Quaderni Veneziani Launch at Feira raia

Today and tomorrow, 4th and 5th October, I will be at Feira Raia @feiraraia at Mercado de Santa Clara in Lisboa. Come see me! The first issue of my new seasonal publication—Quaderni Veneziani—will be for sale in a limited edition of 30.

Autumn Melancholia / Malinconia d’autunno is the first of four forthcoming editions of Quaderni Veneziani—one for each season. It’s available in a limited edition of 30. Size 13x21 cm; digital colour print on Munken Pure 130 gr (printed by Digiset); 40 pages; hand bound with saddle stitch binding; soft cover in hand made recycled paper, hand stamped title. Shipping or pick up in Lisbon available.

As someone who grew up in Venice in the 1990s and has continued to return regularly, I hold mixed feelings about the city’s current condition. In Quaderni Veneziani, I seek to offer an alternative perspective on a city overcrowded by tourism and overexploited by some of its own inhabitants, interweaving my personal digital and analogue archives with other found visual materials. Venice remains a container of my most cherished childhood memories and a place that has embodied a sense of home.

The notebook format, as suggested by the title, alludes to the emotional and personal connection I maintain with a city that now appears more fragile than ever—threatened by financial speculation and the effects of climate change. Yet, beneath the surface, a form of quiet resistance endures: both long-term and newer inhabitants continue to nurture the desire to build something solid and enduring.