A collective poetry programme in four acts unfolding across a barchino journey. 

The fifth edition of TBA–Academy's research program Convivial Tables, this year entitled Invisibile - Spore, parole, correnti (Invisibile - Spores, Words, Currents) and curated by Bogiaisso (Niccolò Moronato and Alice Jasmine Crippa) with the trans-oceanic collective Orchestras of AWEdacity (Kayla Archer) and other guests, will feature readings, translations, excursions and experiments in poetic expression.

The programme moves through the perspective of those who work behind Venice's scenography: couriers, waste collectors, transport workers, ACTV staff, carpenters, plumbers, and public green space maintenance workers. 

The invisible we are after is what these people see: the gestures that govern the flow of barchini through the canals, the schisce — meals eaten out of sight —, words that speak only to those in the trade, the places where inhabitants reclaim an intimate version of the island.

Four gite in barchino (boat trips) with Fie a Manetta, where fungi — with their invisible logic of networks and interdependence — open a space where a coexistence of perspectives becomes possible. On board: collective poetry facilitators, makers, fungi experts, artists and experts in lagoon life. 

In one outing, joined by Wissal Houbabi and L'Mahjoub, aïta — a Moroccan tradition of sung poetry — will resonate in the lagoon. The writing sessions grow from the collaboration with Kayla Archer and the Orchestras of AWEdacity: a process inspired by Caribbean Calypso. Voices that call and respond, words bouncing across languages — Venetian, Ciosoto, English, Italian, Spanish, Arabic, and more.

On 19 September 2026, a shared table in Campo closes the program with an open dialogue with curators, artists, participants and scientists.

• April 21 | INVISIBILE — Gita #1 
• May 26 | INVISIBILE — Gita #2
• June 23 | INVISIBILE — Gita #3
• July 14 | INVISIBILE — Gita #4
• September 19 | Convivial Tables in Campo

Niccolò Moronato is a visual artist, researcher and translator. Since 2022 they have worked with the fishing community of Chioggia through Bogiaisso, the collective SONAI and Trattoria Guaiana.

Alice Jasmine Crippa is a cultural researcher, co-founder and experience director of Bogiaisso. Since 2023 they have worked with the community of fishers, artisans and hands-on practitioners in Chioggia, curating and co-creating community artistic productions.

Kayla Archer (Barbados) is a writer and researcher based in Mexico City. She is drawn to what Barbadian poet Kamau Brathwaite described as "the submarine unity" of the Caribbean-Latin American region. Together with seven oceanic citizens (Barbados, UK, USA, Germany, Turkey, Italy) she founded Orchestras of AWEdacity, a poetry and performance collective that since 2024 has developed a collective writing methodology inspired by Caribbean Calypso. Each member writes through a sobriquet — an alter ego of the deep that defines their political commitment to the fluid, supranational territory of the ocean.

Fie a Manetta is the first motor-boat school run by women and open to everyone. Theory and practical courses to learn how to navigate the lagoon and Venice's canals, sustainable navigation and slow barchino.