All events will be available via links added below, and will also be streamed on the YouTube page of the Center for the Humanities and Social Change)
All times indicated are CEST (UTC+2)
Monday, October 11
Starting at 6.00pm
6.00pm – 7.00pm
Keynote
Amitav Ghosh (writer) in conversation with Francesca Tarocco (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice) and Serenella Iovino (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill). Please note: this is event is going to be streamed only, and will not remain available on our website/YouTube page.
Tuesday, October 12
Starting at 11.30am
11.30am – 1.00pm
Screening & Artist Talk
(Opening event of the online exhibition and project Aquaphobia: Fear of Water)
Jakob Steensen (artist, Berlin) in conversation with Daniel Birnbaum (director and curator, Acute Art), introduced and moderated by Cristina Baldacci (Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia) and Valeria Facchin (producer and independent researcher, London)
5.30pm – 6.30pm
Keynote
Florike Egmond (University of Leiden)
Water as a way of life (and death): Holland, 20th-16th centuries
Wednesday, October 13
Starting at 5.30pm
5.30pm – 6.30pm
Keynote
Mark T. Brown (Dept. Environmental Engineering Sciences, University of Florida)
Water Politics in the Anthropocene: A Systems Perspective
Thursday, October 14
Starting at 10.00 am
10.00am – 12.00pm
Event
Inauguration of the Max Planck Partner Group The Water City
2.30pm – 4.00pm
Artist Talk
In collaboration with Science Gallery Venice
Emma Critchley (artist, Brighton) and Haseeb Ahmed (artist, Brussels) in conversation with Ariane Koek (creative producer and curator, London/Venice). Due to a technical problem, this video will not be streamed live, but it will be uploaded as soon as possible.
6.00pm – 7.30pm
Artist Talk
In collaboration with Ocean Space–TBA21–Academy, part of OCEAN / UNI
Giorgio Andreotta Calò (artist, Venice/Amsterdam) in conversation with Barbara Casavecchia (curator, Venice/Milan)
Friday, October 15
Starting at 4.00pm
4.00pm – 6.00pm
Screening & Artist Talk
In collaboration with Teatro Ca’ Foscari Santa Marta
Ila Bêka&Louise Lemoine (artists, Venice) in conversation with Miriam De Rosa (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice) and Susanne Franco (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice)
6.00pm – 7.00pm