Description Back and Forth is a two-faced exhibition. “Back and Forth: Camino de Santiago, Via Francigena, Via Egnatia” Look Back: It’s a long way! University Iuav of Venice recalls the path of Laboratorio “I cammini storici” along Camino de Santiago, Via Francigena and Via Appia from a.y. 1999/2000 until now. Thanks to a massive archive work by FuoriVia, pictures, maps, videos and reports can tell the story of more than 1000 students walking across Europe through all these years.

Look Forward Via Egnatia underway Laboratorio I cammini storici is walking on Via Egnatia, from 2015 to 2019. University Iuav of Venice and FuoriVia cooperate to promote the restoration of the ancient roman road linking Western to Eastern Mediterranean regions. For the first time, friends, institutions and different stakeholders come to Venice to share and tell Via Egnatia project.

Università Iuav di Venezia (IT) | FuoriVia (IT) | Albanian National Coastal Agency (AL) | Archaeologiacl Museum of Pella (GR) | Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki (GR) | Egnatia Odos Company (GR) | Ephorate of Pella (GR) | Municipality of Pella (GR) | Municipality of Kavala (GR) | Municipality of Volvi (GR)Curator Alice Merenda Somma | Scientific Supervisor Francesco Bruzzone | Layout Giulia D’Antonio | Cartography Giulia D’Antonio e Auro Michelon | Text Revision Alessia Gendron | Visual Design Chiara Costantini – — – — – – — – – — – – – – — – – – – — – – – – — — — — — – – – – – – —- – Look as Janus In order to undertake Via Egnatia regeneration project, we must have a double gaze: deep when digging into the past and acute when measuring the future. Turn steps into limits Body is our prime research tool and walking is our first action. In order for the practice to be genuine, we must prepare ourselves to the unknown, risking at every step that set foot commences to something. Turn way points into doorways The path is fragmented into stages and each step-over is a chance to challenge your openness. Covering a way it is to create a course of relationships, so on your map, rather than points, draws doors. Go back and forth Explore your track and then stop – backtrack; plan and then collapse – reconstruct. Walking can teach you wavering, and wavering can teach you to plan. Wander Don’t forget to deviate, go off track and off topic, go far away from your place, go fuorivia. Favor expansions over reductions, and intersections over sections.