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Arxlab, in collaboration with The Round, realized this tribute to Giuseppe Verdi. An augmented reality work based on a letter that Verdi wrote to Francesco Maria Piave, telling him how he refused to be a deputy in Cavour Government.
Today is 200-year birthday of Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi. He was born at Roncole di Busseto, in the Duchy of Parma, the 10th of October 1813, the son of Luigia Uttini, a spinner, and Carlo Verdi, landlord of an inn. He is generally considered Italy’s greatest opera composer. Verdi composed 28 operas, many of which contain arias that have made their ways into popular culture, as "La donna è mobile" from Rigoletto, "Libiamo ne' lieti calici" (The Drinking Song) from La traviata, "Va, pensiero" (The Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves) from Nabucco, the "Coro degli zingari" from Il trovatore and the "Triumphal March" from Aida.
Mirko Compagno's insight:
Arxlab, in collaborazione con The Round, hanno realizzato questo tribute a Giuseppe Verdi. Un opera di AR basata sulla lettera scritta a Francesco Maria Piave, nella quale si racconta come egli abbia rifiutato di essere deputato sotto Cavour.
Oggi si celebrano i 200 anni dalla nascita del compositore italiano Giuseppe Verdi. Nato a Roncole di Busseto, nel ducato di Parma, il 10 ottobre 1813, era figlio di Luigia Uttini, una filatrice e Carlo Verdi, proprietario di una locanda. Verdi è solitamente considerato il maggiore compositore italiano di opere. Ne compose 28, molte di queste contengono arie ben radicate nella cultura popolare, come "La donna è mobile" da Rigoletto, "Libiamo ne' lieti calici" da La traviata, "Va, pensiero" da Nabucco, il "Coro degli zingari" da Il trovatore o la "Marcia Trionfale" dall’Aida. 
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Musical itineraries to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Giuseppe Verdi’s birth “Muri e divisioni” (“Walls and divisions”) is the title of the Macerata Opera Festival 2013. An edition completely devoted to the opera composer Giuseppe Verdi to celebrate the 200th anniversary of his birth. A call for artists was organized by Adam Accademia delle Arti, a local no-profit organization composed by 40 artists, to collect proper artworks for the exhibition. An augmented reality (AR) experience was planned to engage visitors with Verdi’s music, from Nabucco and Il Trovatore. The event exhibition “Muri e divisioni” took place from July 18th to September 29th 2013 in a Gallery called Palazzo Galeotti located in the city centre. To live the augmented reality performance, 7 auras were made. Two musical paths were created: one was based on “Dio di Giuda”, “S’appressan gl’istanti” and “Va pensiero” from Nabucco; another “Di quella pira”, “Tacea la notte placida”, “Terzetto Anima mia!” and “Stride la vampa” from Il Trovatore. The music augmented 7 artworks of the painters: Simona Breccia, Hernàn Chavar, Dorian X, Gabriella Gattari, Luna Simoncini, Marco Temperini and Tomas.
Mirko Compagno's insight:
The augmented reality has been created to make visitors perform a unique experience in a contemporary art gallery. The public may dynamically live something special, while appreciating paintings and installations. Giuseppe Verdi’s music augments pieces of art and specific gestures appear at the same time. The visitor has to abandon his/her apathy to perform something unexpected and to enjoy the two itineraries.
The AR Performance The artists weren’t been advised about the augmented reality that modifies their works. Some painters were enthusiastic, other showed attention in the experience and one wasn’t completely satisfied by the selected music for his canvas. The public reacted in different ways. In general, they were amazed and engaged by the first performer, a person that modelled the AR experience for visitors, and participated to the experience. Moreover, an ex-post questionnaire was distributed to 50 users in order to collect useful information for the evaluation. Most of the participants declared to have truly enjoyed the AR performance (60%); 20% said to have enjoyed it and 20% declared to have hardly enjoyed it. For 48% of the public the activity performed highly promoted an emotional bond with contemporary art. For 36% of the visitors the activity performed promoted an emotional bond and for 16% scarcely promoted it. Most of the visitors declared that they would really recommend AR experiences to other people (68%); 16% would warn such experiences and 16% would hardly recommend them. As for technological difficulties, most of the public could easily enjoy the performance (80%), while 20% declared to have encountered problems using the AR browser in their smartphones or tablets (e.g. obsolete operating system etc.). An interviewed visitor said: “it was engaging and exciting to participate in the exhibition “Walls and divisions” that allows people to deal with art in a different and touching way. Thanks to AR there is no longer a simple contemplation, but a real opportunity to experience the exhibition as a whole. Moreover, it becomes a real chance to share feelings with other spectators. A new way to enjoy contemporary art merged in a new surreal dimension”.
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"Muri e Divisioni" è una mostra collettiva di arte contemporanea. Una call for artists è stata organizzata da Accademia delle Arti di Macerata, un'organizzazione locale no-profit composta da 40 artisti, per raccogliere opere adeguate per la mostra. Un’esperienza di
realtà aumentata (AR) è stata progettata per coinvolgere i visitatori con la musica di Verdi, dal Nabucco e Il Trovatore, e con la modellazione di oggetti in AR, un risultato inimitabile
derivante dal groviglio di opere d'arte, interazione umana, gesto e musica, che emerge da i 7 dipinti esposti.
La mostra evento "Muri e Divisioni" si è svolta dal 18 luglio al 29 Settembr e 2013 in una galleria chiamata Palazzo Galeotti situato nel centro della città. Per vivere la performance della realtà aumentata sono stati utilizzati dispositivi mobile e un browser AR gratuito
Aurasma, ma anche Metaio SDK per creare un'applicazione desktop stand-alone per i visitatori, senza tablet o smartphone. Due percorsi musicali sono state creati: uno basato su "Dio di Giuda", "S'appressan gl'istanti" e "Va pensiero" dal Nabucco, un altro "Di Quella
Pira", "Tacea la notte placida", "Terzetto Anima mia!" e "Stride la vampa" da Il Trovatore . Le 7 opere dei pittori riguardano Simona Breccia, Hernàn Chavar, Dorian X, Gabriella Gattari, Luna Simoncini, Marco Temperini e Tomas. L'esperienza di Giuseppe Verdi e' stata e ideata e realizzata dai due autori.