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Ocean Weekend
Ocean Weekend is a weekend dedicated to the ocean climate emergency, organized in collaboration with UNOC, TBA21, LAS, and UNESCO. Through panels of artists, researchers, and scientists, open to the public, discussions will address issues related to sea-level rise, the aridity line, the climate emergency, blue education, and more. A major Ocean Evening will take place on Saturday the 20th at Ocean Space in collaboration with TBA21 and the LAS Art Foundation, featuring concerts, performances, and screenings.
Address
Riva Sette Martiri, Venice, Italy
PROGRAMME
Saturday, April 20: Ocean Weekend and Mediterranean Carte Blanche
2:30pm Panel
Georg Umgiesser (director of research at the National Research Council in Venice), Paolo Comandini (PhD student), Sonia Levy (artist), Markus Reymann (co-director of TBA-21), mediated by Pietro Consolandi (artist and curator).
16:30 Voices: 30 minutes of speaking time by an inspiring personality
Speaker: Latai Taumoepeau
Latai Taumoepeau (body-centered performance and punake artist best known for her work on climate change in the oceanic context), currently exhibited at ‘Re-Stor(y)ing Oceania’ at Ocean Space.
5:00pm Conversation
Theme: Migration and the Mediterranean
Conversation between Ceren Erdem (co-founder and co-curator of Court Square Project Space in Long Island City, co-founder and co-editor of the journal/platform Interventions and independent curator, in charge of the Turkish stopover of the festival), Filipa Oliveira (independent curator, in charge of the Portuguese stopover of the festival) and Güneş Terkol (artist, invited at the 60th Venice Art Biennale).
6:30pm Ocean Evening at TBA21-Academy's Ocean Space
Located in the church of San Lorenzo, Campo S. Lorenzo, 5069, 30122, Venice
Cetaceans by Alex Cecchetti
PROGRAMME
Sunday, April 21: Ocean Weekend and Mediterranean Carte Blanche
2:30pm Conversation
Conversation between Francesco Falcieri (CNR - ISMAR) and Josèfa Ntjam (artist), programmed by LAS Art Foundation.
3:30pm Screening
Myceaqua Vitae , by Josèfa Ntjam, co-produced with Sean Hart, 2021
7 min 24 sec
Courtesy of the artist
4:30 PM "Voices": 30-minute speech by an inspiring figure
Speaker: Francesca Santoro
Francesca Santoro (Program Specialist at UNESCO) will speak about the aftermaths of the 2024 Ocean Decade Conference in Barcelona, its outcomes and the challenges ahead of us.
5:00pm Conversation
Conversation between Elyse Tonna (curator and architect, co-curator of the Malta Pavilion at the Venice Art Biennale 2024), Sofia Baldi Pighi (independent curator and Artistic Director of Malta Biennale 2024), Emma Mattei (Maltese arts and culture journalist and film programmer, curator of Malta Biennale 2024) and Dr Romina Delia (Internationalization Executive from Arts Council Malta and Commissioner of the Malta Pavilion at the Venice Art Biennale 2024).
© Sarah Makharine
The artists
