picture: Edward Smith

Subtility opposite Strength
Silence opposite Sound

With a new project under the title CO-CREATION LIVE FACTORY Prologue 1, the VENICE INTERNATIONAL PERFORMANCE ART WEEK heads into a new direction. Founded on the principles of artistic collaboration, cooperation and temporary artistic community, CO-CREATION LIVE FACTORY Prologue 1 is born to be an artistic experience of a different kind. The aim in 2017 was to empower 75 participating artists from 28 countries selected through an open call, to articulate and develop their individual praxis within an independent temporary autonomous zone of co-creation. Under the tuition of the artists Marilyn Arsem, VestAndPage and Andrigo & Aliprandi, and with morning lectures by Robin Deacon, Jill McDermid & Erik Hokanson; Preach R Sun, Marcel Sparmann, as well as Elisabetta di Mambro. The culmination of this 10 days co-creation process has been open to the public on the days December 14 -16, 2017: transforming the ART WEEK venue European Cultural Centre | Palazzo Mora together into a dynamic performance site through a series of collective performance operas, as well as collaborative and solo performances.

pictures by Edward Smith, Lorenza Cini, Aldo Aliprandi and Andrea van Gelder.