Venice, Fondaco dei Tedeschi announces program for Homo Faber 2024

Fondaco dei Tedeschi, an iconic place for luxury shopping in Venice, also confirms its role as the city’s dynamic cultural center. Indeed, cultural activities also take place inside it. With this in mind, events such as an integral part of the calendar of Homo Faber, Venice’s celebrated event dedicated tocrafts that can be visited starting September 1, cannot be missed. The theme of this edition, The Journey of Life, aims to offer a new perspective on craftsmanship: Objects created by artisans that serve as a thread to narrate the main stages of life. In this context, Fondaco presents a series of events entitled Meet the Artisans that will be held (every Wednesday evening) throughout the month of September: workshops and meetings celebrating Venetian craftsmanship and culture.

On Sept. 4, the comic strip Uncle Scrooge and the Arcane Artisan, set in Venice and published in Mickey Mouse, will be presented. On the same date, Alberto Cavalli and Susanna Pozzoli will present the program of Homo Faber 2024, curated by director Luca Guadagnino, and Homo Faber in Città, an opportunity to discover 70 workshops and manufactures in Venice, Murano and Burano . The September 11 workshop will feature Lara Perbellini, Venice’s renowned seamstress, who will reveal the secrets of her craft. The audience will have the opportunity to learn the traditional techniques of making a bespoke suit. It continues on Sept. 18, with luthier Guido Capitanio, and guitarist Giuseppe Ugo Mazzone. who will share his expertise in creating high-quality string instruments, accompanied by performances by guitarist Giuseppe Ugo Mazzone. September 25 is the turn of Relight Venice, recycling to create art, with Michela Bortolozzi.

The designer and founder of Relight Venice will lead a creative workshop aimed at regenerating waste materials such as advertising banners, turning them into bags while promoting sustainability and social inclusion. Finally, Monday, Sept. 30: Tabarrificio Zara will present the evolution of the tabarro, a traditional Venetian garment. Sandro Zara and his team will show how the cloak, a symbol of elegance and tradition, has been reinterpreted for modern audiences, keeping the artisanal heritage alive. From Sept. 3 to 5, Salviati will offer visitors a focus on the art and innovation of Murano glass. On Sept. 7 and 8, Romanengo will present CANDIZED FRUIT GLAZING with Marcello Costa: an ancient technique that allows an exploration of the world of traditional craftsmanship. Romanengo uses “Genoese-style candying,” which employs fresh fruit and follows an artisanal process without the use of additives, to maintain the fruit’s authentic color and taste. After candying, Romanengo performs icing, a process that envelops the fruit in a sugar syrup, creating a crispy veil that resembles ice crystals, from which the technique gets its name.

On Sept. 14, MULTIFORME and designer Alessandra Baldereschi will instead present FLOWERS IN WONDERLAND. Flowers have a deep spiritual value in Alessandra Baldereschi’s creations: they become messengers of hidden worlds and a mirror of our being. Each product consists of a flower with stem and corolla in art glass, capable of a small and delightful magic: lighting up when it is picked and placed in the appropriate vase. Finally, from Sept. 27 to 29, it will be Lavoratti ’s turn with “BREAD AND CHOCOLATE”: an ancient, good and simple snack that immediately recalls childhood. Alessia Parodi, sales manager, and Davide Petrini, founding partner of Lavoratti 1938, will be present.

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Venice, Fondaco dei Tedeschi announces program for Homo Faber 2024

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