Walk through real places as ideas from the humanities transform them before your eyes.
Begin in Earth orbit, return to space on Earth, and end in a place that contains them both.
The same place transformed three times: three different perspectives reveal the breadth of ideas from the humanities, in one of Agrigento’s most iconic sites.
These journeys include narration in Italian. You do not need to understand Italian to complete the experiences: explore the environments and their transformations, then discover the ideas behind them in the English debriefing at the end.
Torre Velasca becomes a gigantic mechanical press, while gears surround Porta Romana.
As Palazzo dello Spagnolo becomes the drive belt of a gigantic gear, you travel back in time to a bitter surprise.
A journey inside machines: social, programmed and symbolic, so pervasive that they become invisible.
Three levels exploring one of the hardest themes to grasp: nothingness. A journey into a world where meaning overwhelms you, the image takes the place of reality, and desire keeps moving.
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| Journey into Space |
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| Hypnotic Machines |
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| Journey into Nothingness |
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| Megamachines in Milan |
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| Megamachines in Naples |
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| Temple of Hercules |
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Earth orbit · Tokyo · Moon · San Francisco · Paris · Stonehenge · Cesenatico · Milan · Naples · Agrigento
Explore ideas from the humanities through the perspectives of influential thinkers.
Each journey lasts about two minutes. A concentrated experience without distractions.
Walk through real places while ideas take shape before you.
Music and, in some journeys, narration deepen the emotional and conceptual experience.
The 3D environments are built from simple lines, in a minimal style reminiscent of science fiction.
There are no objectives or missions: walk, explore and, in space, float.
At the end, a clear explanation connects the experience to the ideas.
You do not need to do anything to embark on a Tecnologie Umanistiche journey. There is no reading or preparation required. Come as you are, take the journey, and return with new, authentic memories of unique experiences that would have been hard to imagine beforehand.