VASARI – Smart Enhancement of the Artistic Heritage of Italian Cities
Smart enhancement of artistic and cultural heritage through digital technologies
Extended until 28/02/2022
Project overview
Industrial research and experimental development project aimed at the smart enhancement of the artistic heritage of Italian cities through digital technologies, cloud platforms, and augmented and virtual reality.
Objectives
VASARI (Smart Enhancement of the Artistic Heritage of Italian Cities) is an industrial research and experimental development project that brings together the latest innovations in digital technologies to transform the enhancement, use and management of works of art, both in museums and in urban spaces.
The project proposes a new model of cultural space in which the physical environments of museums and historical sites are integrated with a digital space providing cultural content and services, according to a multi-site and cross-museum approach.
At the heart of this ecosystem are visitors and works of art. The aim is to promote knowledge, participation and access to cultural heritage among citizens and tourists, while supporting cultural institutions in managing and enhancing their collections and sites.
Activities and Technologies
The project involves the development of a cloud platform to integrate and provide access to cultural content, visitor-related data and information about the physical context of different museums and cultural sites.
The main activities include:
- Multi-site digital platform: integration of cultural content and services from different museums and historical sites.
- Cultural data analytics: collection and analysis of data on visitors’ cultural behaviours and their interactions with works of art.
- Digital repositories and semantic links: connections between works of art and content belonging to different museums and cultural sites, enabling the creation of personalised knowledge pathways.
- Augmented and virtual reality: use of AR and VR technologies to enrich the visitor experience and provide contextualised multimedia content.
- New cultural services: development of innovative interaction models involving citizens, visitors, works of art and cultural institutions.
Partnership
The project is promoted and implemented by a partnership comprising companies, universities and research organisations.
Lead partner:
- SANTER REPLY S.p.A.
Partners:
- @CULT S.r.l.
- Officine Rambaldi S.r.l.
- ILLOGIC S.r.l.
- HERITAGE S.r.l.
- Risorse S.r.l.
- University of Milan
- University of Salerno
- University of Molise
- DATABENC S.c.a.r.l., together with CONFORM S.c.a.r.l., WebGenesys S.r.l. and ES S.r.l. Progetti e Sistemi
- National Interuniversity Consortium for Informatics (CINI), together with the Polytechnic University of Bari, the University of L’Aquila, the University of Palermo and the University of Sannio
Funding and Duration
- Programme: PON Research and Innovation 2014–2020
- Funding sources: PON Research and Innovation and Development and Cohesion Fund (FSC)
- Funding authority: MIUR, now MUR
- Specialisation area: Cultural Heritage
- Project code: ARS01_00456
- CUP: B26G18001140005
- Project start date: 1 September 2018
- Extension: 12 months, granted in February 2021
- Total funding: €4,067,310.06