05/05 - 12/05/2003
Giudecca - Venice/ San Lorenzo - Rome

Zone Attive, on behalf of the Municipality of Rome and Short in Venice, on behalf of the Municipality of Venice, are organising an audio-visual workshop Chaos and Cosmos between Giudecca and San Lorenzo which will be held in May. The final product of the workshop will be a film to be presented during the Biennial edition of Athens.
Giudecca is a district/island of Venice and San Lorenzo is a district of Rome. Both are central but peripheral areas, global but local realities, in the middle of important transformations that are changing both districts. Ten young filmmakers will be hosted in the two cities in order to work on a film about these two realities.

Chaos and Cosmos between Giudecca and San Lorenzo
International Audiovisual Workshop

The workshop will involve ten young artists, chosen in the selection for Athens Biennial and will last eight days. The young artists will work between the territorial reality, diving between Venice and Rome, with deep stages and meeting with experts. It is attempted to get the essence of these two neighbours, of these two territories half way between centre and suburbs, between tradition and innovation, multiethnic and richness of culture, with a strong presence of artists and students, university departments, where great architectural and social transformation has left a sign. The tutor, Davide Ferrario, will coordinate the workshop, by artistic supervision. He'll develop the project together with the organizers.
During the days of the shooting, the applicants will be put under the condition of developing synergies and face reality unknown to them, through the contact with series of subjects and situations, existing in the territories.
The goal is to accomplish a short movie which will be presented in Athens and which will also circulate outside the Biennial network.

Program

Monday, 5 MAY:
Arrival of the 10 artists in Venice. The participants get together and receive material on the cities of Venice and Rome and on the workshop. They meet with the coordinators of the workshop from both cities.

6 MAY:
Davide Ferrario, film director and artistic curator of the workshop, meets the participants and discusses the workshop's theme. Definition of objectives and technical requirements.

7 MAY:
The group is divided in two. Five artists leave for Rome, five start to shoot in Venice. Both groups meet with their local tutor.

7-8-9-10 MAY:
Shooting in the two cities, pre-selection of the filmed material, meetings with experts and artists.

10 MAY:
The entire group meets in Rome.

10-11 MAY:
Davide Ferrario meets with the group again. Discussion on the workshop outcomes and evaluation of the filmed material in view of the post-production phase.

Monday, 12 MAY:
Departure from Rome.

Before the end of May:
Four days of post-production with Davide Ferrario.

VENICE:
Local tutor: Carlo Montanaro Professor of Theory and Method of the Mass Media at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Venice
Meetings: Roberto Ellero, Head of Cinema Department of the Municipality of Venice - Director of Videoteca Pasinetti; Fabrizio Borin, Professor of history and critic of cinema at the University of Venice; Franco Paolini, photographer; Sonia Rolak, artist Pre-selection of the filmed material: Centro Giovani Multimediale Palazzo Boldù

ROME:
Local tutor: to be defined
Meetings: Prof. Giorgio De Vincenti, Head of Cinema Department of the University of Rome 3; Alessandro Portelli, Professor of Anglo-American literature at the University of Rome "La Sapienza" and Delegate of the Mayor of Rome on commemorative issues; Carlos Pilotto, Head of the Roman Photography School; Nunzio, artist and founder of the artist community settled in the ex-factory Cerere
Pre-selection of the filmed material: Roman Photography School