(Finance) – The Mayor of Bergamo, George Goriand the Deputy Mayor of Brescia, Laura Castellettithey turned on today in real time i two large portals of THEGATE2023the installation that connects cities in real time Italian Capital of Culture 2023. Thanks to the use of immersive technology, the two structures allow direct and experiential interaction for all those who will cross the portals.
THEGATE2023 represents a door towards a virtual experience perfectly coexisting with the physical reality that surrounds it. The two portals are located in Matteotti square in Bergamo and in Piazza Vittoria in Brescia. The installation perfectly represents the Bergamo Brescia 2023 project, which leverages culture in a broad sense, not only as an artistic expression, but also as an expression of the value of local businesses and the ability to innovate, encouraging the growth of people and of communities.
THEGATE2023, of which BPER Bank is Main Sponsor And A2A Special Partnerswill be usable throughout the year ed will host a series of initiatives and projects able to combine artistic expression with the innovative use of the most advanced technologies.
The first example is UNREEL – A door to alternative realities, a review of digital art in public space, curated by Valentina Tanni, which is expressed through the production of videos, animations and digital renderings. The review brings to Bergamo and Brescia a selection of young international artists, of heterogeneous extraction and training, who share the fact of working with digital technology and the ability to tell a different reality through the tools and languages of computer graphics, 3D modeling and of programming.
“Bergamo’s Sentierone and Brescia’s Piazza Vittoria now look at each other, but above all our fellow citizens do. One of the most popular places in the city of Bergamo becomes in fact the outlet for the Brescia underground: with THEGATE2023 we have ideally opened the sixth great gate of our city,” said the Mayor of Bergamo Giorgio Gori.
“Today, with a pinch of emotion, we present one of the most representative works of Bergamo Brescia Italian Capital of Culture 2023: the two technological portals that will connect our cities until the end of this incredible adventure. A virtual link that is actually extremely concrete “Brescia and Bergamo have never been closer than this and, I’m sure, at the end of all this they will never be as far away as before”, added the Deputy Mayor of Brescia Laura Castelletti.
Flavia Mazzarella, President of BPER Banca, said that the inauguration of THEGATE2023 was “a very exciting moment, the realization of an innovative and futuristic idea of connecting cities and people”. “BPER Banca strongly wanted to be the Main Sponsor of THEGATE2023 and its inspiring principles: it is an iconic work, destined to become the most visible symbol of Bergamo Brescia Capital of Culture”.
President of A2A Marco Patuanorecalled that “THEGATE2023 is a symbol of technological innovation and creativity, two elements that have long distinguished A2A’s DNA. Since the beginning of the year, the Group has been an active partner of the 2023 Capital of Culture with its flagship event ‘Light is Life – Festival of lights’ last February, whose evocative images will also be protagonists through this futuristic installation”.
The portals bear the signature, as well as the Tree of Life created by Orgoglio Brescia on the occasion of Expo 2015, by the Milanese studio Giò Forma, which developed the creative concept. The installations are made by the Stargate BGBS 2023 Consortium, a consortium of 3 companies from Brescia and Bergamo: Fasternet, Sangalli Tecnologie and Slingofer. To follow the executive design and construction management again by their side, as for Expo 2015, Studio Gap.