BOLOGNA
Torri Kenzo Tange
Video Projection Mapping, 2023
/ Overview
In July 2023, the Kenzo Tange Towers in Bologna became the monumental stage set for Pleiadi, a site-specific performance with music, dance and video mapping by Luca Agnani Studio. The project, produced by Bologna Festival, lit up the Fiera District square by transforming the towers designed by Kenzo Tange into a large audiovisual device, driven by the percussion rhythms of Pléïades by Iannis Xenakis.
/ Project Details
Name: Pleiadi – The Square Lights Up
Client: Bologna Festival
Location: Torri Kenzo Tange, Fiera District, Bologna
Date: 18–20 July 2023
Technique: Architectural Projection Mapping
Artist: Luca Agnani Studio
/ Challenge
The concept emerges from the dialogue between the monumental geometries of the Kenzo Tange Towers and the sonic construction of Pléïades, composed by Iannis Xenakis. The challenge was to transform 83-meter-high buildings into a luminous scenography capable of combining architecture, rhythm, dance and video mapping without losing the graphic strength of the towers.
/ Visual Development
Architecture and mathematics
The video mapping explores the relationship between universe, mathematics and architecture, bringing out patterns and harmonies connected to the design of the Kenzo Tange Towers.
Percussion-driven visuals
The visual sequences are built on Peaux, from Xenakis’s Pléïades, translating the rhythm of percussion into luminous forms, movement and geometric transformations.
Site-specific performance
The square becomes a shared scenic space, where video mapping dialogues with dance and live music in a performance designed for the site.
/ Solution
Pleiadi transforms the Kenzo Tange Towers into a living surface, where light, geometry and sound build a large-scale audiovisual narrative. The project combines Kenzo Tange’s architectural vision, Xenakis’s music, dance and contemporary digital language, giving the square an immersive public experience.
/ Technique
Projection mapping
The vertical surfaces of the towers were digitally calibrated so that the animations matched the real proportions, volumes and geometries of the architecture.
Large-scale projection setup
The projection was designed for the urban scale of the Fiera District, using the towers as monumental wings for an evening performance open to the public.
Music & synchronization
Synchronization with the percussion of Pléïades guides the rhythm of the sequences, creating a balance between sound composition, dance, light and architecture.
/ Context
Pleiadi – The Square Lights Up was presented from July 18 to 20, 2023 in Bologna’s Fiera District square, dominated by the Kenzo Tange Towers. The creation of the video mapping on the piece Peaux was entrusted to Luca Agnani, in a project that intertwined music, dance and contemporary architecture in a site-specific performance.