Exhibition-related activities

 

TALKS

EXPLORATIONS OF SCIENCE, LITERATURE AND MUSIC
in association with Observa Science in Society
Geographies of sound
Conversation between Massimiano Bucchi, sociologist and writer, and Arturo Stàlteri, pianist, composer and presenter on Radio3.
Music by Brian Eno, Philip Glass, Ryuichi Sakamoto, David Bowie, Arturo Stàlteri.
Live performance of the original track composed by Arturo Stàlteri for the exhibition dedicated to Pigafetta. Beginning with an exploration of the acoustic environment at the time of Pigafetta, the track consists of evocative themes and sounds to enhance the exhibition experience (downloadable via QR Code).
Sunday 11 September, 17:30

Admission
free entrance with advance booking only. Call freephone 800.167.619 or write to vicenza@gallerieditalia.com

ANTONIO PIGAFETTA: 500 years of wonder
Dramatised reading of the text by Milton Fernández, with actor Aldo Stella.
Initiative promoted by the Spanish Embassy, sponsored by the National Committee for the Antonio Pigafetta celebrations, and held in collaboration with Fondazione di Storia.
Friday 7 October, 17:30

Admission
free entrance with advance booking only. Call freephone 800.167.619 or write to vicenza@gallerieditalia.com

EXPLORATIONS OF SCIENCE, LITERATURE AND MUSIC
in association with Observa Science in Society
Science and the story of exploration, from Pigafetta to Salgari
with zoologist Stefano Mazzotti, author of “Esploratori perduti” (Lost explorers)
and Stefania Carlesso who will read from Emilio Salgari.
From Pigafetta’s journey onwards, the exploration of the globe and the cosmos have gone hand in hand, with explorers and scientists sharing information and materials. Their research inspires, and is sometimes inspired by, the tales of great adventure writers like Salgari.
Sunday 27 November, 17:30

Admission
free entrance with advance booking only. Call freephone 800.167.619 or write to vicenza@gallerieditalia.com

 

GUIDED TOURS

THE NEW WORLDS OF ANTONIO PIGAFETTA

The geographical discoveries that changed our understanding of the world. Antonio Pigafetta took part in the expedition that made it possible to confirm that the Earth was round, coming into contact with new environments, new cultures, new religions and traditions. Focusing on cartography, navigation techniques and the life of explorers and sailors, we look back at the Vicentine humanist’s adventure in the company of the great Ferdinand Magellan. Stories, legends, artifacts, fragrances and exotic flavours before reaching that much-coveted destination: the Spice Islands!
Guided tour, Saturday and Sunday, 16:00

Admission
5 euro per person + entrance ticket

Information and booking
Advance booking only. Call freephone 800.167.619 or write to vicenza@gallerieditalia.com. Up to a maximum of 25 participants.
There must be a minimum of 5 participants on each guided tour.

Art&Drink
Themed initiative with tastings of alcohol-free cocktails made by our young bar tenders who will create alchemies of flavour taking their inspiration from Pigafetta’s voyage around the world.
In collaboration with the teachers and students of IIS Almerico da Schio secondary school, Vicenza

Saturday 22 October 2022, 17:00
Saturday 19 November 2022, 17:00
Saturday 17 December 2022, 17:00

Admission
10 euro per person + entrance ticket

Information and booking
Advance booking only. Call freephone 800.167.619 or write to vicenza@gallerieditalia.com
 

FAMILY LAB

OF SPICES AND CLOVES. THE JOURNEY AROUND THE WORLD
Over 200 adventurers departed from Seville but only 18 returned from one of the most important feats in history: the first voyage around the world! The survivors also included the Vicentine Antonio Pigafetta who, during the journey, carefully and painstakingly documented all of the details of this extraordinary endeavour. A chance to retrace the journey of the explorers led by Magellan, a true voyage of discovery taking in Brazil, Patagonia, Indonesia and the Philippines, at the end of which visitors can create their own world tour based on their own experiences, tales and recollections.
Sundays and holidays, 10:30 (from 11 September 2022 to 8 January 2023)

Further information:
vicenza@gallerieditalia.com
Activity included in entrance ticket, available between 10:30 and 16:30. Booking not required.

 

SPECIAL TALK WITH THE EXHIBITION CURATORS

Discovering the “other” world. The story of the first circumnavigation of the world
Talk with Andrea Canova, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan
Friday 21 October, 17:30

Admission
free entrance with advance booking only. Call freephone 800.167.619 or write to vicenza@gallerieditalia.com

Why travel? Pigafetta and the first voyage around the world
Talk with Valeria Cafà, Museo Correr, Venice
Saturday 12 November, 17:30

Admission
free entrance with advance booking only. Call freephone 800.167.619 or write to vicenza@gallerieditalia.com

POETRY VICENZA 2022 from 14 November to 13 December
THE FESTIVAL: The sea, the travel, floating away
(Voices from other worlds)

Some historic voyages have changed our understanding and the geography of the world. As well as challenging the vastness and mysteriousness of the sea, these journeys have also represented a meeting of very different peoples and cultures. However we look at it, the sea has always been both a symbol of hope and new horizons but also a theatre of inconceivable tragedies. Through various poetic voices from Italy and other countries we will learn about the expectations, the conflicts, the migrations and the challenges of today, similar to those of yesterday. Challenges in a world which, though different to that of Pigafetta, engenders the same emotions, the same sense of tragedy, the same expectations of human beings caught up in the events of history.
In collaboration with Associazione Culturale The Artsbox, Ca’ Foscari University and the Culture Department of the Municipality of Vicenza
Poetry readings in various cultural venues across the city
Gallerie d’Italia - Vicenza 24, 25 and 26 November, 18:00

Admission
free entrance with advance booking only. Call freephone 800.167.619 or write to vicenza@gallerieditalia.com

 

BOOK PRESENTATIONS

Magellano. Il primo viaggio intorno al mondo
(Magellan. The first voyage around the world) by David Salomoni
500 years ago, Ferdinand Magellan led his ships beyond Patagonia to another sea. For the first time man found the passage between the Oceans and was able to explore the Earth’s outer limits. After storms, mutinies and bloody battles, some of his sailors managed to complete the first circumnavigation of the globe and return to Spain. An unprecedented voyage, a story that will fascinate, amaze and move.
Saturday 29 October, 17:00

Admission
free entrance with advance booking only. Call freephone 800.167.619 or write to vicenza@gallerieditalia.com

“Antonio Pigafetta, Relazione del primo viaggio attorno al mondo / Relación del primer viaje alrededor del mundo” (edición bilingüe), edited by Andrea Canova.
This is the critical edition with commentary that updates the 1999 version also edited by Canova (Padua, Antenore), now out of print. Coordinated by Rafael Valladares, the book will also include a Spanish translation by academics María Soledad Aguilar Domingo and María Enriqueta Pérez Vázquez, and essays by Valladares and Carlos Martinez Shaw. Project carried out with the support of Intesa Sanpaolo and sponsored by the National Committee for the Antonio Pigafetta celebrations
date to be confirmed

Admission
free entrance with advance booking only. Call freephone 800.167.619 or write to vicenza@gallerieditalia.com

MUSICAL EVENTS

ELCANO, MAGELLAN AND PIGAFETTA. Adventure music
The Accademia del Piacere ensemble, conducted by Fahmi Alqhai, who also arranged the instrumentation and wrote the notations for the pieces taken from the Cancionero de la Colombina, will fill the halls of Palazzo Leoni Montanari with the music that enlivened the Spanish courts of the Renaissance, where this great voyage began.
An initiative promoted by the Spanish Embassy and the Istituto Cervantes of Milan, sponsored by the National Committee for the Antonio Pigafetta celebrations, and produced in collaboration with the Spazio&Musica association, as part of the 26th Festival of early music.
Sunday 13 November, 17:00

Admission
10 euro per person

Information and booking
Advance booking only. Call freephone 800.167.619 or write to vicenza@gallerieditalia.com

SPECIAL EVENTS

TRAVEL RESEARCH
Research studies into science, literature and geography
To coincide with European Researchers’ Night - 4th Research Night in Vicenza

This initiative, sponsored by the National Committee for the Antonio Pigafetta celebrations and promoted in collaboration with Fondazione Studi Universitari, IUAV, Accademia Olimpica and Biblioteca Bertoliana, involves a series of events focused on the theme of travel in its various forms.
Friday 30 September 20:00 - 23:00 free special opening of the museum, with the following programme:

21:00 guided tour “The incredible first voyage around the world” with exhibition curator Valeria Cafà

Admission
free event

Information and booking
Advance booking only. Call freephone 800.167.619 or write to vicenza@gallerieditalia.com

from 20:30 to 22:30 family lab OF SPICES AND CLOVES. THE JOURNEY AROUND THE WORLD

THE HORIZONS OF HEALTH One health/Una sola salute
As part of the event promoted by Fondazione Zoè, a special thematic itinerary
Spices, the cure
guided tour of the exhibition, followed by a multisensory analysis

The manuscript of the Report on the voyage provided a detailed and fascinating account that not only revealed the true nature of the Earth but also shared knowledge on new peoples and their cultures, customs and traditions.
Having retraced the various legs of this extraordinary adventure, meeting the people of Brazil, Patagonia, the Philippines and Indonesia, we will also look at their approaches to medicine, examining healers, natural products and ancient secrets that have been preserved over time and are still passed on today.
Saturday 15 and Sunday 16 October, 15:00

Admission
Free event

Information and booking
Advance booking only. Call freephone 800.167.619 or write to vicenza@gallerieditalia.com

PIGAFETTA, A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT. From the first circumnavigation of the globe to reports on the world 500 years later: how information changes

To coincide with the exhibition, Biblioteca Bertoliana of Vicenza and the Italian Travel Press association-Fnsi, in collaboration with Intesa Sanpaolo, promote a seminar dedicated to those who, whether for work or pleasure, often find themselves reading and listening to new and complex interpretations of the world. To examine what, over the centuries, has driven journalists, photographers, TV reporters and other lovers of new discoveries to embrace and report on our planet, away from their comfort zones.
November, programme under development

Admission
Free event

CHRISTMAS TIME SPICES: discovering precious flavours and fragrances with Pigafetta
Meeting with multisensory experiences, in association with Integra Fragrances
December, programme under development

Il n’est rose sans épines. THE VICENZA OF ANTONIO PIGAFETTA
Guided tour of the places and mysteries that surround Pigafetta.
A tour of the city dedicated to the great navigator and humanist that will shed light on his family origins and the true story of the famous Casa Pigafetta. The walk through the city also involves a visit of Gallerie d’Italia, to admire the Report on the voyage, and Biblioteca Bertoliana, with its pilot books, travel books and geographical and star atlases.
In collaboration with Vicenzaè, Biblioteca Bertoliana
17 September, departure from Piazza Matteotti (opposite IAT office) at 9:30 and 11:00
15 October, 12 November, 10 December, departure from Piazza Matteotti (opposite IAT office) at 10:30

STAMP ISSUE AND CANCELLATION

To coincide with the opening of the exhibition, on Tuesday 6 September, the Postal Service of the Order of Malta have opened a special desk at Gallerie d’Italia for a stamp cancellation in recollection of Pigafetta’s membership of the Order and dedication of his Report to the Grand Master Fra’ Philippe de Villiers de L’Isle-Adam.
The special stamp dedicated to Pigafetta by the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta, is also on sale in the Gallerie bookshop. Four stamps were issued in March: brought together in a se-tenant block, they share a background consisting of a detail of a map of the Philippines and the Maluku Islands with a compass rose in the centre, taken from an 1800 work conserved at the Biblioteca Magistrale of the Order of Malta in Rome.

 

EDUCATIONAL PROJECTS

Free initiatives for schools. Advance booking only. Call freephone 800.167.619 or write to  vicenza@gallerieditalia.com

SEARCHING FOR NEW WORLDS
The geographical discoveries that changed our understanding of the world.
Reflections on cartography, navigation techniques and the life of explorers and sailors.
Themed initiative (for all ages)
60 minutes

NATURE ITINERARIES
Nature and its beauty. We embark with Antonio Pigafetta on a journey to the uncontaminated lands of Brazil, Patagonia, the Philippines and Indonesia.
Themed initiative (nursery and junior schools)
45 minutes
Workshop: create an exotic herbarium.
45 minutes

WITH OTHER EYES
The discovery of new worlds has brought different cultures and societies into contact. Exchanges of knowledge, stories and experiences to understand how our relationship with the Other World has changed over the centuries and impacted on our daily lives.
Themed initiative (lower and upper secondary schools)
60 minutes

LET’S GO!
The courageous Pigafetta and his voyage around the world.

Creative writing competition for children
(final year of junior school and lower secondary schools)

Classes are invited to write a script of 1500 characters by 15 February 2023 inspired by the exhibition and the images created by illustrators as part of a call for artists, whose illustrations will be displayed until 8 January at Gallerie d’Italia - Vicenza.
Evaluated by specific panels, the texts and artworks produced may become the subject of a graphic novel.
In association with:
Culture Department and Education Department, Municipality of Vicenza
Associazione Illustri
Biblioteca civica Bertoliana
Confartigianato Vicenza