The Shape of Venice to Come

TYPICALLY, TO SPEAK OF “VENETIANNESS” IS TO SPEAK OF THE PAST. ITS STYLISTIC ELEMENTS REAPPEAR THROUGH TIME AS CLASSIC, AUTHENTIC, OR ICONIC VENETIAN — AT TIMES THEATRICAL, AT TIMES UNDERSTATED, YET INVARIABLY CONFINED WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THEIR OWN COHERENCE. THIS COHERENCE DEMANDS THAT THE SAME STYLE BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT TOO MANY CREATIVE DEPARTURES.

BUT ISN’T VENICE, ABOVE ALL, AVANT-GARDE?

THE AVANT-GARDE IS TO THE SPIRIT OF VENICE AS ENCHANTMENT IS TO THE RIALTO BRIDGE, PIAZZA SAN MARCO, AND THE BEAUTY THE CITY OFFERS TO THE GAZE OF ITS COUNTLESS VISITORS.

THE VENICE VENICE HOTEL IS BORN FROM ENCHANTMENT — THE DAWN OF AN ARTISTIC VISION THAT PLACES THE ANTICIPATORY DIMENSION OF ITS STYLE AT THE FOREFRONT.

THIS VISION HAS BEEN NAMED POSTVENEZIANITÀ, OR POSTVENETIAN STYLE, AND IT NARRATES THE SHAPE OF VENICE TO COME.

The Postvenetian Manifesto

IT IS FROM VENICE, BENEATH A MOON THAT SURVIVED FUTURISM, FROM PALAZZO CA’ DA MOSTO, ANCIENT DWELLING OF SOVEREIGNS, TSARS AND DISCOVERERS OF FARAWAY LANDS, ON THE BANK OF THE GRAND CANAL LOOKING TOWARD THE MERCATO VECCHIO, IN THE PRESENCE OF THE RIALTO BRIDGE, THAT WE SEND FORTH THIS MANIFESTO, AND WITH IT:

WE FOUND THE UNPRECEDENTED POSTVENETIAN STYLE,

WE BESTOW NEW CREATIVE IMPULSE ON VENETIAN INGENUITY CRYSTALLIZED IN CLASSICISM,

WE ADOPT THE SYMBOL OF THE ROSE: A TRIBUTE TO BEAUTY, A PLEDGE OF LOVE AND LEGENDARY, UNBREAKABLE PROMISES,

WE PURSUE BALANCE THROUGH THE SUMMATION OF CONTRASTS, WE WELCOME THE CONTAMINATION OF IDEAS AS POSSIBLE TRUTH,

WE ELECT THE FREEDOM OF INCOHERENCE AS METHOD, AESTHETICS AS THE INSURMOUNTABLE BOUNDARY OF FUNCTIONALITY,

WE PAY HOMAGE TO LATERAL THINKING, WE EMBRACE BOLD ARTISTIC VISIONS, WE BECOME ARTISANS WHO REALIZE DREAMS,

WE EMBRACE THE ETERNAL VOCATION FOR CHANGE AS THE PRINCIPLE OF VENETIANNESS, AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE AS THE NECESSARY ORDER OF THINGS,

WE GIVE LIFE TO POSTVENEZIANITÀ TO ENCHANT THE WORLD AGAIN, AGAIN AND AGAIN…

– TEAM NWC, PALAZZO CA’ DA MOSTO, 2021.

The Postvenetian Movement

SINCE THE LAUNCH OF ITS MANIFESTO FROM THE HISTORIC PALAZZO CA’ DA MOSTO, THE VENICE VENICE HOTEL CONTINUES TO EXPAND ITS VISION AS A CROSSROADS OF CONTEMPORARY CREATIVITY.

GUIDED BY A SHARED ETHOS, PERSONALITIES FROM DIFFERENT WORLDS WEAVE TOGETHER KNOWLEDGE, TECHNIQUES, AND MATERIALS — GIVING NEW LIFE TO TRADITIONS AND REAFFIRMING THE CITY’S AVANT-GARDE SPIRIT.

AROUND THE VENICE VENICE HOTEL, EPICENTER OF THIS EVER-MOVING ENERGY, A VENICE TAKES SHAPE THAT LOOKS TOWARD THE FUTURE WITH THE AUDACITY OF ITS PAST.