The Teatrino hosts the second day of the conference ‘Fluid Geographies. Reconsidering the Notion of Border in Contemporary Art’ dedicated to how art deals with the theme of physical and metaphorical borders, especially from the perspective of photography and moving images, with the participation of artists, curators and scholars.
At the end of the day, the book Venice, an Archipelago of Art and Ecologies (transcript, 2025), on the Venetian cultural ecosystem at the time of the climate crisis, born from the partnership between the research centres Zwischenräume and NICHE, will be presented.
The conference is organised by Cristina Baldacci (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice) and Christina Hainzl (University for Continuing Education Krems), in collaboration with the German Centre for Venetian Studies, Palazzo Grassi — Pinault Collection Venezia and Lungomare.
Programme
1.00-1.15 pm
Welcome
Francesca Colasante (Palazzo Grassi – Pinault Collection Venezia)
Opening remarks
Cristina Baldacci (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice), Christina Hainzl (University for Continuing Education Krems)
1.15-4.00 pm
Photo project presentations and film screenings
SESSION 1
Social Perceptions of Borders
1.15-2.00 pm
An Inventory of Recurring Power Structures and Remains
Randa Mirza (artist) in conversation with Christina Hainzl (University for Continuing Education Krems)
2.00-2.45 pm
Linea di confine: A Reflection on the Concept of Borders within the Landscape
Presentation by Ilaria Campioli (Musei Civici Reggio Emilia) Followed by a conversation with Cristina Baldacci (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice)
2.45-3.20 pm
Travels in No Man’s Land. From Lübeck to Trieste: Photographs Along the Former Iron Curtain.
Presentation by Kurt Kaindl (photographer and co-founder Fotohof Salzburg)
3.20-4.00 pm
Film screening
The Answer is Out There (2025, 20 min, commissioned by Lungomare as part of the B-Shapes project) ZimmerFrei (Anna de Manincor) (artist) in conversation with Angelika Burtscher (Lungomare, Bozen-Bolzano)
4.00-4.20 pm
Break
4.20-5.40 pm
Photo project presentations and film screenings
SESSION 2
Rivers as Liminal Spaces
4.20-4.30 pm
Introduction by Lungomare
4.30-4.45 pm
Film screening
The Water’s Tale (2020, 6 min) presented by Virginia Eleuteri Serpieri (artist)
4.45-5.00 pm
Nel vedere, lungo il fiume (2025) presented by Amedeo Sartori (filmmaker)
5.00-5.40 pm
Rivers as Liminal Spaces
Roundtable discussion with Virginia Eleuteri Serpieri (artist), Amedeo Sartori (filmmaker), Angelika Burtscher and Elisa Del Prete (Lungomare, Bozen-Bolzano), and Giacomo Covacich (bruno books)
5.40-6.00 pm
break
6.00-7.00 pm
Book launch and discussion
Venice, an Archipelago of Art and Ecologies With the editors Cristina Baldacci, Christina Hainzl and Adrian Praschl-Bichler, and the authors Giorgio Andreotta Calò (artist), Barbara Nardacchione (Ocean Space - TBA21–Academy), Alice Ongaro Sartori (researcher and curator), Matteo Stocco (artist)
