Atensión!

A display of posters and photographs on the challenges faced by Venice, its environment and its people in the age of global warming

As part of the Humanities@70 programme of events, the CLCC Foyer Gallery presented Atensión! an installation by the Venice-based artists' collective Barena Bianca, produced with the support of the multi-disciplinary, non-profit organisation, We Are Here Venice.

The installation brings to light the fragile balance between natural and human environments and invites the public to pay attention (atensión - in the Venetian dialect) to how local environmental challenges can globally resonate with the challenges brought by fast-paced climate change. 

The Art and Science of Saving Venice

Atensión! was staged in collaboration with the Evening Class programme at Imperial College London to coincide with the planned 2020 public lecture ‘The art and science of saving Venice’ by Jane da Mosto, Imperial alumna and founder of We are Here Venice.

Scheduled for 10 March 2020, Jane da Mosto's lecture set to explore the relationship between Venice’s past and future and asking  “How much of our fascination with Venice derives from its unique beauty and peculiar features, or is it a microcosm of global challenges mirroring the world and carrying the fate of humanity?

Atensión! exhibition dates and times

The exhibition was set to display until 13 March 2020, from Monday to Friday 10:00 to 18:00 (closed Saturday and Sunday). Due to the global pandemic Atensión! stayed in the CLCC Foyer Gallery until Autumn 2021.

• Atension Exhibition Brochure (pdf).
• Read the 'Venice exhibition and talk' news item.

The exhibition was organised by the CLCC Evening Class programme, working with We Are Here Venice and the Barena Bianca art group.