Riverberi Festival. Words, sounds and performances with the Lagoon

TBA21–Academy’s Ocean Space presents Riverberi Festival. Words, sounds and performances with the Lagoon, taking place from Friday 9 to Sunday, October 11, 2026. 

This three-day gathering features performances, workshops, a citizens' assembly, screenings, and spaces for dialogue and exchange on regenerative processes, ecological activism, and political ecology, exploring the present, past, and future of the Venice Lagoon — bringing together artists, researchers, and the local human and more-than-human community.

The three-day program serves as both a showcase and a celebration of Ocean Space's 2026 season, marking the closing of the exhibition Tide of Returns, based on the artistic research of the Repatriates Collective, and of the initiative Nature Speaks. Listening for Rights of Nature in Venice and Europe, co-produced with the NICHE Centre for Environmental Humanities, Ca' Foscari University of Venice. 

The festival offers an opportunity to wrap up certain projects, while also opening up new conversations around ongoing and future initiatives. The conversations and performances delve into TBA21–Academy’s universe, touching on past and ongoing projects, including The Current V, the first edition of the Tentacular Fellowship at Ocean Space, and the residency programs S+T+ARTS and Tidal Arts, offering a glimpse into Ocean Space's upcoming season, which will embrace the regenerative Zoöp model going forward. 

In case of rain, the events will take place indoors, inside Ocean Space. 

• 5 - 6pm | La laguna in bottiglia, performance by Oceanographies Collective | Campo San Lorenzo

• 6 - 6:45pm | The Eyes of Princes, Klara Kofen in conversation with Eduardo Castillo Vinuesa | San Lorenzo Cloister

• 6:45 - 7:30pm | Undercurrents, lecture performance by Sara Alberani | San Lorenzo Cloister

• 7:30 - 8:15pm | Sensing The Currents. Natasha Ginwala and Barbara Casavecchia in conversation | San Lorenzo Cloister

• 8:15 - 8:30pm | Verso la Certosa, dialogue with Alberto Sonino, founder of Vento di Venezia (Certosa Island) | San Lorenzo Cloister

• 8:30 - 9:30pm | Artivism at Sea Storytelling, performance by Arka Kinari | Ocean Space

• 4:30 - 7pm | Citizens' Assembly for the Rights of the Venice Lagoon | San Lorenzo Cloister

• 7 - 7:45 | Ocean Space becomes a Zoöp, but what is it? Talk with Chiara Famengo, Klaas Kuitenbrouwer and Markus Reymann | San Lorenzo Cloister

• 8 - 9:15pm | Sonic Lagoon, a series of performances | Ocean Space

    Reitia: to dive under water for something, to disappear by Anne Bourne

    Laguna Inaudita by Letizia Artioli

    Veden Vire by Symbiotic Lab

• 9:15 - 10:30pm | Convivial moment with drinks and music | San lorenzo Cloister

• 10 - 11am | Education Laboratory of Sustainability, visit & guided tour aboard Arka Kinari ship | Certosa Island

    Places are limited, booking required at the following link.

• 11:30am - 12:30pm | Education Laboratory of Sustainability, visit & guided tour aboard Arka Kinari ship | Certosa Island

    Places are limited, booking required at the following link.

• 5:30 - 7pm | Generative Songlines, a session of screenings and a sound performance by Rebekah Wilson curated by Khadija von Zinnenburg Carroll | Ocean Space

Technical sponsor of Riverberi Festival on Saturday, October 10: