Dates: October 1, 2, 3, 4, 2026
Hours: 10:00–13:00, 14:00–18:00
Exhibition with workshop projects:
October 4, 2026, 18:00
Location: 3611 Castello, 30122 Venice
You may ask yourself:
Another architect, another ego, another opinion? …how boring.
I am me. Claudio Silvestrin.
I strive to be more man and less architect, with more heart and less mind, more truth and less opinion.
In my work, I am inspired by Creation.
I am fascinated by the beauty and wisdom of Creation: the cosmos, nature, our body (physical, etheric, with a soul and spiritual).
Creation has its own laws (it could not care less about ours).
I have chosen two laws as a source of design inspiration:
— minimum effort, maximum yield
— no right angles (to facilitate the flow of energy)
I imagine a workshop with enthusiastic young people designing inspired by these two laws… it is going to be fun!
I will open the workshop with a presentation on my idea of architecture, my vision and my approach to design.
I will then show examples of creative drawings of architectures and spaces without corners, and invite you to design inspired by these concepts.
On the evening of October 4th at 18:00, the exhibition featuring the workshop projects and Claudio Silvestrin's work will open.
There will be no grades, no judgments, and no jury.
Claudio Silvestrin is an architect based in London and Milan. Since 1989, his practice has worked across private residences, hotels, resorts, airport terminals, art galleries, museums, restaurants and luxury retail. His clients include Giorgio Armani, Calvin Klein, Anish Kapoor, Victoria Miro, Illy Caffè and Kanye West, with whom he has maintained a creative collaboration for over twenty years.
https://www.claudiosilvestrin.com
N.B.: to access the reduced price, proof of identity and/or university enrollment will be required at the time of registration.
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The exhibition will take place on October 4th from 18:00 at the same venue as the workshop.
No. Each participant is responsible for arranging their own accommodation and meals.
The workshop will be confirmed on this page once the minimum number of registrations has been reached. If this number is not reached, we will notify you promptly and fully refund any deposit paid within 10 days of our notification.
Dates: November 7, 8, 2026
Hours: 10:00–13:00, 14:00–18:00
Exhibition:
November 6 – December 13, 2026
Location: 3611 Castello, 30122 Venice
I have reached an age where memory scatters into the mist of recollections.
An age in which the human body is a container of strong emotions, passions and disappointments, victories and defeats, joys and sorrows, loves and heartbreaks — essentially a container of a life lived intensely in the alternation of feelings.
I have understood photography as a way to see the world, but above all, to think it. I loved Duchamp for his departure from retinal art in favor of a substantial recovery of thought, allowing art to express the infinite paths of imagination, no longer tied to the vision of the real world. The photography of 19th-century positivism had already been overturned in the moves of Duchamp's chessboard.
My workshop in Venice aims to be a meeting of different and contrasting feelings — the lives of others — in which the use of the photographic medium can be understood as an expressive form of thought and a desire to communicate, not as pure retinal form. As if to say, 'it is always dreams that give shape to reality.'
TBA
A pioneer of Italian conceptual photography, Mario Cresci began his training in Venice in 1964. In the 1970s, he carried out groundbreaking projects for Italian photography in Basilicata. His works blend photography, drawing, video and installation. Awarded the Niépce Prize and represented in MoMA's collections, he has participated in numerous Venice Biennales and international exhibitions. A teacher and theorist, he lives and works in Bergamo.
https://www.mariocresci.it
Please note that this section may be updated over time. We invite you to check this page periodically.
No. Each participant is responsible for arranging their own accommodation and meals.
The workshop will be confirmed on this page once the minimum number of registrations has been reached. If this number is not reached, we will notify you promptly and fully refund any deposit paid within 10 days of our notification.