Casa delle Parole, the appointment for literature lovers, returns to the Teatrino for a new season of literary readings. Every month, from October 2023 to June 2024, a thematic selection of texts from all over the world is read in the original language by native speakers, followed by the Italian translation:
- 10 October 2023: Orient(s). For Marco Ceresa
- 14 November 2023: Betrayals
- 12 December 2023: Festivities
- 9 January 2024: Wings
- 13 February 2024: Blood
- 12 March 2024: Kings and Queens
- 9 april 2024: Shoes
- 14 May 2024: Rebels
- 11 June 2024: Odours
On Tuesday 11 June 2024, at the Teatrino di Palazzo Grassi at 5 p.m., the exhibition realised by the association in collaboration with the Università Iuav di Venezia and entitled “La forma delle parole” will be inaugurated to celebrate the last event of the series of thematic readings from around the world.
Some of the words chosen for this or previous seasons: Ali, Gioielli, Illusioni e Disincanto, L’altro, Nudità, Numeri, Occhio, Pelle, Periferie, Porto, Risveglio, Sfingi, Tè e Caffè, Tradimenti, Veleno, Venezia ombre e riflessi, Vento, Vertigini and Vuoto become the starting point for an artistic project realised by Casa delle Parole in collaboration with Iuav University of Venice which is narrated by the temporary exhibition “La forma delle parole”.
"La forma delle parole" brings together 19 projects by the first-year students of the workshops of Fundamentals of Visual Design and of Typography and Printing of the Degree Course in Design at the Iuav University of Venice, visual interpretations resulting from individual investigations conducted on the proposed themes that are set up as tools for the translation of reality.
