Venice, Accademia di Belle Arti, Magazzino del Sale 3, June 18-September 30, 2016. Curator: Gloria Vallese.

Logo and graphics were an original project by student Serena Leonardi.  

       Photo: Shovupa Ainur, 2016

Resi Girardello, Graduate of the Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia, was present along the route of ‘Stelle e viaggiu’ 2016 with several sculptures inspired by the themes of the exhibition.

Along the exhibition route, the visitor can observe at length and from near the integral reproduction of the lesser archivolt of Venice’s Basilica main portal, divided into segments. Each large HD photo is accompanied by a linear scheme, drawn by student Bruna Barros, which makes it easier to catch the outline of the figures. An apparatus of explanatory texts and images of other artifacts completes the description and iconographical analysis of each segment. The complete photos and texts can be accessed from the home page.

The reproduction patere cast real shadows on the brick wall, an original ancient Venetian feature of the Magazzino del Sale 3. Photo: Shovupa Ainur, 2016

A virtual version of the 1693 Celestial Globe by the renowned Venetian cosmographer Vincenzo Maria Coronelli (1650-1718). Unlike the original, now preserved inside a glass vitrine, it can be rotated as needed, thus recovering its original functionality. The figures of stars and constellations, questioned by touch, lead to a textual description. Photo: Shovupa Ainur, 2016

These plaster casts of two segments of the archivolt, an ancient kind of documentation of three-dimensional works of art, were lent to ‘Stelle e viaggi’ 2016 by the Procuratoria and Archivio of St. Mark’s Basilica.

On the right,  the installation Phaenomena. Middle: vitrine with plaster casts (see previous photo); back room, video installation The Tale of a Night Wanderer.

Photo: Shovupa Ainur Rahman, 2016

The end part of the exhibition space seen from Phaenomena. In the background, installation The Tale of a Night Wanderer, animation movie projected on a sculptural model of St.Mark’s archivolt by Resi Girardello.
Photo: Gloria Vallese, 2016

Audiovisual installation Tale of a Night Wanderer, opening scene: a fisherman in a boat in the Venice lagoon. The stars and constellations above his head morph into the figures and the tales narrated by the archivolt on the Basilica facade, then morph again into the starry sky.
Photo: Gloria Vallese

Having performed part of their myth, two characters go to take their place in the archivolt.

The final scenes: little by little, the outline of the bas-relief appears in its entirety on the 3D model by Resi Girardello.

The public watches, sitting on board seats. This calm and restful situation in front of the life-size model of St.Mark’s portal creates an intended contrast with the uncomfortable posture and the hectic atmosphere of Piazza San Marco. Photo: Gloria Vallese.

20. Venice, April 4, 2016: Operators of the firm Comingtools and students of the Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia perform the optical scansion of the main portal of St. Mark.

This operation was the basis for the production of the 3D model of the lesser archivolt produced for the installation Phainomena.

Photo: Gloria Vallese, 2016

An example of the new HD complete documentation of the artifact photodocumentation taken by students for the exhibition ‘Stelle e viaggi’ 2016.
Photo: Riccardo Bortolotti, Stefano Leoni, 2016

May 15, 2016: Professor Carlo Tombola and students of the Accademia Chiara Missaggia and Josia M. Jagiello filming Coronelli’s Celestial Globe of 1693 at the Historical Naval Museum, Venice.

Photo: Marta Naturale, 2016

See the project and complete technical description here.

Venezia, Accademia di Belle Arti, Magazzino del Sale 3, 18 giugno 2016.