Wooden hull of a motorboat on a trailer, Serenella Shipyard
Collaboration No. 01 2025 · 14 works

Cantiere motonautico Serenella

Opera Viva with Antonio Lacchini for Cantiere motonautico Serenella

Formats
40 × 50Edition of 10
50 × 70Edition of 7
70 × 100One-off item
fine art print on cotton. Dimensions in cm
Year
2025
Availability
On request

In the Sacca Serenella, on Murano, the ‘Cantiere motonautico Serenella’ builds mahogany boats by hand: Venetian water taxis, lagoon limousines and yacht tenders.

The seriess follows the work at the shipyard: the mahogany planks drying in the open air, the hulls on trolleys in front of the shed, the polished planking, the light streaming in through the latticed windows. It is Opera Viva’s first collaboration, from 2025.

The works
Light from a barred window falling onto the floor of the warehouse, Serenella Construction Site
No. 001
Chrome-plated cleat on the wooden deck of a motorboat, Serenella Shipyard
No. 002
Louvred air vents on the side of a wooden motorboat, Serenella Shipyard
No. 003
Air vents on a wooden motorboat beneath the Cantiere Serenella sign, Murano
No. 004
Sign for the ‘Cantiere motonautico Serenella’ boat-building yard, seen beyond the hull of a motorboat, Murano
No. 005
Mahogany planks stacked to dry, Serenella Shipyard
No. 006
Wooden hulls and planks in the shed, Serenella Shipyard
No. 007
Wooden hull of a motorboat on a trailer, Serenella Shipyard
No. 008
Light reflecting off the wooden planking of a hull, Serenella Shipyard
No. 009
Wooden motorboat on a trailer in the yard of the Serenella Shipyard
No. 010
Light reflecting off the planks of a wooden hull, Serenella Shipyard
No. 011
The bow of a wooden motorboat against the sky, Serenella Shipyard
No. 012
The glossy grain of the planking on a wooden hull, Serenella Shipyard
No. 013
A wooden motorboat in front of the Cantiere Serenella workshop, Murano
No. 014
The artist
Antonio Lacchini, standing next to a large-format camera on a tripod

Antonio Lacchini

Founder of Opera Viva and photographer

Antonio Lacchini was born in Soresina in the spring of 1984. He founded Opera Viva in 2024, even before the project was given that name, and works there as...
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