Contemporary photography festival

Murano, industrial memory & contemporary visual creation.

FOTOMURANO is a new international artistic event dedicated to contemporary photography, rooted in Murano’s industrial and artistic history.

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01 — Context & identity

A festival rooted in Murano’s unique identity.

Murano, an emblematic island in the Venetian lagoon, is known worldwide for its glassmaking heritage and industrial history.

The festival draws on this distinctive identity by creating a dialogue between the memory of workshops, industrial architecture and contemporary photographic creation.

02 — Objectives

International event

Create a new international artistic event dedicated to contemporary photography.

Heritage

Enhance Murano’s tangible and intangible heritage through the eyes of artists.

Innovation

Encourage exchanges between craft tradition and artistic innovation.

03 — Contents & programme

Exhibitions, screenings, talks and routes through symbolic locations.

Exhibitions

Exhibitions by international and emerging artists.

Screenings & talks

Screenings, conferences and encounters with photographers, researchers and artisans.

Island routes

Routes through symbolic sites in Murano: workshops, former industrial areas and public spaces.

04 — Murano

Industrial heritage, workshop memory and contemporary creation.

FOTOMURANO offers a new way to look at Murano: not only as the island of glass, but as an industrial territory, a place of transmission and a visual laboratory in dialogue with contemporary photography.

05 — Audiences

Art lovers and collectors
Cultural institutions and international partners
Residents of Murano and Venice
Curious visitors and new audiences drawn to the intersection of industrial memory and contemporary practices

06 — Vision & impact

Position Murano as a centre for contemporary visual creation.

Contribute to the cultural, touristic and economic development of the territory.

Anchor the festival in a sustainable dynamic, between preserved heritage and future-facing creation.

07 — Contact

Let’s build the festival together.

Artistic proposals, institutional partnerships, patronage or collaborations:

contact@fotomurano.com

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