The
Venice Glass Week - #TheHeartOfGlass
The Venice Glass Week is the international
festival which celebrates, support and promotes the art of glassmaking:
the artistic and economic activity for which the Lagoon City of Venice has been renowned around the world for over
1,000 years. The fourth edition, #TheHeartOfGlass,
took place in early September. This year, the
special focus was on the production of glass, with the aim of helping to
relaunch and revitalize the glass sector – primarily that of Murano – after months of closure caused
by Covid-19. The art and craft of
“making” glass is deeply embedded in Venice’s DNA, and thanks to the knowledge
and skills that have been handed down and evolved over the centuries, Murano
glass continues to be one of Italy’s most famous exports, admired and
celebrated around the world.
The Floating Furnace
In 1574, when King Henry III of France visited Venice, a
series of glassmaking demonstrations was organised on a floating barge located
in front of Ca’ Foscari on the Grand Canal, where the King was
staying. Inspired by this historical precedent, one of the highlights of the
festival was The Floating Furnace: a programme of demonstrations,
using a boat and a mobile furnace supplied by Consorzio Promovetro Murano, in collaboration with a number of Murano glass masters.
The Glass Maestri on the Island of San Giorgio Maggiore
Alice De Santillana, Marcantonio
Brandolini d’Adda - co-founders of Autonoma and Luca Ginetto
Michael Craig-Martin and David Landau
Giovanna Palandri and Camilla
Purdon
Maria Grazia Rosin and Rosa Barovier
The
Winners
Autonoma Residency Prize
The
Winners of
the first edition of Autonoma Residency Prize went to the
young Venetians Matteo Silverio and
Stefano Bullo, who take part in The Venice Glass Week HUB under 35 with the innovative project Touch
me! The Autonoma Residency Prize
enables winners to undertake a residency at the Pilchuck Glass School in Seattle
– USA - in 2021.Autonoma Residency Prize
Matteo Silverio and Stefano Bullo – Touch Me!
Palazzo Loredan
Istituto Veneto di Scienze Lettere ed Arti – Under 35
Lorenzo Passi – Every Day Stories
Istituto Veneto di Scienze Lettere ed Arti – Under 35
Lorenzo Passi – Every Day Stories
Palazzo Loredan
Istituto Veneto di Scienze Lettere ed Arti – Under 35
Jonas Noel Niedermann – Modular Shapes
Istituto Veneto di Scienze Lettere ed Arti – Under 35
Jonas Noel Niedermann – Modular Shapes
Palazzo Loredan
Istituto Veneto di Scienze Lettere ed Arti
Dalia Truskaite’ – To Cover
Istituto Veneto di Scienze Lettere ed Arti
Dalia Truskaite’ – To Cover
Palazzo Loredan
Istituto Veneto di Scienze Lettere ed Arti
Andre’ Laurenti – Offer to Isis
Istituto Veneto di Scienze Lettere ed Arti
Andre’ Laurenti – Offer to Isis
Palazzo Loredan
Istituto Veneto di Scienze Lettere ed Arti
Michele Burato – The Last Calligraphy
Istituto Veneto di Scienze Lettere ed Arti
Michele Burato – The Last Calligraphy
Palazzo Loredan
Istituto Veneto di Scienze Lettere ed Arti
Paolo Marcolongo – Terrestrial Stars
Istituto Veneto di Scienze Lettere ed Arti
Paolo Marcolongo – Terrestrial Stars
Palazzo Loredan
Istituto Veneto di Scienze Lettere ed Arti
Stephanie Henry-Seguin – Luce Divina
Istituto Veneto di Scienze Lettere ed Arti
Stephanie Henry-Seguin – Luce Divina
Palazzo Loredan
Istituto Veneto di Scienze Lettere ed Arti
Feleksan Onar – Encode
Istituto Veneto di Scienze Lettere ed Arti
Feleksan Onar – Encode
Palazzo Loredan
Istituto Veneto di Scienze Lettere ed Arti – Under 35
Carlo Scanferlato – Off the Dust
Istituto Veneto di Scienze Lettere ed Arti – Under 35
Carlo Scanferlato – Off the Dust
Carlo Scanferlato, Alice de Santillana, Camilla
Zanetti and Chantal Nassar
Cesare Cunaccia
The Venice Glass Week festival was promoted by
the Town Council of Venice, and
conceived and organised by Fondazione
Musei Civici di Venezia, Le Stanze del Vetro – Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Istituto
Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti and
Consorzio Promovetro Murano.