Today, the transformation of art through technology continues to accelerate, and I see in digital tools new opportunities for artistic experimentation, as well as a chance to democratize art by making works more accessible. The artist is no longer the sole creator, and artworks are often the result of complex collaborations between an artist and a team of developers, scientists, and graphic designers.
- Digital and Multimedia Art Projects
- We Are All Artists: Using New Creative Platforms
- Promoting Emerging Artists Who Work with Digital Media
« Mosaï’ciel »
2019 (biot)
A cultural tour in the village of Biot presented by a unique, virtual guide, “Heidi”. Heidi Hoegger Melano, who passed away in 2014, returns “virtually”, allowing us to re-live her works, her life and her memories with Lino Melano, thanks to new AI technologies.
(Guide virtuelle)
The virtual guide “Heidi” tells the visitor the story behind each of the works on the tour including anecdotes, memories and explanations.
An attractive map of the route (A4 format) is available at the Biot Tourist Office as a real souvenir, a reminder of the tour taken through the streets of Biot.
As protagonists of many innovations in mosaics, Lino Melano (from Ravenna) and his wife Heidi Hoegger Melano (of Swiss origin) invented the Gigantism technique. They undoubtedly changed the way their peers looked at this art form by creating genuine artist-to-artist collaborations with some of the greatest artists such as Chagall or Braque…
The facades of the Fernand Léger Museum in Biot, the largest mosaic museum in the world, were created by the Melanos, who also used the technique of Gigantism.
A Shower of colours
2012 (Shanghai)
To celebrate its 20th anniversary in China, UC Berkeley commissioned a painting by the Chinese artist Chang Jiahuang. The artist took hundreds of digital photos throughout the process of creating this work.
A team of computer scientists transformed the photos into a light brush suspended on the ceiling that reproduced the artist’s original brushstrokes on stage, while two professional dancers interpreted the artist’s movements.
The audience could admire a virtual painting being painted live on stage, thanks to the play of light coming down from the ceiling and the dancers’ movements.
At the end of the show, the original painting was offered to the President of the prestigious University.
© Diana Landi 2025