Virtual reality for the ‘representation’ of music. Which possibilities for inclusion? The experience of Crescendo-Naturalia e Artificialia

In the live performance CRESCENDO-Naturalia e Artificialia, presented in 2019 at the Innovation Day in Turin by a multidisciplinary team of artists and technicians, the sound of a piano is translated into a virtual landscape that changes concerning sound inputs. Music is graphically rendered in a synchronic and dynamic succession of image and videos. Starting from the close relationship between the visual dimension and perceived sound realized through this experience, the work intends to investigate what possibilities of interaction subsist between music and digital environments, with a view to psycho-sensorial inclusion

Project “DIVINA!” For Dante’s 700th death anniversary

The “Divina!” project stems from the collaboration with the Tuscany Regional Council to celebrate the Supreme Poet and his opus in the seven hundredth anniversary of his death. The project conceived and implemented a contemporary statuary installation that exploits the Divina commedia to prompt viewers to a technological meditation on the importance of preservation, of keeping firm roots in the evolutionary and innovative path, in communication and disclosure

“Divina!” a Contemporary Statuary Installation

In 2021, the year of the 700th anniversary of Dante Alighieri’s death, the ASTRO Laboratory of the Pisa University Department of Civil Engineering have set up, in collaboration with the Tuscany Regional Council, the contemporary statuary installation “Divina!” based on the work of the great poet. This installation leads users to ponder, from a technological standpoint, the way in which the means of communication are used and the importance of preserving and conserving the roots of linguistic evolution