NOVEMBER
08 Lab Esca Glam
21 Welding 0.0*
28 Welding 0.1*

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Bogiaisso [bo-jah-EES-so]: in Ciosoto, the dialect of Chioggia, a whirlpool, the spot where the water boils up.

Since 2022, during the fermo pesca, the annual fishing moratorium when the boats stay in port, Bogiaisso has run Al Fresco Art Cinema: a time to look in the mirror and find yourself reflected in sensibilities, lands and waters near and far, through international video works chosen for how deeply they speak to life here.

Artistic productions and Community Workshops


Since 2023, Bogiaisso has produced performances, sound installations and artworks with fishers, artisans and international artists in residence in Chioggia. We invite people who have never had much use for art to pick up its tools and voice unresolved tensions, hopes and collective desires. In their hands, alternate versions of the present take shape and point towards new directions.

Since 2026, Bogiaisso has been running hands-on sessions with Chioggia’s craftspeople, who pass on their skills at a teaching workshop for women and people with disabilities. Only by teaching people who have never had the chance to “think with their hands” can we give new life to the practical wisdom that has sustained Chioggia until now, and that many other communities will need in the years ahead.

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Hands-On Workshops 2026

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ESCA GLAM WORKSHOP August 2026

Thanks to the more than 40 participants and to Rossetti Reti da Pesca of Chioggia.


Video team: Furio Ganz and Elisa Dini

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NET WORKSHOP October 2026

Thanks to the more than 20 participants, the Associazione Merletto di Chioggia, master netmaker Marco Polenta and the crew of the fishing vessel Silvano Bococi.

An afternoon discovering where two traditions, close and distant at times, meet: the synergies between netted lace known as redino or filét, and the making and mending of fishing nets for bottom and midwater trawlers.

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© An initiative by BOGIAISSO APS — Non-profit Association. VAT No. 04825630272, RUNTS registration No.130157.

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