{"id":10854,"date":"2023-05-05T11:55:10","date_gmt":"2023-05-05T09:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vsf.foundation\/?p=10854"},"modified":"2024-01-12T13:32:19","modified_gmt":"2024-01-12T11:32:19","slug":"venice-and-science-two-centuries-of-sustainability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vsf.foundation\/en\/venice-and-science-two-centuries-of-sustainability\/","title":{"rendered":"Venice and Science: Two Centuries of Sustainability"},"content":{"rendered":"

The urban transformation of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, driven by scientific and technological progress, shaped European cities. This metamorphosis involved all aspects of city life, from infrastructure to mobility, from social services to economics, from hygiene to residency. Even Venice, with its unique configuration, was not immune to these transformations, which gave birth to a modern city in an original way, while maintaining its distinctive characteristics and peculiarities.<\/p>\n

The exhibition, \u201cVenice and Science: Two Centuries of Sustainability<\/strong>\u201d organized by the Istituto Veneto di Lettere, Scienze ed Arti<\/strong> together with the Venice Sustainability Foundation<\/strong> (VSF) within the framework of the Biennale della Sostenibilit\u00e0 2023 \u2013 The MOSE era, offers a compelling account of how scientific and technological progress has sought to place itself at the service of the city, ensuring that it was not excluded from the modernization process and thus rethinking the horizons of its social and cultural life.
\nMore than 80 pieces are on display, about 300 of them can be explored through an immersive installation; a real journey through documents: engravings, drawings, photographs, maps, models, measuring instruments and projects-sometimes put into action, sometimes remaining only imagined or partially realized.<\/p>\n

There are many curiosities unknown to most that, thanks to a careful work of collection and analysis of a great deal of material by the Istituto Veneto di Lettere, Scienze ed Arti, come out of the archives and are offered to the public as evidence of a strong push for change that represents an invitation to rethink a period for Venice of revival and projection towards a future of great creativity and modernization.<\/p>\n

The exhibition will be open daily from Oct. 7 to Nov. 12 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Palazzo Loredan, Venice. For more information see the website of the Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti<\/a>.<\/p>\n

To accompany the exhibition, the Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti proposes the screening of three documentaries:<\/p>\n