May 8–November 23, 2019
Opening: May 8, 17:00–20:00

Location:
Chiesa delle Penitenti Fondamenta Cannaregio
910, 30121 Venezia VE, Italy
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Admission:
The exhibition is free and open to the public

• Wednesday, May 8, 17:00: Opening reception, Poetry Reading with Milli Graffi, Luigi Ballerini, John Giorno, Vincent Katz, and Mónica de la Torre, and Cooking Performance with Rirkrit Tiravanija and Tomas Vu
• Saturday and Sunday, May 11-12, 17:00: A two-day discussion amongst scientists, artists, and philosophers on climate change and the Mediterranean, featuring Lauren Bon, Justin Brice Guariglia, Emanuele Coccia (Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris), Jaroslav Mysiak (Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Changes, Venice), and Enrica De Cian (Director, Master of Research in Science and Management of Climate Change, Ca’ Foscari University, Venice), among others
• Friday, June 13, 17:00: Poetry in the Chiesa – Bob Holman, Giampaolo De Pietro, Luca Succhiarelli, and Monica Palma will join us for an evening of poetry in English and Italian in the main space of the Chiesa di Santa Maria delle Penitenti.
• Monday, June 17, 16:00: Leonardo: Between Art and Science –Panelists include Martin Kemp (Leonardo scholar and Professor Emeritus of University of Oxford) and Valeria Poletto (co-curator of the Leonardo exhibit at Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice, and curator, Gabinetto dei Disegni e Stampe, Gallerie dell'Accademia di Venezia) in conversation with artists Anna de Manincor of the collective ZimmerFrei, and Aleksandar Duravcevic, moderated by Alexander Nagel (Professor of Fine Arts at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University) and Francesca Pietropaolo (co-curator of the Collateral Event). This event is organized to coincide with the 500th anniversary of Leonardo da Vinci’s death; the new publication by Nicholas Callaway, Leonardo by Leonardo, with texts by Martin Kemp, one of the world’s foremost Leonardo scholars; and the exhibition Leonardo da Vinci. L’uomo modello del mondo at Gallerie dell’Accademia di Venezia, curated by Annalisa Perissa Torrini and Valeria Poletto.
• Monday, June 18, 18:00: Deep Listening Event: Oratoria Mare Nostrum – The Brooklyn Rail and Metabolic Studio proudly partner with Laguna Libre for Oratorio Mare Nostrum deep listening events under the full moon. For June's full moon, we will host a deep listening session of Lauren Bon’s Oratorio Mare Nostrum, a site responsive, three channel durational sound installation for Chiesa di Santa Maria delle Penitenti. On June 17, we will activate what the artist intends as the fourth channel of the sound installation; the fourth channel being the ambient in her work. All are invited to listen and engage in this sonic experience. During the Oratorio Mare Nostrum events, guests are encouraged to join us at our local eco restaurant/cultural venue partner Laguna Libre, where a complimentary beverage will be offered to visitors attending the event. On these full moon deep listening evenings, Laguna Libre will be programming live music and films relating to the Mediterranean and our shared interest in Mare Nostrum, our sea.
• Friday, July 12, 17:00: Luigi Nono “Hay que caminar” soñando (1989) for two violins – The violinists Carlo Lazari and Marco Rogliano will play “Hay que caminar” soñando (1989) by the great composer Luigi Nono (Venice, 1924–1990).
• Tuesday, July 16, 18:00: Deep Listening Event: Oratoria Mare Nostrum – The Brooklyn Rail and Metabolic Studio proudly partner with Laguna Libre for Oratorio Mare Nostrum deep listening under the full moon of Lauren Bon’s Oratorio Mare Nostrum, a site responsive, three-channel durational sound installation for Chiesa di Santa Maria delle Penitenti. 
• Saturday, September 14, 18:00: Deep Listening Event: Oratoria Mare Nostrum – The Brooklyn Rail and Metabolic Studio proudly partner with Laguna Libre for Oratorio Mare Nostrum deep listening under the full moon of Lauren Bon’s Oratorio Mare Nostrum, a site- responsive, three-channel durational sound installation for Chiesa di Santa Maria delle Penitenti. 
• Friday, September 27, 16:00: Climate in a Box / Il clima in una scatola – Researchers Dr. Federico Dallo, Jacopo Gabrieli and Silvia Santato present a research-based participatory workshop in collaboration with University Ca’ Foscari, Venice Climate Lab, and Venice Calls. In particular, with the aid of a custom-made box they will simulate the Earth’s climate system and show participants how the increase of the concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) is decisive in raising the temperature of our planet. The aim is to illustrate how the climate system works and, through discussions, foster awareness on the urgency of the climate crisis. High school students are encouraged to attend.
• Wednesday, October 2, 16:00: To Reassure or to Alarm? The Role of Language in Communicating Environmental Risk – A panel discussion part of Research Communication Week (events throughout Venice to learn, discuss, and experiment with communication tools and public engagement) organized by University Ca’ Foscari of Venice, bringing together writers, journalists, researchers, and philosophers discussing how to communicate risk in environmental science. Participants include journalist and writer Margherita Fronte, scientific journalist Giancarlo Sturloni, writer Alessandra Viola, and philosopher Luigi Perissinotto; moderated by researcher and journalist Roberta Villa and with an introduction by Francesca Pietropaolo, co-curator of the Collateral Event. Journalists may receive credit for their participation (a number of seats will be reserved for them).
• Friday, October 11, 17:30: Films by Jonas Mekas – Curator Francesco Urbano Ragazzi present excerpts from Jonas Mekas’s 365 Day Project, in which Mekas, the “godfather of American avant-garde cinema,” made a film each consecutive day for one year
• Sunday, October 13, 15:00: Films by Jonas Mekas – Curator Francesco Urbano Ragazzi present Jonas Mekas’s Walden: Diaries, Notes, and Sketches (1969) a film-diary connecting themes of nature to everyday urban life, chronicling four years of the artist's life in and around New York City
• Sunday, October 13, 18:00: Deep Listening Event: Oratoria Mare Nostrum – The Brooklyn Rail and Metabolic Studio proudly partner with Laguna Libre for Oratorio Mare Nostrum deep listening under the full moon of Lauren Bon’s Oratorio Mare Nostrum, a site-responsive, three-channel durational sound installation for Chiesa di Santa Maria delle Penitenti.
• Tuesday, November 12, 18:00: Deep Listening Event: Oratoria Mare Nostrum – The Brooklyn Rail and Metabolic Studio proudly partner with Laguna Libre for Oratorio Mare Nostrum deep listening under the full moon of Lauren Bon’s Oratorio Mare Nostrum, a site-responsive, three-channel durational sound installation for Chiesa di Santa Maria delle Penitenti.
• Saturday, November 23, 16:30: Closing Reception, featuring Musical performance by viol ensemble Parthenia with Soprano Sherezade Panthaki that explores the extraordinary repertoire for the viola da gamba of the 16th-18th centuries as well as a contemporary composition by scientist and musician Lucy Jones based on data about Earth's global warming and climate change. Italy is the birthplace of this instrument, and its earliest flourishing was in Venice where composers, musicians, patrons, citizens, instrument builders, and music publishers all mingled to create some of the most beautiful music ever written. Presented here for the first time, Italian artist Paolo Canevari will perform his Ora pro nobis, a participatory performance where he will be joined by a chorus of local Accademia di Belle Arti students and will invite the public to participate as well. Chorus: Sara Armellin, Cinzia Beraldo, Chiara De Luca, Elisa Gorgi, Ylenia Modolo, Xhovana Precetaj, Francesca Rossato, Cristina Sorato, and Angela Trione. Cooking performance with Sarah Sze, Rirkrit Tiravanija, and Tomas Vu.

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