sea as a space of resistance and possible interspecies alliances. Where Tannir maps out new currents of movement of jellyfish and humans at risk in the Mediterranean Sea. She connects the undefeated underwater species, which thrive in ailing seas where oxygen levels are low, with the movement (or the denial thereof of vulnerable human beings) above water to help us understand how the crisis of climate change and its effects on the Mediterranean and that of global forced migrations are not separate, but in fact driven by the same extractive forces.
Guest: Ala Tannir Hosted by Reem Shadid Edited by Barbara Casavecchia and Reem Shadid Introduction and credits voice over: Jinane Chaaya Sound editor: Moe Choucair Produced by María Montero Sierra
IT. Il primo episodio, “Schermi sull’acqua. Pane, Tulipani, Indiana Jones e laguna a 35mm” è dedicato al rapporto tra il cinema e Venezia.
A bordo di "Nowtilus" salgono Mauro D’Avino, autore del libro "Venezia si gira!" (Gremese Editore, 2013) che ci racconta come la città sia stata e continui a essere un set affascinante per registi di ogni epoca e geografia; la regista Gaia Vianello ci racconta il progetto "Rete Cinema in Laguna", che ripensa collettivamente la città a partire dal cinema; e Edoardo Aruta, ideatore insieme a Paolo Rosso, del "Cinema Galleggiante", rassegna di cinema all’aperto che si svolge completamente sulle acque della laguna di Venezia.
Un viaggio affascinante tra realtà e finzioni, schermi che sembrano vele, vecchi cinema e sogni che si proiettano.
L'episodio è disponibile solo in italiano su Ocean Archive, SoundCloud, Spotify, Apple Podcast e Google Podcast.
Musiche: Enrico Coniglio.
ENG.
The first episode, “Screens on the water. Bread, Tulips, Indiana Jones and the lagoon on 35mm.” is dedicated to the relationship between Venice and cinema.
Coming aboard "Nowtilus" are: Mauro D'Avino, author of the book “Venezia si gira!” (Gremese Editore, 2013), which explores how the city has been and continues to be a fascinating set for directors of all ages and nationalities; the director Gaia Vianello who tells us about the “Rete Cinema in Laguna” project; and Edoardo Aruta, who together with Paolo Rosso, created the floating outdoor film festival “Floating Cinema - Unknown Waters”, which takes place on the waters of the Venetian Lagoon.
A fascinating journey through both reality and fiction, screens that look like sails, old cinemas, and projected dreams.
The episode is available, in Italian only, on Ocean Archive, SoundCloud, Spotify, iTunes and Google Podcasts.
Music: Enrico Coniglio.
IT. Nowtilus. Storie da una laguna urbana del 21esimo secolo" è un programma podcast di ricerca, un archivio polifonico di storie, appunti e temi per ripensare Venezia oggi, sfatando i luoghi comuni sulla città e rimettendo la sua laguna al centro dell’attenzione.
Dopo gli undici episodi del 2020 (e due "Nowtilus Live!" dal vivo), il podcast "Nowtilus. Storie da una laguna urbana del 21esimo" secolo torna dal 17 novembre 2021 per una seconda stagione di otto episodi, che condurranno nuovamente le ascoltatrici e gli ascoltatori in un viaggio di scoperta e discussione, affrontando la sostenibilità della laguna oggi, le azioni creative che i suoi abitanti compiono ogni giorno per mantenerla viva e straordinaria secondo logiche virtuose. Chi salirà a bordo di “Nowtilus” verrà portato a esplorare temi e prospettive legate alla multiculturalità e alle migrazioni, di ieri e di oggi, che attraversano in filigrana i vari episodi.
Venezia come incontro di culture, crocevia acquatico di conoscenze e mescolanza di saperi, sapori ed orizzonti, queste le tematiche che emergeranno dalla seconda stagione del podcast, in uscita ogni due settimane. Un invito all’inclusione, alla consapevolezza che la sostenibilità passa attraverso il rispetto reciproco tra creature umane e non-umane, e che la stessa città, “Regina dell’Adriatico”, è frutto di scambi, incontri, raccordi, difese.
"Nowtilus. Storie da una laguna urbana del 21esimo secolo" è un podcast realizzato da Ocean Space, Venezia, per TBA21–Academy Radio.
Episodi, disponibili solo in italiano, a cura e condotti da Alice Ongaro Sartori e Enrico Bettinello. Musiche originali di Enrico Coniglio. Montaggio audio di Kinonauts.
ENG. "Nowtilus. Stories from an urban lagoon in the 21st century" is a research podcast, a polyphonic archive of stories, notes, and themes relating to rethinking Venice today, dispelling myths about the city, and placing the lagoon back at the center of attention.
After the eleven episodes in 2020 (and two Nowtilus Live! events), the "Nowtilus. Stories from an urban lagoon in the 21st century" podcast returns on November 17, 2021 for its second season of eight episodes, which will once again lead listeners on a journey of discovery and discussion, addressing the lagoon’s sustainability, and the creative and virtuous activities that its inhabitants carry out every day to keep it alive and extraordinary. Whoever comes aboard “Nowtilus” is guided through themes and perspectives relating to multiculturalism and migration, both past and present, which run through the various episodes like arteries. Venice is a meeting place for cultures, an aquatic crossroads of knowledges, and a mixture of flavors and outlooks. These are some of the themes that will emerge from the second season of the podcast, which is released every two weeks. The series is an invitation to reflect on inclusion, the notion that sustainability can only be achieved through mutual respect between human and non-human lifeforms, and the fact that the city itself, the "Queen of the Adriatic", is the result of migrations, exchanges, encounters, connections, and defenses.
"Nowtilus. Stories from an urban lagoon in the 21st century" is a podcast brought to you from Ocean Space, Venice, for TBA21–Academy Radio.
Episodes, available in Italian only, curated and lead by Enrico Bettinello and Alice Ongaro Sartori. Original music by Enrico Coniglio. Editing and post-production by Kinonauts.
While the land is ruled by nations and super nations, the ocean is subject to the tragedy of the commons. What if the ocean would turn into a nation of its own – the largest nation in the world? In the tenth and final episode of the podcast Ocean Wants, our host, speculative writer Ingo NIermann talks to Markus Reymann, director of TBA21–Academy and its venue Ocean Space in Venice.
Ocean Wants is a series of ten podcasts that playfully explores how nonhumans could like our planet to be. Conceived and hosted by Ingo Niermann, Ocean Wants was commissioned to celebrate TBA21–Academy’s tenth Anniversary.
Commissioned and produced by TBA21–Academy Conceived, hosted, and edited by Ingo Niermann Music composed and arranged by Ville Haimala Intro read by Joan Jonas Credits read by Staci Bu Shea Sound edited by Robin Michel Produced by Ingo Niermann and María Montero Sierra
We can see stars thousands of lightyears away with our naked eye. We only began to know more about life in the deep sea around two hundred years ago – and we still know very little. How do we have to reinvent ourselves to serve the needs of the deep sea and tame endeavors to exploit its habitats? This time, our host Ingo Niermann speaks with Diva Amon, a marine biologist focused on the habitats and animals of the deep ocean. She is also a founder and director of SpeSeas, an NGO dedicated to marine science, education, and advocacy in Trinidad and Tobago. Diva speaks from her family home in Trinidad.
Ocean Wants is a series of ten podcasts that playfully explores how nonhumans could like our planet to be. Conceived and hosted by Ingo Niermann, Ocean Wants was commissioned to celebrate TBA21–Academy’s tenth Anniversary.
Commissioned and produced by TBA21–Academy Conceived, hosted, and edited by Ingo Niermann Music composed and arranged by Ville Haimala Intro read by Joan Jonas Credits read by Staci Bu Shea Sound edited by Robin Michel Produced by Ingo Niermann and María Montero Sierra
Shouldn’t the reduction of suffering be our top priority when taking care of others’ needs – in particularly of those we can’t ask? Soon, CRISPR edited gene drives could alter the pain perception and hedonic range of any sexually reproducing species. In episode 8. Ingo Niermann hears from David Pearce, a transhumanist philosopher who advocates the abolition of all negative feelings. David speaks from his home in Brighton, UK.
Ocean Wants is a series of ten podcasts that playfully explores how nonhumans could like our planet to be. Conceived and hosted by Ingo Niermann, Ocean Wants was commissioned to celebrate TBA21–Academy’s tenth Anniversary.
Commissioned and produced by TBA21–Academy Conceived, hosted, and edited by Ingo Niermann Music composed and arranged by Ville Haimala Intro read by Joan Jonas Credits read by Staci Bu Shea Sound edited by Robin Michel Produced by Ingo Niermann and María Montero Sierra
For the last seven thousand years, humans have stabilized the global climate. The greenhouse gases emitted through deforestation, agriculture, and husbandry prevented the onset of a new glaciation. Only since the industrial revolution, human influences have gotten out of hand, causing rapid rises in temperature and sea level. Our host, speculative writer Ingo Niermann, is in conversation with William Ruddiman, geologist, and originator of the early Anthropocene hypothesis. He speaks from his home in Virginia.
Ocean Wants is a series of ten podcasts that playfully explores how nonhumans could like our planet to be. Conceived and hosted by Ingo Niermann, Ocean Wants was commissioned to celebrate TBA21–Academy’s tenth Anniversary.
Commissioned and produced by TBA21–Academy Conceived, hosted, and edited by Ingo Niermann Music composed and arranged by Ville Haimala Intro read by Joan Jonas Credits read by Staci Bu Shea Sound edited by Robin Michel Produced by Ingo Niermann and María Montero Sierra
The ocean refuses empathetic ethics based on sameness with us humans. What does the urge to save nature — in certain ways — reveal about us and our desire? In the fifth episode of Ocean Wants, our host, speculative writer Ingo Niermann talks to Eva Hayward, historian of science and faculty member of the Department of Gender and Women Studies at the University of Arizona.
Ocean Wants is a series of ten podcasts that playfully explores how nonhumans could like our planet to be. Conceived and hosted by Ingo Niermann, Ocean Wants was commissioned to celebrate TBA21–Academy’s tenth Anniversary.
Commissioned and produced by TBA21–Academy Conceived, hosted, and edited by Ingo Niermann Music composed and arranged by Ville Haimala Intro read by Joan Jonas Credits read by Staci Bu Shea Sound edited by Robin Michel Produced by Ingo Niermann and María Montero Sierra
To know what other humans want, we can ask them. But pets aside, modern societies have lost the confidence and interest to communicate with non-humans. Could advanced machine learning allow for a proper interspecies conversation, even with creatures who spend most of their time away in the deep? In Ocean Wants #6: Translating Whales, speculative writer Ingo Nierman talks to David Gruber, marine biologist, and leader of CETI, a multidisciplinary project on understanding the acoustic communication of sperm whales, speaking from his home in New York City.
Ocean Wants is a series of ten podcasts that playfully explores how nonhumans could like our planet to be. Conceived and hosted by Ingo Niermann, Ocean Wants was commissioned to celebrate TBA21–Academy’s tenth Anniversary.
Commissioned and produced by TBA21–Academy Conceived, hosted, and edited by Ingo Niermann Music composed and arranged by Ville Haimala Intro read by Joan Jonas Credits read by Staci Bu Shea Sound edited by Robin Michel Produced by Ingo Niermann and María Montero Sierra
Before fish and other vertebrates proliferated, it was the heyday of the cephalopods. Their descendants – squid, cuttlefish, octopus, and nautilus – are still around us, coping better with human dominance than many fish. In this episode, host Ingo Niermann talks to Danna Staaf, a trained marine biologist, who writes about the history of the cephalopods. She speaks from her home in San Jose, California.
Ocean Wants is a series of ten podcasts that playfully explores how nonhumans could like our planet to be. Conceived and hosted by Ingo Niermann, Ocean Wants was commissioned to celebrate TBA21–Academy’s tenth Anniversary.
Commissioned and produced by TBA21–Academy Conceived, hosted, and edited by Ingo Niermann Music composed and arranged by Ville Haimala Intro read by Joan Jonas Credits read by Staci Bu Shea Sound edited by Robin Michel Produced by Ingo Niermann and María Montero Sierra
Five hundred million years ago the ocean was dominated by jellyfish. Thanks to us, humans, they might dominate the ocean again. Ingo Niermann in conversation with Lisa-ann Gershwin, a marine biologist with a unique dedication and enthusiasm for jellyfish. She speaks from her home in Tasmania.
Ocean Wants is a series of ten podcasts that playfully explores how nonhumans could like our planet to be. Conceived and hosted by Ingo Niermann, Ocean Wants was commissioned to celebrate TBA21–Academy’s tenth Anniversary.
Commissioned and produced by TBA21–Academy Conceived, hosted, and edited by Ingo Niermann Music composed and arranged by Ville Haimala Intro read by Joan Jonas Credits read by Staci Bu Shea Sound edited by Robin Michel Produced by Ingo Niermann and María Montero Sierra
Fish are compassionate, recognize themselves in the mirror, and fancy designed shelters over natural ones. Recent experiments contest common ideas of what distinguishes humans from smaller, non-mammalian creatures of the sea. Ingo Niermann in conversation with Alex Jordan, Principal Investigator at the Department of Collective Behaviour at the Max Planck Institute in Konstanz, Germany. We speak at this home near Lake Constance.
Ocean Wants is a series of ten podcasts that playfully explores how nonhumans could like our planet to be. Conceived and hosted by Ingo Niermann, Ocean Wants was commissioned to celebrate TBA21–Academy’s tenth Anniversary.
Commissioned and produced by TBA21–Academy Conceived, hosted, and edited by Ingo Niermann Music composed and arranged by Ville Haimala Intro read by Joan Jonas Credits read by Staci Bu Shea Sound edited by Robin Michel Produced by Ingo Niermann and María Montero Sierra
We celebrate coral reefs as the colorful rain forests of the ocean. How could we not just save and restore existing coral reefs but allow them to spread? Ingo Niermann in conversation with Marah J. Hardt, marine biologist, storyteller and director of discovery at the non-profit Future of Fish. She speaks from her home in Hawaii.
Ocean Wants is a series of ten podcasts that playfully explores how nonhumans could like our planet to be. Conceived and hosted by Ingo Niermann, Ocean Wants was commissioned to celebrate TBA21–Academy’s tenth Anniversary.
Commissioned and produced by TBA21–Academy Conceived, hosted, and edited by Ingo Niermann Music composed and arranged by Ville Haimala Intro read by Joan Jonas Credits read by Staci Bu Shea Sound edited by Robin Michel Produced by Ingo Niermann and María Montero Sierra
The first episode of the podcast series Aridity Lines features artist Jumana Emil Abboud, who takes the listeners along a “water walk” she took with Im Juma’a, an elder from the village of Ein Qiniya in occupied Palestine. The walk, narrated by Abboud, delineates the intertwined journey of water, earth, plants, trees, animals and people across time through various folktales from the area. It is annotated through a live interview with the artist by host Reem Shadid, to expand on key elements; such as the paradox between more-than-human and human land demarcations, the forms of ecological knowledges relative to water protection, and the possibility of narrating climate change and resilience through the angle of oral histories.
Aridity Lines is an eight-episode podcast series commissioned by TBA21–Academy and co-produced with Radio Ma3azef. Conceived by Reem Shadid and Barbara Casavecchia as part of The Current III: “Mediterraneans: ‘Thus waves come in pairs’ (after Etel Adnan),” the series invokes the local ecological knowledge that delicately treads the porous borders between its land and water bodies around the Mediterranean sea. By scientific definition, an aridity line is the line that connects all points with the same average amount of annual rainfall. We are taking this drifting threshold that traverses times and human-made borders as a magnifying lens to read through the social, environmental, cultural, and geopolitical impacts of climate change.
Guest: Jumana Emil Abboud Edited and hosted by Reem Shadid Introduction and credits voice over: Jinane Chaaya Sound editor: Moe Choucair Produced by María Montero Sierra
All The Venices of The World. Postcards, Comics, Games, and Curiosities from Alberto Toso Fei’s Collection.
For the last episode of 2020, “Nowtilus. Stories from an urban lagoon in the 21st century” hosts writer and journalist Alberto Toso Fei for a conversation about a truly special collection of objects. In dialogue with Enrico Bettinello, Toso Fei reveals his collection of memorabilia linked to Venice, and explains the often misrepresented, fictionalized, and exaggerated imagery of the most reproduced city in the world. From postcards that represent the “Venices” of other countries, to comics that portray their protagonists struggling with gondolas and canals, to musical scores, games and bizarre things that sum up the myth of the lagoon city and its unexpected interpretations. The episode is available on Ocean Archive, SoundCloud, Spotify, iTunes and Google Podcasts. Music: Saltland (2020) by Enrico Coniglio. "Random Access" (2009) by Molven. Courtesy of Enrico Coniglio and Molven.
The podcast is in Italian. English transcripts of all episodes are available on Ocean Archive: https://ocean-archive.org/view/1974.
Residency, urban regeneration and tourism are among the most complex and most discussed issues concerning Venice and its surrounding area. Which territories are considered marginal, and why? What is the relationship between these areas, the environment and its inhabitants? What sort of action and mobilization has taken place on the islands of Venice and its mainland in order to affirm and reconsider residency in this unique landscape? These questions are complex and multifaceted, but we will raise some interesting points while discussing them with Giancarlo Ghigi, a computer scientist and vocal activist who we will be talking to about the Poveglia Per Tutti (Poveglia For All) project and Ocio! (a public housing and residency watchdog), and with Laura Mascino, an architect and professor in urban planning, and co-author of “Re-inhabiting Italy” (Donzelli editore, 2020). The episode will be available from Thursday November 19 on Ocean Archive, SoundCloud, Spotify, iTunes and Google Podcasts. Music: Saltland (2020) by Enrico Coniglio. Autofocus (2011) by Giulio Aldinucci. Courtesy of Enrico Coniglio and Giulio Aldinucci.
The podcast is in Italian. English transcripts of all episodes are available on Ocean Archive: https://ocean-archive.org/view/1974.
After the summer break, “Nowtilus. Stories from an urban lagoon in the 21st century” is returning with new episodes and new stories that recount the extraordinary nature of everyday life in Venice, and offer up ideas for preserving and rethinking the city.
This episode is dedicated to traditional watercraft, the boat, the oar and the sail, beginning with the personal story of sisters Elena and Elisabetta Tramontin, who manage the family “Squero”, or shipyard, of Domenico Tramontin and sons, one of the oldest in Venice, and the reflections of Silvio Testa, journalist and writer on traditional rowing and sailing practices of the Northern Adriatic Sea. Together with Nowtilus’ presenter Enrico Bettinello and our guests, we will discover stories of traditions handed down from generation to generation, the new challenges in adapting them to our time, and we will talk about the demands that lead to the creation of the Vogalonga and the Vela Al Terzo as a means of bringing us closer to the lagoon, and much more. A tribute to slowness and care.
The episode will be available from Thursday October 29 on Ocean Archive, SoundCloud, Spotify, iTunes and Google Podcast.
Music: Saltland (2020) by Enrico Coniglio. Mauro Sambo, composed for this episode starting from an environmental registration in a gondola with two oars from Giudecca to Campana Island. Courtesy of Enrico Coniglio and Mauro Sambo.
The podcast is in Italian. English transcripts of all episodes are available on Ocean Archive: https://ocean-archive.org/view/1974.
Nowtilus: Murano and glass between history and innovation with Alice de Santillana (AUTONOMA) and Marcantonio Brandolini D’Adda (LagunaB).
In the eighth episode of our podcast series “Nowtilus. Stories from an urban lagoon of the 21st century”, we will be talking about one of the most deeply-rooted traditions in the history of this city: glass production, which in recent years has been in search of a new balance between innovation and tradition. We’ll be doing this together with Alice De Santillana, artist, designer and co-founder of Autonoma, a research and exchange project that aims to internationalize this art form, and with Marcantonio Brandolini D’Adda, designer of LagunaB, a project that seeks to reinvent and relaunch the exceptional product of Murano island through new production systems, in the spirit of environmental sustainability and new aesthetics.
The episode is available on Ocean Archive, SoundCloud, Spotify, iTunes and Google Podcasts. Music: Rivers of Sand, The Point of it All, Laguna by Christian Fennesz, from the album “Venice” (2004).
The podcast is in Italian. English transcripts of all episodes are available on Ocean Archive: https://ocean-archive.org/view/1974.
The Evolution of Fishing in the Lagoon with Luigi Divari and Matteo Stocco (Metagoon)
In the seventh episode of the podcast series Nowtilus. Stories from an urban lagoon in the 21st century we will discover the lagoon and the varieties of aquatic creatures that inhabit it, seeking to understand the changes that have taken place in recent years. We will be doing this in the company of Luigi Divari, an expert in fishing and the sea, author, and painter of magnificent watercolors that feature traditional boats and the aquatic fauna of Venice, and Matteo Stocco, documentary filmmaker, who will talk to us about “Metagoon”, a research project that gathers interviews with researchers, scientists and fishermen, a plurality of perspectives from people who live and work in the lagoon environment.
The episode is available on Ocean Archive, SoundCloud, Spotify, iTunes and Google Podcast. Music: Chateau Rouge by Christian Fennesz, track from the album “Venice” (2004) and excerpts from "EdiTidE" (2019) by Nicola Privato. Courtesy of Christian Fennesz and Touch Music, and Nicola Privato.
The podcast is in Italian. English transcripts of all episodes are available on Ocean Archive: https://ocean-archive.org/view/1974.
Cultivate the City with Michele Savorgnano and Lorenzo Basadonna Scarpa, Ortofoto.
In the sixth episode of Nowtilus. Stories from an urban lagoon in the 21st century, we go on an adventure to discover the green spaces of Venice, looking not only for plants and trees, but also for spaces and ideas that promote a new way of cultivating this city. Joining us on this journey are Michele Savorgnano, founder of the F.U.D. (Fattoria Urbana Diffusa/Popular Urban Farm) project, and Lorenzo Basadonna Scarpa, co-creator of the Ortofoto project, along with Giovanni Dal Sasso and Lucrezia Lamera (mapsontheluum). Michele Savorgnano will be talking to us about permaculture, community vegetable gardens, and hidden gardens, while Lorenzo Basadonna Scarpa will take us on a journey to discover the solitary trees that populate Venice, reconstructing their significance and their importance in the ambitious project of classification and mapping instigated by Ortofoto.
Episode available on Ocean Archive, SoundCloud, Spotify, iTunes and Google Podcast.
Music: Chateau Rouge by Christian Fennesz, taken from the album “Venice" (2004), and extracts from Écouter le monde (2017) by Riccardo Sellan.
The podcast is in Italian. English transcripts of all episodes are available on Ocean Archive: https://ocean-archive.org/view/1974.
Books on Water and Environmental Humanities with Sabina Rizzardi and Shaul Bassi.
In this fifth episode of our podcast series "Nowtilus. Stories from an urban lagoon in the 21st century" we will tell you about ideas, books, and literature, and how they meet in Venice, generating interesting and innovative realities. We will do this with Sabina Rizzardi, co-owner of Libreria Marco Polo and Shaul Bassi, professor of English literature and director of the International Center for the Humanities and Social Change at Ca' Foscari University. Sabina Rizzardi will tell us about fascinating readings that she has selected for us, to get to know Venice and the secrets of the sea. Together with Shaul Bassi we will discover how literature, culture, and more specifically the university itself, can contribute to strengthening a collective environmental awareness to deal with the current climate emergency.
Episode available on Ocean Archive, SoundCloud, Spotify, iTunes, and Google Podcast.
Music: Chateau Rouge by Christian Fennesz, taken from the album "Venice" (2004), and extracts from "Venezia piange" (2015) by Giovanni Dinello. Courtesy of Christian Fennesz, Touch Music, and Giovanni Dinello.
Macro-tides and microplastics with Luigi Cavaleri (CNR-ISMAR) and Fabiana Corami (CNR-ISP)
The fourth episode of Nowtilus focuses on scientific research in the lagoon. Our first guest, Luigi Cavaleri, physical oceanographer at the Institute of Marine Sciences (CNR-ISMAR), will tell us about the natural evolution of the lagoon’s ecosystem, its relationship with the sea and tidal cycles, both ordinary and extraordinary. Fabiana Corami, biologist and researcher at the Institute of Polar Sciences (CNR-ISP) will introduce us to the theme of invisible micro-plastics that threaten our waters. She will also debunk some of the many false myths on the subject.
Episode available on Ocean Archive, SoundCloud, Spotify, iTunes and Google Podcast.
Music: Chateau Rouge by Christian Fennesz, taken from the album "Venice" (2004), and Teredo Navalis (ii), Fraìma, Zenzìva, from the album “Teredo Navalis” (2020) by Enrico Coniglio. Courtesy of Christian Fennesz, Touch Music, and Enrico Coniglio.
The podcast is in Italian. English transcripts of all episodes are available on Ocean Archive: https://ocean-archive.org/view/1974.
Sounds and Glances with Nicola Di Croce and Mariateresa Sartori.
In the third episode of Nowtilus, Nicola Di Croce, researcher and sound artist, and Mariateresa Sartori, artist, tell us about their respective research closely intertwined with the city of Venice. They reflect on this city, its sounds and the human relationships connected to it.
Episode available on Ocean Archive, SoundCloud, Spotify, iTunes and Google Podcast.
Music: Chateau Rouge, by Christian Fennesz, taken from the album "Venice" (2004) and Inner Tales (2014), by Nicola di Croce. Courtesy of Christian Fennesz, Touch Music, and Nicola di Croce.
The Architecture of "Supervenice" with Sara Marini.
Sara Marini, architect and professor in Architectural and Urban Composition at Iuav University in Venice, tells us about some of her latest editorial projects that analyse and interpret Venice from an architectural point of view and beyond. We will discuss important examples of architectural recovery and re-purposing of buildings in the city, also exploring Sara Marini's research on the re-use of abandoned churches in Venice, with a particular focus on the church of San Lorenzo, now the home of Ocean Space.
Music: Chateau Rouge by Christian Fennesz, taken from the album "Venice" (2004) and excerpts from "Sea Change" (2017) by Theo Teardo. Courtesy of Christian Fennesz, Touch Music, and Theo Teardo.
The podcast is in Italian. English transcripts of all episodes are available on Ocean Archive: https://ocean-archive.org/view/1974.
Narrating Venice with Tiziano Scarpa.
The first episode from the podcast series ‘Nowtilus. Stories from an urban lagoon in the 21st century’ brings together host Enrico Bettinello, and writer Tiziano Scarpa to answer the questions of how Venetians narrate their city and how foreign writers describe Venice through anecdotes and stories related to the city’s complex and multifaceted charm. Brought to you from Ocean Space in Venice for TBA21–Academy Radio.
Music: Christian Fennesz. Songs: Chateau Rouge, Laguna,Rivers of Sand. Album: Venice (2004). Courtesy of Christian Fennesz and Touch Music.
The podcast is in Italian. English transcripts of all episodes are available on Ocean Archive: https://ocean-archive.org/view/1974.