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Tomorrow Palazzo Diedo will host the screening “Goodnight, Lamby”, an animated short by visual artist Dustin Yellin. Yel...
02/09/2026

Tomorrow Palazzo Diedo will host the screening “Goodnight, Lamby”, an animated short by visual artist Dustin Yellin.

Yellin has long described his sculptural practice as a form of “frozen cinema,” and here, for the first time, he brings one of his glass collages to life. Inspired by his three-year-old daughter Zia, who stars alongside Paul Rudd and Chris Rock, the film follows Zia as she ventures into her father’s vast sculpture in search of her missing stuffed lamb, Lamby.

Produced by Darren Aronofsky and Justin A. Gonçalves through Primordial Soup, the short blends generative AI with collage-style animation, extending Yellin’s handmade materials — collage, photography, glasswork — into a moving, cinematic world.

Goodnight, Lamby was an official selection at the 2026 Festival de Cannes, and will screen in Palazzo Diedo’s Black Box for the duration of the Venice Cinema Biennale.

📆 Thursday, September 3rd to Sunday, September 6th and Thursday, September 10th to Sunday,September 13th
📍Black Box, Palazzo Diedo, Venice
⏱️On Loop
Free entrance until capacity is met



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28/08/2026

Through the performance “Human Unreadable: Body not included”, the artistic duo Operator has created an unprecedented connection between dance and algorithmic code. While the algorithm defines movements and sequences that only exist on paper, the dancers bring them to life. Neither element can fully exist without the other.

For Ania Catherine, choreographer and co-founder of the duo, the performance extends beyond merely crafting movements in symbiosis with the machine: it is about bringing together, in a harmonious synthesis, the inherent rigidity of the algorithm with the dancers’ expressiveness and the energy of the audience. Only through this balance, digitally generated movements can transcend their origins and become truly human.

Human Unreadable: Body not included (2026)
Performed by Valentina Peruch and Giulia Padovan
Music by Amon Tobin
Costume by Don Aretino

Video credit: ©Hubove Studio - Elena Gatto

Our daily habits have drastically changed during the last few years, because our days are no longer exclusively occupied...
24/08/2026

Our daily habits have drastically changed during the last few years, because our days are no longer exclusively occupied by minimal gestures or objects we deem insignificant, but also by our constant use of technology, particularly of AI.

The intersection of the analog and digital worlds shapes our daily lives and, consequently, our entire society. Both “Strange Rules” and “Ceal Floyer. Unfinished” precisely analyze this issue: those minimal spaces, those realities that we ignore or take for granted. Because everything holds meaning, from drinking a glass of water to co-creating with AI, and only art can reveal it.

🏛️ Ground, First Floor and Black Box: “Strange Rules”, curated by Mat Dryhurst, Holly Herndon, Hans Ulrich Obrist with Adriana Rispoli // Mezzanine: “Ceal Floyer. Unfinished”, curated by Ann Gallagher and Jonathan Watkins
📆 4 May – 22 November 2026
📍 Palazzo Diedo, Venice

To analyze the present in order to predict the future: this serves as the foundational premise of Avery Singer’s artwork...
07/08/2026

To analyze the present in order to predict the future: this serves as the foundational premise of Avery Singer’s artwork “Vanessa”. Her practice involves compiling wartime images spanning from 2001 onward, which are subsequently reprocessed through artificial intelligence into a singular piece.

Rather than merely depicting the present, the artist filters it to anticipate what lies ahead, operating much like a highly skilled poker player.

🏛️“Strange Rules”, curated by Mat Dryhurst, Holly Herndon, Hans Ulrich Obrist with Adriana Rispoli
📆4 May – 22 November 2026
📍Palazzo Diedo, Venice

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History has unfolded through the conflicts between those who held power and those who coveted it. It is precisely from t...
04/08/2026

History has unfolded through the conflicts between those who held power and those who coveted it.

It is precisely from this indissoluble bond between history and power that Ho Tzu Nyen “P for power” emerges: a series of chapters in which the artist and the machine interact to seek an ultimate definition of this historical and social engine.

For power does not pertain solely to politics: it permeates every sphere of the human experience. Is this a troubling premise for our future, or a reassuring one to help us understand the game we are playing?

Card 3: clip from “P for Power”, by Ho Tzu Nyen, 2026
Card 5: clip from “P for Power”, by Ho Tzu Nyen, 2026
Card 6: frame from “P for Power”, by Ho Tzu Nyen, 2026

🏛️“Strange Rules”, curated by Mat Dryhurst, Holly Herndon, Hans Ulrich Obrist with Adriana Rispoli
📆4 May – 22 November 2026
📍Palazzo Diedo, Venice

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Yesterday, Palazzo Diedo hosted “Human Unreadable: Body not included” (2026) by Operator.Across six live performances, d...
24/07/2026

Yesterday, Palazzo Diedo hosted “Human Unreadable: Body not included” (2026) by Operator.

Across six live performances, dancers embodied the algorithm’s instructions, exposing the choreographic infrastructure of “Human Unreadable”.

Presented in the context of “Strange Rules” within “Attention Guild”, the ongoing installation by Mat Dryhurst and Holly Herndon in collaboration with SUB, the performance foregrounded the tension between protocol and embodiment. The score exists as infrastructure; the performance exists only through the temporary appearance of a body not included in the code.

Human Unreadable: Body not included (2026)
Performed by Valentina Peruch and Giulia Padovan
Music by Amon Tobin
Costume by Don Aretino

Photo credit: ©Hubove Studio - Elena Gatto

On 23 July 2026, Palazzo Diedo presents “Human Unreadable: Body not included” (2026), a new performance by Operator crea...
14/07/2026

On 23 July 2026, Palazzo Diedo presents “Human Unreadable: Body not included” (2026), a new performance by Operator created on the occasion of “Strange Rules”.

Presented within “Attention Guild”, the ongoing installation by Mat Dryhurst and Holly Herndon in collaboration with SUB, the performance exposes the choreographic infrastructure of “Human Unreadable”, deploying the outputs of its algorithm as the raw material for a live performance the algorithm specifies but cannot itself perform.

In “Human Unreadable”, each minting transaction on the Ethereum blockchain generates a unique choreographic score, defining movement, tempo, orientation and emotional climate. While these scores are permanently stored on-chain, they remain incomplete until they are embodied by performers.

For this site-specific performance, dancers receive instructions through projected numbers and embody them live, while a suspended scroll materializes the complete output of the system, functioning as a complete archive of potential performances.

Created for “Strange Rules”, the work foregrounds the tension between protocol and embodiment. The score exists as infrastructure; the performance exists only through the temporary appearance of a body not included in the code.

“Human Unreadable: Body not included” (2026)
📅 Thursday, 23 July 2026
🕛 Six performances, one every hour starting at 12 PM, with a break from 3 PM to 4 PM
📍 Palazzo Diedo, Venice
🎟️ Free entry until capacity is reached

Performed by Valentine Peruch and Giulia Padovan
Music by Amon Tobin
Costume by Don Aretino

10/07/2026

From the intersection of nature and blockchain technology, Primavera De Filippi conceives the “Plantoid”: synthetic creatures that combine art, digital code and biology.

Their sustenance comes from cryptocurrencies, donated by viewers as they approach the installation.

At the culmination of this “pollination” phase, the Plantoid awakens and generates a work of art through generative AI. This produces a “digital seed” that materialises as an exclusive NFT, representing the final manifestation of the human-machine relationship.

🏛️ “Strange Rules”, curated by Mat Dryhurst, Holly Herndon, Hans Ulrich Obrist with Adriana Rispoli
📆 4 May - 22 November 2026
📍 Palazzo Diedo, Venice

PENUMBRA by Kelsey Lu (Kelsey Lu) and Yumna Al-Arashi () is now on view at Palazzo Diedo.Developed from the live perform...
09/07/2026

PENUMBRA by Kelsey Lu (Kelsey Lu) and Yumna Al-Arashi () is now on view at Palazzo Diedo.

Developed from the live performance presented at the palazzo on 7 May 2026, the exhibition transforms its traces — soil, sound and charcoal — into a lasting installation.

Throughout the exhibition, the architecture of Palazzo Diedo becomes an active presence, while the body emerges as vessel, archive and site of power, moving through the witness, the devotee, the warrior, the lover and the ghost.

PENUMBRA
📍 Palazzo Diedo, Venice
📅 8 July – 22 November 2026
Curated by Olivier Berggruen. Produced by Rayna Holmes (raynastorm)

Photo Credit: Marco Cappelletti

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Fondamenta Diedo� Cannaregio 2386
Venice
30121

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Giovedì 10:00 - 19:00
Venerdì 10:00 - 19:00
Sabato 10:00 - 19:00
Domenica 10:00 - 19:00

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