Venice, a laboratory city. Since its origins, the city of Venice has worked to develop a…
Marta MORETTI
Freelance Journalist. ESPO Award Jury Member. Venice, Italy.
Born in Venice in 1961. Graduated in Contemporary History at the University of Venice (Ca’ Foscari) in 1986. Founder and Board Member of the River//Cities Platform Foundation (www.river-cities.net), set up in Warsaw in 2010 and active as a network promoting the valorisation of urban rivers as public spaces and cultural resources for citizens and visitors. From June 1rst 1989 to April 30th 2013, she was working for the International Centre Cities on Water in Venice, covering since 2002 the role of Deputy Director. During her 24 years long collaboration with the Centre, she was involved mostly in editorial issues being Editor in Chief of the Centre’s magazine: Aquapolis (1992; 1996-2001) and Portus (2001-2012). She was also Editor of the monthly digital newsletter of the Centre, Città d’Acqua News (2003-2012). She participates in conferences and seminars on the Centre’s issues at national and international level, and she partecipates to scientific publications with artiche and essays. Since 1988, she writes for local and national newspapers and magazines on cultural, urban and tourisms issues and since 2005 she is regularly registered at the National List of Journalist (Albo di Venezia). Following a personal and family interest, she is member of an Organizing Committee promoting the culture of archaelogical and modern glass in Venice and in its territory, and from 2013 and 2021 she was also member of the Board of the Italian Committee of AIHV (Association Internationale pour l’Histoire du Verre).
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Naval Art is at Home at the Venice Arsenale
Over 300 boats, 270 exhibitors, and approximately 50 conferences, meetings and debates brought to life the…
Catalogue of Waves
Catalogo delle onde “Tutto è eccezione nella laguna di Venezia. Non solo la città sorta sulle…
The Coming Floods
La Biennale di Venezia. A Magazine of Art Architecture Cinema Dance Music Theatre Fashion
Diluvi prossimi venturi La Biennale di Venezia. Rivista di Arte Architettura Cinema Danza Musica Teatro Moda…
In Memoriam | Lučka Ažman Momirski (1961–2024)
Lučka Ažman Momirski, professor at the Faculty of Architecture at the University of Ljubljana, left us…
New York City’s Waterfront: Little Island and the Regeneration of the Piers for Citizens along the Hudson River
Introduction Hudson River Park is a waterfront park on the North River (Hudson River) that extends…
Utopia and Marginality: Habitability on the Edge of Valparaíso
An essay by Jorge Ferrada Herrera
Utopía y marginalidad. Habitabilidad en el margen de Valparaíso Un ensayo de Jorge Ferrada Herrera El…
The Worlds of Marco Polo. Stories of Travel, Discovery and Enterprise
Venice’s natural element is water, but its most illustrious citizen travelled by land. It was in…
Mediterraneo The Passenger, per esploratori del mondo
Il mare Mediterraneo, dal latino «in mezzo alle terre», evoca classicità, contaminazioni e clima mite immaginando…
Art on the Waterfront: The New Istanbul Modern Museum by Renzo Piano Building Design
Building a new place of culture, open and accessible to all, a building of light overlooking…
Venezia. Alter Mundus The “Great Beauty” of Venice in the Images of Alessandra Chemollo
Dedicated to those who will come after us…The ancient Venetians invented, day after day, their life…
ADRIJO. Virtual Museums to Discover the Port Heritage around the Adriatic Seaports
ADRIJO is a neologism resulting from the combination of two different words defining the sea that…
Part of Rotterdam
Part of Rotterdam is a retrospective on the work of the harbour painter Sasja Hagens (Utrecht…