Walking Through Time
Interactive video installation visualizing the evolution of glaciers over time, allowing visitors to physically explore the climate changes documented by the project “Sulle Tracce dei Ghiacciai” — 2014
An interactive single-screen video installation created in collaboration with the Macromicro association for Fabiano Ventura’s project Sulle Tracce dei Ghiacciai (In the Footsteps of the Glaciers). During his expeditions, the mountaineer and photographer retraced the paths of historic explorations, documenting the state of the glaciers years later. The two superimposed images of the same location clearly illustrate to visitors the effects of human activity on the climate. A single step forward or backward is all it takes for the image of the past to transform into that of the present—or vice versa—giving rise to a journey through time that becomes an interactive portrait of the Anthropocene.
Credits
concept, software and music: Paolo Scoppola
photographs: Fabiano Ventura
Exhibitions
Festival Della Scienza, Palazzo Ducale, Genoa 2018
Winter Enrichment Program, King Abdullah University, Kaust Jan – Jan 2016
On the Trails of the Glaciers, Pigorini Museum, Rome Dec 2014 – Feb 2015
