Del Colore dell'Aria

Five hundred years ago, in the Codex Leicester, Leonardo da Vinci recorded observations of the atmosphere around Monte Rosa. For the exhibition Leonardo da Vinci. Disegnare il futuro at the Royal Museums of Turin, Studio Folder and I turned them into an installation.

A physical model of Monte Rosa sits in front of a lit diorama. Projection mapping paints historical atmospheric data onto the model's topography, synchronized with the lighting behind it. Most of the work was calibration: aligning projections to the mountain's complex geometry, and tuning angles and intensities so the weather patterns read clearly, without distortion, for a long museum run.

The installation was part of an exhibition of more than fifty works from Leonardo's studies in art and science.