The Guardians of the Gesture

An inaugural collection at Campus MaNa Venezia

To mark the opening of Campus MaNa Venezia on the island of San Servolo, five rare training programs bring this new space dedicated to the arts of making to life.

Collected under the title "Guardians of Gesture," these first sessions celebrate the transmission of sensitive, precise, and demanding skills, carried out by renowned master craftsmen, artisans, and artists.
In a world where the immaterial is increasingly important, this collection raises an essential question:
What does a gesture teach us, beyond its technical mastery? How is know-how transmitted, adapted, and embodied over time?

By combining theory and practice, material and narrative, each training program becomes a precious space-time where memory, technique, and creation interact and enrich one another.