In this recorded panel discussion from 13 March 2025, held during the exhibition 'Venice Be Real' by Stefanie Bürkle, the panelists discuss how tourism and digital platforms are transforming Venice. Topics include the impact of Airbnb on housing and everyday life, the role of Google Maps and Instagram in shaping tourist flows, how the city is designed for visitors, and local activism. The discussants are Prof. Stefanie Bürkle, Prof. Ingo Schulz-Schaeffer, Dr. Nicolas Zehner, Christina Hecht and Simon C. Pohl.

Space Oddity

SFB 1265 Re-Figuration von Räumen

Oddity Nr. 27 – Venice Be Real

AUG 27, 202554 MIN
Space Oddity

Oddity Nr. 27 – Venice Be Real

AUG 27, 202554 MIN

Description

Imaginaries between Residents, Visitors, and Platforms Invitation to the Exhibition in Venice @ Palazzetto Tito (4-27. September): https://sfb1265.de/wp-content/uploads/Venice-BeRealStefanie-Buerklelnvitaionenit.pdf (PDF) Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ML578awik8 Slides: https://sfb1265.de/wp-content/uploads/Venice-Be-Real-Slides.pdf (PDF) Slide 1 / Quote Marianne (6:20) Slide 2 / Graph Airbnb Market Composition (10:20) Slide 3 / Map Airbnb Listings (11:15) Slide 4 / Map Listing Densities over Time by Amateurs / Professionals (11:50) Slide 5 / Google Maps Sample Locations (25:30) Slide 6 / Site Reviews on Google Maps (26:45) Slide 7 / First and latest Reviews on Google Maps (27:10) Slide 4 / Map Listing Densities over Time by Amateurs / Professionals (41:20) Slide 8 / Map Growing or Shrinking Airbnb Supply (41:20) Slide 9 / Quote Ava (46:30) Discussants: Prof. Stefanie Bürkle (Ö – Migrating Spaces and Tourism II: Imagination, Pictorial Space and Contextures of Venice) Prof. Ingo Schulz-Schaeffer (B04 – Locative Media II: New Spatial Realities between Conflict and Coexistence) Dr. Nicolas Zehner (B04 – Locative Media II) Christina Hecht (C07 – Platform Economy: Spatial Conflicts over Airbnb between Global Marketization and Territorial Containment) Simon C. Pohl (C07 – Platform Economy) Moderated by Dr. Séverine Marguin (C06 – Streaming Series: Spatial Stories and the Production Regimes of Afronovelas) www.sfb1265.de/en https://www.artandresearch.org/ // Host & Editing: Christopher Heidecke