An artist's installation comes to life from a robot

Robotecnik, a company based in the province of Turin that specializes in making Cartesian robots for industry, has created a robot capable of projecting a film onto multiple walls, simulating the movements of video footage.

The robot was made for the Museum of Cinema in Turin and was immediately put to work at the Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, where it gave rise to an installation entitled History of a tree created by the Flatform collective, which can be seen by the public from July 18 to Sept. 13, 2020.

The protagonist of the installation is the Walloon oak tree, which has reached nine hundred years of age and 750 square meters in size, and is considered the oldest in Europe. History of a tree is thus intended to be a portrait of that tree and the territory in which the plant has lived all these years. The goal of the project is to reveal the tree in all its forms, accompanying the viewer as the camera, often carried by a drone, travels along the path and project the images on multiple walls, floor and ceiling to create a totally immersive environment.

Simulating slow movements with high precision and synchronized with the video and audio presented complicated: this is indeed the task of the robot created.

The installation is exhibited on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Cinema Museum and the 25th anniversary of Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo.

An artist's installation comes to life from a robot

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