Piero Angela's new video installations at Rome's Imperial Fora

New video installations by Piero Angela and Paco Lanciano have been launched at the Fora of Augustus and Caesar in Rome. The installation at the Forum of Augustus uses panoramic projections that appear and disappear across different points, employing a "spatial montage" technique borrowed from video art. Digital applications such as videomapping, 3D animation, and special effects reconstruct lost architectural elements. The narrative, delivered in Angela's signature discursive style, adopts a more pedagogical tone than previous works, blending personal and educational elements with cinematic adventure. At the Forum of Caesar, the experience is more complex, requiring movement through underground passages. The installation there emphasizes the dramatic figure of Caesar and urban life in ancient Rome. The work challenges traditional cinema by incorporating spatial movement and digital animation, reflecting a broader trend of transforming static images into kinetic, sonorized experiences seen in other documentary installations on artists like Caravaggio, Klimt, and van Gogh. The article, written by Lorenzo Taiuti, discusses the potential for further exploration of didactic expression through new media and the legacy of video art as envisioned by Nam June Paik.