No. 54
"HiLoVv: Stories of the ghetto"
Title: HiLoVv: Stories of the ghetto
Subtitle: Hidden Live(r)s of Venice on Video
Year: 2014
Genre: Documentary video
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MOREThe omnibus of the final year of the HiLoVv project deals with the complex and delicate topic of the contemporary Venetian neighbourhood called the Ghetto, which with its specific history gave name to the notion of the Ghetto as we know it today. The Ghetto celebrates its 500th anniversary in 2016.
Shaul Bassi is a professor of English Literature at the Ca' Foscari University of Venice. He is the founder of the Venice Center of International Jewish Studies and a member of the Jewish Community of Venice. Rami Banin is the rabbi of the Chabad-Lubavitch Community of Venice and owner of the kosher Gam Gam restaurant in Venice. Lorenzo Moshe De Vettor Aboaf was born and raised in the Venetian Ghetto. He is an artist, musician and researcher. David Ariel Guglielmi joined the Jewish Orthodox Community of the Chabad-Lubavitch three years ago. He and his family now call the Ghetto in Venice their home. Karol Skladanowski Vaccarello is a restaurant owner in the neighbourhood. He and his family opened the restaurant two years ago to keep the Jewish culinary tradition alive. Davide Casali is a musician from Trieste. He is a member of the Jewish community in Trieste, commuting weekly to his workplace in Venice. ?iva Kraus is a Croatian painter and curator. She has lived in Venice for the past 40 years and has been running the Ikona Gallery for 35 years. Since 2003 the gallery has been located in Campo del Ghetto Novo.
Shaul Bassi is a professor of English Literature at the Ca' Foscari University of Venice. He is the founder of the Venice Center of International Jewish Studies and a member of the Jewish Community of Venice. Rami Banin is the rabbi of the Chabad-Lubavitch Community of Venice and owner of the kosher Gam Gam restaurant in Venice. Lorenzo Moshe De Vettor Aboaf was born and raised in the Venetian Ghetto. He is an artist, musician and researcher. David Ariel Guglielmi joined the Jewish Orthodox Community of the Chabad-Lubavitch three years ago. He and his family now call the Ghetto in Venice their home. Karol Skladanowski Vaccarello is a restaurant owner in the neighbourhood. He and his family opened the restaurant two years ago to keep the Jewish culinary tradition alive. Davide Casali is a musician from Trieste. He is a member of the Jewish community in Trieste, commuting weekly to his workplace in Venice. ?iva Kraus is a Croatian painter and curator. She has lived in Venice for the past 40 years and has been running the Ikona Gallery for 35 years. Since 2003 the gallery has been located in Campo del Ghetto Novo.