21 September, 6 - 9 pm
23 September, 6 - 9 pm
29 September, 11 am - 5 pm

Ocean Space, Venice

Join us for Translating the Lagoon, a series of three free workshops with artist Klara Kofen, developed as part of her forthcoming installation The Eyes of Princes which will take place in February 2027 at Ocean Space. This is a series of exercises in collective decision-making, writing, and performing. These workshops will directly shape the installation and the live performance of The Eyes of Princes.

Participants can join individual workshops or across the series: two evening workshops on September 21 and 23 (3 hours) and one full-day workshop (6 hours, lunch provided) on September 29, conducted by Klara Kofen in English with Italian translations by Eduard Popescu.

To participate you can register via this link.
Deadline for registrations: Sunday, September 13, 11:59 pm CET.

First workshop: Measuring What Matters: Building a Digital Twin of the Venice Lagoon (21 September, 6 - 9pm)
The European Union is building a Digital Twin of the Ocean: a live model that policymakers will use to make decisions about energy, tourism, and the future of the lagoon. But every model has to choose what to measure — and what to leave out.

Second workshop: Everything Is Alive, Everything Is Moving: Experimental Writing Workshop (23 September, 6 - 9pm)
Everything is alive, everything is moving — so how do we narrate across scales? In this collective writing workshop, participants will create tales that leap from the microcosm of plankton to the vastness of the ocean, from the flight of birds to the emotional lives of dead princes.

Third workshop: Staging the Lagoon: The Immovable Dramaturgical Object (29 September, 11am - 5pm)
How does a light change the meaning of a line? How does sound transform a space? How do we build performances together?

For more information: 

https://tba21.org/oceanspace-activities-klarakofen-translatingthelagoon-workshop