He's known for creating masterpieces such as the Mona Lisa and the Last Supper, yet a new exhibit, titled “GENIUS,” asks what Leonardo da Vinci's artwork would look like made with the technology of today, more than 500 years after his death.
LEIGH SACHWITZ
Artistic director, flora&faunavisions
If he was alive today, and had the technological means that we have as designers, then how would he be painting, what would the brush stroke look like?
Using 360 degree projections, the interactive exhibit places the audience into the eyes of Leonardo da Vinci, to see how he may have painted the Last Supper today, or to tinker with his inventions.
LEIGH SACHWITZ
Artistic director, flora&faunavisions
He used to sketch and then he used to make models of course of his inventions, but we really brought them to life by digitally rebuilding them with 3D technology so you can interact with them, see how they might have worked.
It is an imaginative exercise on one of the greatest thinkers in history, but also a way to share da Vinci's life and work with the future generations.
LEIGH SACHWITZ
Artistic director, flora&faunavisions
By creating this modern piece, we kind of educate people in a new way, which in my opinion keeps his genius alive as well.
GENIUS will tour through Europe before eventually arriving in the United States, to share the mind of Leonardo da Vinci with a world marked by previosuly unimagniable advances in technology.
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