“Can the Piave still Murmur?”, referencing an old popular song from the First World War, is an event to be held October 6 at Ocean Space, Venice, as the culmination of the second edition of the Confluence of European Water Bodies, with the special participation of the Comitato per le Grave di Ciano, the IDRA network (Iniziativa per i Diritti delle Reti d’Acqua) and artistic group Arts4theCommons (Francesco Martone and Rosa Jijon). The event is supported by the International Rights of Nature Tribunal and was envisioned also through the “Mountains Flow” Deep Ecology and Rights of Nature Campus, co-developed with the Italian Buddhist Union (UBI) and NICHE – THE NEW INSTITUTE Center for Environmental Humanities at Ca’ Foscari University.
An assembly will gather in Ocean Space for an in-depth discussion and a series of artistic elements centered on the case of the Grave di Ciano, an important area in the mid-course of the Piave river, protected by the Natura 2000 project but threatened by a potentially ecologically damaging climate adaptation project.
See more about the event here.
Program
Welcome by Ocean Space, projection of Maria Conte, local artist and active member of the Comitato per le Grave di Ciano
10:00–11:00: The Case of the Grave di Ciano: coexisting with the River.
Interventions by Franco Nicoletti (President, Comitato per le Grave di Ciano) and Massimiliano Montini (Law Professor, University of Siena).
Artistic intervention by Arts4theCommons & “Mountains Flow” Campus participants
11:00–12:00: The Piave and its human and non-human communities: which futures await them?
Interventions by Katia Zanatta (Environmental Biologist) and Rita Bellomo (Secretary, Comitato per le Grave di Ciano)
Artistic intervention by River Sisters & “Mountains Flow” Campus participants
12:00–13:00: The influence of development projects on the river Piave on the Mediterranean bio-region
Interventions by Andrea Marion (Hydraulic Engineer) and Francesco Comiti (Hydrologist)
Artistic intervention by Corpi Idrici (Genova watersheds artist and activist group, Nuvola Ravera and Lucia Bergamaschi)
Closing speech by Francesco Martone, representative of the Assembly of Judges of the International Tribunal for the Rights of Nature.
Location
Ocean Space, Campo S. Lorenzo, Venice
Open to all
