New Delhi: Two of the world's most famous paintings have been brought to life using high technology, and will be exhibited at an art show. The show, 'Genius Immersive Experience', is set to premiere on January 28, in Berlin, Germany, according to the official website of the exhibit.

Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa & The Last Supper Brought To Life


The art works to be presented at the Berlin show are Mona Lisa and The Last Supper, the two iconic paintings by Leonardo da Vinci, an Italian artist and polymath, according to a video shared on Monday by news agency Reuters.



Leonardo da Vinci's Live Metaverse


The official website calls the Genius Immersive Experience as 'da Vinci's live metaverse'. 

The video, posted on Twitter, said that the Berlin art show lets people interact with the Mona Lisa, and The Last Supper.


The Berlin art show lets people interact with the Mona Lisa. (Photo: Screengrab of Reuters video)


 

The one-hour show delves into the mind of Da Vinci, the video said.

The Genius Immersive Experience is a creative journey through the eyes of Leonardo da Vinci, today, according to the show's official website.

Genius is a completely new immersive and interactive art experience that leads the way for the next generation of shows.

How Does The Show Bring Leonardo's Art Works To Life?


"We can take you on a journey through Da Vinci's genius mind and think about what would he think," Leigh Sachwitz, flora&faunavisions Artistic Director, was quoted as saying in the video.

flora&faunavisions is the concept and multimedia creator for the Genius Immersive Experience. The internationally award-winning designs studio has been bringing immersive and interactive experiences to life for more than 20 years, the official website said.

"Let's say Da Vinci wakes up today, 500 plus years after," she added.

Sachwitz said the show can take people on a journey about what Da Vinci would think about the technical revolution, how he would paint his paintings, and what kind of technology he would use.


A Creative Journey Through The Eyes Of Leonardo da Vinci Today (Photo: Screengrab of Reuters video)


"What we do is architecture and we have been finding a way to bring everything together that we have been doing in the last year in one project," the video quoted her as saying.

Sachwitz added that it involves space, and is immersive and interactive.

"We are using a lot of digital technology. It is a very technical show."



She said that the show is musical, the soundtrack is very important, and it is about combining all of these elements. "It is very multi-sensory and I find that fascinating."

Sasha, a Welsh DJ and record producer, has soundtracked Leonardo da Vinci's immersive experience.



Explaining his involvement in the immersive experience, Sasha said that it was very important to give each section of the show its own sonic identity, but also make sure the show had a sound that worked as a whole, according to the official website.

"In the end, I was essentially given free rein to move between genres, instruments, sounds and textures to write a score that hopefully respects da Vinci's mind-bending, time-travelling, visionary genius," Sasha added.

All About The Show Technology


The Genius Immersive Experience is a revision of Leonardo's work, and is next generation, touchable and playable, a form of edutainment, and a music experience.

The show is ahead of time, just as Leonardo da Vinci was, the website said.


The Genetic Immersive Experience is Next Generation (Photo: geniusdavinci.com)


 

The show can make people experience what it is like inside one of the brightest minds that ever existed, it said. Spectators can interact and feel the power of human creativity, the light-bulb moment of invention, and the inner workings of a genius – da Vinci.

People can also explore Leonardo's inventions and ideas with the help of state-of-the-art technology, the website said.


Leonardo da Vinci's Live Metaverse (Photo: geniusdavinci.com)


 

It asks people to subscribe and immerse into 'da Vinci's live metaverse' and says people can use this moment to slow down, focus on the now, and let their thoughts and feelings flow.

Interactive images and "captivating music" accompany the show, within a 360-degree soundscape, with around 80 million pixels, 50 kilometres of cabling, and more than 350,000 projected human lumens coming together, the website said. 

Leonardo da Vinci Explored The World Through Science, Art, & Intuition


Leonardo da Vinci explored the world around him through science, art, and Intuition. He realised that humankind was not created just to mark time, but also to invent, create, and aspire to achieve knowledge.

The artist was fascinated with the stars, and with the zodiac. This was his inspiration behind the masterpiece, The Last Supper, in which 12 apostles represent the 12 signs of the zodiac. 

Leonardo da Vinci famously said: "There are three classes of people: those who see, those who see when they are shown, those who do not see." 

Another famous quote of the artist is: "All our knowledge has its origins in our perceptions".

The Genius Immersive Experience presents what the vision of Leonardo might have been today, the website said, adding that the revision of his work presents how he would have perceived our attitudes towards ecology, nature, science, space exploration, and modern art. 

The Genius Immersive Experience is produced by Borealis Interactive Group (BIG).

Famous Art Works Previously Brought To Life





Vincent van Gogh's life is the focus of an immersive experience at L'Atellier des Lumieres in Paris. The Paris venue of the experience, called the "Immersive Van Gogh", opened in April 2018 and more than 1.2 million people attended the first exhibit. 

Last year, producers of the "Immersive Van Gogh Exhibit" officially announced a venue and opening date for the experience in Los Angeles (LA), United States. The show premiered on July 31, 2021. 



 


According to the official website of the Los Angeles Exhibit, people can experience art like they never did before, and lose themselves in 300,000 cubic feet of flawless projections animating Vincent Van Gogh's oeuvre. The installation included Vincent's famous works such as Managers de pommes de terre (The Potato Eaters, 1885), the Nuit étoilée (Starry Night, 1889), Les Tournesols (Sunflowers, 1888), and La Chamber à voucher (The Bedroom, 1889), according to the website.