mario nanni: la luce della musica

the scala appears like a bookshelf, with images of books projected onto its façade image © designboom

mario nanni‘s ‘la luce della musica’ is a visual and musical experience, projected onto the façade of milan’s opera teatro alla scala. the piece is a tribute to the opera ‘carmen’ by georges bizet, which opens the opera season at la scala. nanni has used video projections and light to highlight and compliment the architecture of giuseppe piermarini.

the project is in partnership with viabizzuno and is a part of milan’s international festival of lights which runs until january 10th, 2010.

image courtesy of mario nanni

detail of books image © designboom

image courtesy of mario nanni

birds flying across la scala image © designboom detail of birds image © designboom

an outline of trees cover the building image © designboom

detail image © designboom

video projections of people sitting along the architectural details of la scala image © designboom

detail image © designboom

projections of people looking out of the windows of la scala image © designboom

lighting used to highlight the architectural details of the building image © designboom

lighting used to highlight the architectural details of the building image © designboom

image © designboom

the curtains… image © designboom

image © designboom

…closing on the show. image courtesy of mario nanni