Podcast
The Fifth Siren
Hosted by FILL Productions · EN
When the high tide reaches Venice, four sirens are sounded to warn the population of the incoming danger. Each one of them represents a growing level of emergency, the level of the rising water. Yet there was no sound after the last siren, nothing to prepare venetians for the level of destruction the 2019 storm brought to town.
This is how The Fifth Siren was born. Venice becomes the nexus where many global crises come together - environmental, cultural, social, technological. We aim to alert and explore what is beyond it: the many challenges we have to confront when facing an unknown future.
The podcast has been produced by Fill Productions with the support of the Italian Cultural Institute in London and Banor Capital.
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Evolution
Nov 1, 202100:23:44Tap to summarizeFaced with threats of ever growing intensity, the only route for survival is change. In what way should the city transform? Is technology the modern divinity to ensure the future life of the city?Visit thefifthsiren.com for full transcript and episode notes.
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Memory
Oct 25, 202100:23:37Tap to summarizeVenice is a living archive of historical memories, collected through centuries of trade and splendour. Not only records of venetian history, but stories from the whole world can be found in the city’s archives. Yet the greatest challenge the city is facing today is depopulation. Are the archives enough to rescue a disappearing city? And most importantly, what memories can an empty city create?Visit thefifthsiren.com for full transcript and episode notes.
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Balance
Oct 18, 202100:26:25Tap to summarizeThroughout its environmental history, Venice has always struggled to find a balance between the city’s economic needs and the lagoon’s delicate ecosystem. Now that this relationship has been ever more compromised, is it still possible to define a balance for the city to come?Visit thefifthsiren.com for full transcript and episode notes.
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Veniceland
Oct 11, 202100:20:52Tap to summarizeVenice is a “Shroedinger cat of a city”, full of possibilities. But it wears many disguises, disclosing only what it wants. For this very reason people are lured by its charm. Yet this human and urban archipelago that defies representation is also the most copied city in the world... Can its historical and cultural complexity survive the fate of becoming a playground for tourists?Visit thefifthsiren.com for full transcript and episode notes.
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Water
Oct 4, 202100:22:07Tap to summarizeOn the 13th of November 2019 an exceptionally high tide hits Venice, creating damage the city has not seen before. People’s homes and shops are destroyed, the power cuts off and the city plunges into a dark, desperate night, trying to rescue what it can. Could this have been foreseen? Are weather anomalies really an exception, or perhaps just something that’s going to happen more and more often? As the world stands watching, we wonder: is this only a cautionary tale for Venice, or for the world?Visit thefifthsiren.com for full transcript and episode notes.
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Trailer
Sep 19, 202100:03:17Tap to summarizeListen to the trailer of The Fifth Siren, a new podcast by Fill Productions.
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