Study in Venice
The call for application for 'THE SHAPE OF WATER - Arts in Venice Summer School' is now open.
Read all details in the call for application (abstract) and follow the instrucions you will find in the online application form.
Why a Summer School in Venice?
Venice is a gauge whereby to measure the problems involved when building a global future capable of combining liveability and beauty and the relevant solutions, which is why Study in Venice has chosen to offer a Summer School centred on the lagoon city.
As a candidate for World Capital of Sustainability, Venice boasts a unique artistic, musical and urban heritage and a major international role as a centre for the promotion and dissemination of contemporary art and culture.
Its dimension as a globally interconnected microcosm, the complexity of the lagoon ecosystem – which is threatened by climate change –, the socio-economic problems linked to tourist flows and their impact on urban liveability, and above all its 'liquid' nature as a city founded on and influenced by water, make the city of Venice a fascinating case study that offers those who live there and study it the measure of the paradoxes and contemporary difficulties inherent in the search for cultural, ecological and social models.
The project: multidisciplinarity, workshops and international atmosphere
THE SHAPE OF WATER is an experimental, multidisciplinary training project that aims at welcoming diverse students from all over the world who wish to experience Venice together in order to draw inspiration from it and build an original narrative vision of the lagoon city.
Students will be guided by professors from the four partner institutions on a journey combining the hands-on exploration of the city with guided tours and university lectures on Archaeology, Architecture, Art and Music History, Performing Arts and Environmental Science.
All participants will attend workshops to combine the skills acquired during the lectures and field study activities into an artistic performance or artifact. At the end of the Summer School, students are expected to work on a final project according to their academic backgrounds and personal interests, which will let them develop some of the inspirations they got during the two-week program.
Masterclasses for musicians will be held also with internationally renowned artists and concert opportunities in Venice will be provided for the most outstanding participating music students.
THE SHAPE OF WATER - Arts in Venice Summer School Colophon
Programme Director: Stefano Riccioni
Scientific Coordination:
Maddalena Bassani (Iuav University of Venice)
Cecilia Franchini (Benedetto Marcello Conservatory)
Stefano Riccioni (Ca' Foscari University of Venice)
Giuliano Sergio (Academy of Fine Arts of Venice)