UN/FRAMED Digital Art Exhibition Explores Pisa's Scientific Legacy
The UN/FRAMED digital art exhibition in Pisa, running through October 2025, merges the city's scientific heritage with contemporary digital art. Housed at Bastione–Palazzo del Parlascio, the show features generative works by Pablo Alpe, interactive light sculptures by Owen McAteer, and pieces by Nicola Villa, Andrea Paoli, Zhang Lei, and Adrian Crego. An AI section includes Roco, Scerbo, and Katie Morris. Xu Yutong presents an augmented reality intervention near the Leaning Tower. Curated talks at Palatodisco and Museo della Grafica – Palazzo Lanfranchi on October 8 featured Vincenzo Napolano of EGO–Virgo. The event celebrates Pisa's role as Italy's first city connected to ARPANET on April 30, 1986, and the tenth anniversary of the first gravitational wave detection (2015, published 2016).
Key facts
- UN/FRAMED is a digital art exhibition in Pisa.
- The main venue is Bastione–Palazzo del Parlascio.
- Artists include Pablo Alpe, Owen McAteer, Nicola Villa, Andrea Paoli, Zhang Lei, Adrian Crego, Roco, Scerbo, Katie Morris, YOU/Matteo Mandelli, Zhang Wenchao, and Xu Yutong.
- Xu Yutong's augmented reality intervention is near the Leaning Tower.
- A panel on digital art was held on October 8 at Museo della Grafica – Palazzo Lanfranchi.
- Vincenzo Napolano from EGO–Virgo participated in the panel.
- Pisa was the first Italian city to connect to ARPANET on April 30, 1986.
- The first gravitational wave detection was in 2015, published in 2016.
Entities
Artists
- Pablo Alpe
- Owen McAteer
- Nicola Villa
- Andrea Paoli
- Zhang Lei
- Adrian Crego
- Roco
- Scerbo
- Katie Morris
- YOU/Matteo Mandelli
- Zhang Wenchao
- Xu Yutong
- Galileo Galilei
- Leonardo da Vinci
- Sara Taglialagamba
- Claudio Francesconi
- Vincenzo Napolano
- Lia Halloran
- Janna Levin
- Kip Thorne
- Tullio Levi-Civita
- Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro
- Bonanno Pisano
- David Scott
Institutions
- Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa
- École normale supérieure de Paris
- CNUCE (Centro Nazionale Universitario di Calcolo Elettronico)
- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR)
- EGO–Virgo (Osservatorio Europeo di Onde Gravitazionali)
- Università 'Carlo Bo' di Urbino
- Museo della Grafica – Palazzo Lanfranchi
- Palatodisco
- Bastione–Palazzo del Parlascio
- Artribune
- Amazon
Locations
- Pisa
- Italy
- Cascina
- Pennsylvania
- USA
- Rome
- Colle Oppio
- Domus Aurea
- Tuscany
- Paris
- France