![]() ![]() There is no doubt that the author of this film, Grégoire Dupond of Factum Arte, has himself contributed a work of art to the mix of this exhibition. To watch Imaginary Prisons, Piranesi’s chilling cycle of etchings, transformed into a three-dimensional film is to enter a Wagnerian nightmare remade by Polanski. Grégoire Dupond thanks Factum Arte for the influence and support. “Watching Grégoire Dupond’s animation is literally like entering Piranesi’s mind.” The Carceri are the ‘prisons of Piranesi’s imagination’. Working from the second state of each print, a complex 3D environment has been assembled creating the sensation that you are walking into and around these contradictory and visionary spaces. ![]() The 12 minute animation of Piranesi’s Carceri d’Invenzione series was created for and shown in an exhibition by Fondazione Cini, Factum Arte and Michele de Lucchi who designed a wood projection tower (image credit aMDL) to show the film. This series of 16 visionary images, originally etched by Piranesi when in his late 20’s, shows the workings of his imagination, merging his architectural ambitions with his obsessive interest in antiquity. The work was produced and created by artist Grégoire Dupond For Factum Arte and Fondazione Giorgio Cini. Carceri d’Invenzione di G-Battista PiranesiĪ virtual animation of the 16 etchings from the Imaginary Prisons (Carceri d’invenzione) by Giambattista Piranesi, 2010. ![]()
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