Activities

Scientific activities

Participation in scientific events

  • 9/04/2024 - A. Martignon, "The digitisation of ancient musical sources (manuscripts and printed editions)", as part of the Workshop "Path breaking lab: why and how to work on Tartini" (Interreg Italia-Slovenija project "Tartini Bis: enhancing the impact and synergies of cultural tourism in the name of Giuseppe Tartini"), Benedetto Marcello Conservatory of Music in Venice
  • 22/11/2023 (invited presentation) - P. Da Col, A. Martignon, G. Pojana, "ARMID@Venezia: music and digital humanism in Venice. The musical sources of the Benedetto Marcello Conservatory", as part of the Seminar "Digitisation and enhancement of Venetian music archives", ARCHiVe Online Academy 2023, Giorgio Cini Foundation, Venice
  • 13/07/2023 - A. Martignon, "ARMID@Venezia: Digital Music and Iconographic Archive in Venice", as part of the "Musical Walk. Library of the Benedetto Marcello Conservatory" for Levi Campus. Levi interdisciplinary seminar series for doctoral students in musicology (Venice, 10-15 July 2023), Ugo and Olga Levi Foundation, at the Benedetto Marcello Conservatory of Music in Venice
  • 19/06/2023 (invited presentation) - A. Martignon, "ARMID@Venezia: Digital Music and Iconographic Archive in Venice", as part of the Study Day "The Gianni Milner Library and Digitisation", Ugo and Olga Levi Foundation, Venice
  • 14/06/2023 - M. Baldan, A. Martignon, S. Eupani, P. Da Col, D. Manzini, G. Pojana, "The ARMID@Venezia: a Project Post-Acqua Granda", as part of the 18th International Conference on Chemistry and the Environment, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice (Venice, 11-15 June 2023), Scientific Campus, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Mestre (Venice)

Materials for scientific events

  • A. Martignon, S. Urbani, M. Baldan, P. Da Col, G. Pojana, "The 'ARMID@Venezia' - ARchivio Musicale e Iconografico Digitale A Venezia (Digital Iconographic and Music Archive in Venice) project". Interactive poster for the International Conference "Archiving 2023", Society for Imaging Science and Technology (Oslo, 19-23 June 2023)
  • M. Baldan, A. Martignon, S. Eupani, P. Da Col, D. Manzini, G. Pojana, "The ARMID@Venezia: a Project Post-Acqua Granda". Poster for the 18th International Conference on Chemistry and the Environment (Venice, 11-15 June 2023)

Publications

  • (invited publication) M. Baldan, A. Martignon, S. Longo, G. Pojana, "The ARMID@Venezia Project: Multispectral Imaging and Spectroscopic Investigations on Ancient Music Sources: Paper and Parchment Manuscripts and Printed Books", in "Journal of Imaging Science and Technology", 68, 4 (2024), pp. 1-16 [Special Issue: Proceedings of the International Conference "Archiving 2023" (Oslo, 19th-23rd June 2023), organised by the Society for Imaging Science and Technology]
  • M. Baldan, A. Martignon, S. Eupani, P. Da Col, D. Manzini, G. Pojana, "The ARMID@Venezia: a Project Post-Acqua Granda", in "18th International Conference on Chemistry and the Environment" (Venice, 11th-15th June 2023), Ca’ Foscari University of Venice and European Chemical Society, Venice 2023, p. 528
  • A. Martignon, "Digitised against the Acqua Granda. ARMID@Venezia virtually restores the musical sources of the Benedetto Marcello Conservatory", in "Il Giornale dell'Arte", no. 436 (February 2023), p. 45

  • A. Martignon, “Digitalizzate contro l’Acqua Granda. Armid@Venezia restaura virtualmente le fonti musicali del Conservatorio «Benedetto Marcello»” [ITA] ["Digitised against the Acqua Granda. Armid@Venezia virtually restores the musical sources of the Benedetto Marcello Conservatory"], in "Il Giornale dell’Arte" (17 February 2023)

Degree theses

  • S. Eupani, "Non-invasive diagnostic investigations to support the conservation of ancient musical instruments: the case of ancient harps at the Benedetto Marcello Conservatory in Venice", bachelor’s thesis, supervisor Prof. G. Pojana, co-supervisors Dr E. Costa, Dr A. Martignon, degree programme in Science and Technology for Cultural Heritage, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice
  • B. M. Fifaco, "Vittorio Emanuele Bressanin and the 'Glorification of Music'. Study, non-invasive investigation and proposal for digital restoration", master's thesis, supervisor Prof. G. Pojana, co-supervisor Dr A. Martignon, degree programme in History of the Arts and Conservation of Artistic Heritage, Ca' Foscari University of Venice
  • C. Campagnari, "Analysis through multispectral imaging and digital restoration of ancient musical manuscripts", bachelor's thesis, supervisor Prof. G. Pojana, co-supervisor Dr. A. Martignon, degree programme in Science and Technology for Cultural Heritage, Ca' Foscari University of Venice
  • A. Hechenblaikner, "Multispectral imaging as a non-invasive investigation method applied to cultural heritage. Study of a printed document and pigments on wood", bachelor's thesis, supervisor Prof. G. Pojana, co-supervisor Dr A. Martignon, degree programme in Science and Technology for Cultural Heritage, Ca' Foscari University of Venice
  • S. Longo, "Characterisation of an ancient musical manuscript using multispectral and spectroscopic techniques", bachelor’s thesis, supervisor Prof. G. Pojana, co-supervisor Dr A. Martignon, degree programme in Science and Technology for Cultural Heritage, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice
  • G. Milan, "Study and enhancement of ancient musical instruments using photographic and non-invasive techniques", bachelor's thesis, supervisor Prof. G. Pojana, co-supervisor Dr A. Martignon, degree programme in Science and Technology for Cultural Heritage, Ca' Foscari University of Venice

Collaborations with other projects and partnerships

Awards

  • 13/09/2023 - award ceremony for the research project "ARMID@Venezia: ARchivio Musicale e Iconografico Digitale A Venezia (Digital Iconographic and Music Archive in Venice)" at the "Art Bonus 2023" National Competition, Ministry of Culture, Sala Spadolini, Rome

Educational activities

Internship courses within ARMID@Venezia

  • Training and coordination (by A. Martignon) of 70 student interns (4 of whom, now former interns, continue to collaborate with the project as volunteers) from Ca' Foscari University of Venice, IUAV University of Venice and the University of Bologna, as well as 8 external collaborators (see "Collaborators" section). The training, delivered through individual and group courses, focuses on the digitisation, post-production and virtual restoration of the digital images generated, as well as the use of certain instruments for non-invasive diagnostic investigations on documents.

Courses in doctoral schools

  • February-March 2025 - course on "Basics of non-invasive diagnostic investigation techniques and digitisation for cultural heritage", by G. Pojana and A. Martignon, as part of the PhD programme in History of Arts, Ca' Foscari University of Venice
  • February 2024 - course on "Basics of non-invasive diagnostic investigation techniques and digitisation for cultural heritage", by G. Pojana and A. Martignon, as part of the PhD programme in History of Arts, Ca' Foscari University of Venice

Interventions in degree courses

  • 28/04/2025 - A. Martignon, "ARMID@Venezia: ARchivio Musicale e Iconografico Digitale A Venezia (Digital Iconographic and Music Archive in Venice)", as part of the course "Archivistics, Bibliography and Library Science" (Prof. S. Minuzzi), Department of Humanities and Cultural Heritage, University of Udine, at the Benedetto Marcello Conservatory of Music in Venice
  • 12/10/2023 (by invitation) - A. Martignon, Presentation of the research project "ARMID@Venezia", as part of the module "Investigation techniques for cultural heritage" (Prof. G. Pojana), Master's degree programme in History of Arts and Conservation of Artistic Heritage, Ca' Foscari University of Venice

Summer schools

  • 30/06/2025 (activity by invitation) - "The Benedetto Marcello Conservatory of Venice Music Library and artistic heritage: digitisation, post-production, digital restoration and non-invasive diagnostics of cultural heritage. Theoretical and practical workshops", by A. Martignon, as part of the Arts in Venice Summer School "The Shape of Water" 2025 (Venice, 30 June-11 July 2025), organised by Ca' Foscari School for International Education, IUAV University of Venice, Academy of Fine Arts of Venice and Benedetto Marcello Conservatory of Music in Venice, at Palazzo Pisani, Venice
  • 10/09/2024 - A. Martignon, "Digitisation, post-production, digital restoration and non-invasive diagnostics: the ARMID@ Venezia", as part of the Summer School dedicated to students of the Institut für Musikwissenschaft und Medienwissenschaft, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, by R. Erkens and V. C. Ottomano, organised by the aforementioned institute and the Deutsche Studienzentrum in Venedig, at the Benedetto Marcello Conservatory of Music in Venice
  • 3/07/2024 (activity by invitation) - "Digitisation, digital restoration and non-invasive diagnostics. Theoretical and practical workshops", by A. Martignon, as part of the Arts in Venice Summer School "The Shape of Water" 2024 (Venice, 1-12 July 2024), organised by Ca' Foscari School for International Education, IUAV University of Venice, Academy of Fine Arts of Venice and Benedetto Marcello Conservatory of Music in Venice, at Palazzo Pisani, Venice
  • 5/07/2023 (activity by invitation) - "Theoretical and practical workshops on digitisation, digital restoration and non-invasive diagnostics", by A. Martignon, as part of the event "A bridge between Past and Future: the Museum of Ancient Instruments and the Digitisation of the Conservatory Music Library", Arts in Venice Summer School "The Shape of Water" 2023 (Venice, 3-14 July 2023), organised by Ca’ Foscari School for International Education, IUAV University of Venice, Academy of Fine Arts of Venice and Benedetto Marcello Conservatory of Music in Venice, at Palazzo Pisani, Venice

Outreach activities

Outreach events

  • 18/11/2025 - guided tour "The new ARMID@Venezia research project laboratory: results achieved and future prospects", by A. Martignon and G. Pojana, as part of the "Inauguration of the new reading room of the Mario Messinis library", Benedetto Marcello Conservatory of Music in Venice
  • 21/06/2025 - guided tour "Between art, technology and music: the new ARMID@Venezia laboratory and the ancient Palazzo Pisani", by A. Martignon and F. Merlo, as part of "Art Night 2025", Benedetto Marcello Conservatory of Music in Venice
  • 27/09/2024 - guided tour "LeviDigiLab and ARMID@Venezia: a walk through music and technology", by G. Clera, A. Martignon and F. Merlo, as part of "VenetoNight/Researchers' Night 2024", Ugo and Olga Levi Foundation and Benedetto Marcello Conservatory of Music in Venice
  • 22/06/2024 - guided tour "Palazzo Pisani: art, music and digital", by A. Martignon and F. Merlo, as part of "Art Night 2024", Benedetto Marcello Conservatory of Music in Venice
  • 6/04/2024 - guided tour "Palazzo Pisani in Santo Stefano and the ARMID@Venezia (ARchivio Musicale e Iconografico Digitale A Venezia/Digital Iconographic and Music Archive in Venice) research project", by A. Martignon and F. Merlo, for the Italian Environment Fund (FAI) Youth, Venice Delegation, Benedetto Marcello Conservatory of Music in Venice
  • 4/12/2023 - guided tour "The Benedetto Marcello Conservatory of Venice and the Digital Iconographic Music Archive in Venice", by A. Martignon and F. Merlo, for Erasmus Student Network Venice (Ca' Foscari University of Venice), Benedetto Marcello Conservatory of Music in Venice
  • 10/10/2023 - guided tour "The Conservatory and the ARMID@Venezia Project", by A. Martignon and F. Merlo, for the Association of Friends of Venetian Museums and Monuments, Benedetto Marcello Conservatory of Music in Venice
  • 13/09/2023 (invited presentation) - P. Da Col, A. Martignon, F. Moretti, "ARMID@Venezia", as part of the "Art Bonus 2023" National Competition Awards Ceremony, Ministry of Culture, Sala Spadolini, Rome
  • 17/06/2023 - guided tour "Art, music and technology at Palazzo Pisani", by A. Martignon and F. Merlo, as part of "Art Night 2023", Benedetto Marcello Conservatory of Music in Venice
  • 4/02/2023 - guided tour of Palazzo Pisani and the "ARMID@Venezia" research project, by A. Martignon and F. Merlo, for the Italian Environment Fund (FAI), Venice Delegation, Benedetto Marcello Conservatory of Music in Venice
  • 30/09/2022 - "Let's save the books!" Workshop, by A. Martignon, as part of "VenetoNight/Researchers' Night 2022", Palazzo Foscari, Venice

Articles in the press dedicated to ARMID@Venezia