Presentation given at annual meeting of the American Institute for Conservation in Albuquerque, NM.

1. Crowdfunding
the Conservation of the
Public Art of Venice
American Institute for Conservation
Albuquerque, May 10, 2012
Fabio Carrera
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

2. 1961-1977
1978 -
1977-1978
1988 -
1996 - 2004
2007 -
½ Ma
½ Ve
½
SFe

3. Coats of Arms Confraternity
Symbols
Crosses Fragments
Sculptures Inscriptions Patere Street Altars Reliefs
Bells Church Floors
Fountains Wellheads
Lunette
Decorations
Keystones Portals
Monuments
•Flagstaff Pedestals
Venice Public Art

4. Deterioration of Artifacts
1930 1979 2000 2007 2011
Rio Terà Barba Frutariol, Cannaregio

5. Public Art
1988-1998 - inventories
2010
2000
1990

6. Public Art Inventories
Coats of Arms Confraternity
Symbols
Crosses Fragments
Sculptures Inscriptions Patere Street Altars
Reliefs Bells Church Floors
Flagstaff Pedestals Fountains Wellheads
Lunette
Decorations
Keystones
Portals
Monuments
1098
173
394
56 109
253
30
253 75
943
2201
238 67
310
109
25
32
576
85
TOTAL:
7027

7. 7,027pieces of Public Art

8. Material Culture
Functional Artifacts
Decorative Sculpture Antique Boats

9. Antique Boats
• Over 50 years old
• Focus of photogrammetric project (concurrent in Wood Artifacts)

10. • World Heritage Sites
– Venice inscribed in 1987
• UNESCO and material culture
• Private Committees
• The Master Plan
• OUR CONTRIBUTION…
Venice as a World Heritage Site
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and
Cultural Organization

11. Material Culture
Functional Artifacts
Decorative Sculpture Antique Boats
2868 pieces 3996 pieces 55 boats

12. Material Culture

13. Main Material Culture Pages
Functional Artifacts
Decorative Sculpture Antique Boats

14. Categories of Material Culture
Coats of Arms Symbols Crosses Reliefs
Fragments Inscriptions Patere Sculptures
Street Altars Wellheads Portals Monuments
Keystones
Flagstaff Pedestals
Fountains
Lunette
Gondola Caorlina S’ciopon Topo

15. Individual Artifact Pages
Number of individual pages created: 3,068

16. Individual Page Components

17. Semantic Web Search
• Additional search parameters
• Results across multiple categories
•Displays each piece with a given characteristic

18. Before and After Photos

19. Missing Pieces: 33 Confirmed

20. • Priority Analysis
• Cost Assessment
• Restoration
Conservation

21. • Physical Condition
• Social & Historic Value
• Artistic Value
• Vulnerability
• Uniqueness
• Emergency
Priority Analysis

22. Low Priority
Interpreting the Results

23. High Priority
Interpreting the Results

24. • Priority Analysis
• Cost Assessment
• Restoration
Conservation

25. • Scaffolding Cost
• Restoration Cost
• Architect Fee
• Taxes
Cost Estimate

26. High Priority
Cost Estimate

27. Most Expensive
€4229
€4357 €4282
€4158 €3949

28. 7,027 pieces of Public Art

29. 7,027 pieces of Public Art
€ 3,500,000

30. • Priority Analysis
• Cost Assessment
• Restoration
Conservation

31. PreserVenice

32. The PreserVenice Committee

33. UNESCO Funding

34. Smartphone App

35. Augmented Reality

36. List View

37. Intelligent Public Art

38. Alerts

39. Favorites

40. Art Piece Information

41. Photo Alert

42. Photo Update

43. Before/After Alignment

44. Crowdfunding

45. Microdonations

46. Quality Control

47. Crowd-servation

48. Crowd-servation

49. Crowd-servation

50. Crowd-servation

51. venice2point0.org
venipedia.org
santafedia.org
Fabio Carrera
carrera@wpi.edu
fabiocarrera.com
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