Quayola presents Promenade, a film that explores the logic and aesthetics of computer-vision systems used in autonomous vehicles. A drone flies through the secluded forests of the Vallée de Joux in Switzerland, analyzing the surrounding landscapes with meticulous precision. In contrast to the human experience of these places, nature is observed and decoded with complete detachment. Contemplating natural environments through such technological devices becomes an opportunity to develop new modes of visual synthesis and propose new interpretations of the traditional landscape.

The event will take place at the Cinema Hall. 
Free admission until capacity is reached.

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From April 3 to 8, the trace of Quayola’s intervention will be screened inside the first-floor room dedicated to UNAROMA LIVE.

Quayola, ‘Effets de Soir’ study, 2026
Computer vision simulation
20’, loop

This computer vision simulation is a study of Effets de Soir, a series of video works based on nighttime photographs of floral compositions created in the gardens of Château de Chaumont-sur-Loire. The faceted colors of the botanical compositions, saturated via artificial lighting, serve as a dataset to generate new computational paintings. Speculating on the traditions of landscape painting, the work explores a hybrid substance between the pictorial and the algorithmic. 

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QUAYOLA (Rome, 1982) employs technology as a lens to explore the tensions and equilibriums between seemingly opposing forces: the real and artificial, figurative and abstract, old and new. Constructing immersive installations, he engages with and re-imagines canonical imagery through contemporary technology. Landscape painting, classical sculpture and iconography are some of the historical aesthetics that serve as a point of departure for Quayola’s hybrid compositions. His varied practice, all deriving from custom computer software, also includes audiovisual performance, immersive video installations, sculpture, and works on paper. His work has been performed and exhibited in many prestigious institutions worldwide including V&A Museum, London; Park Avenue Armory, New York; National Art Center, Tokyo; UCCA, Beijing; How Art Museum, Shanghai; SeMA, Seoul; Palais de Tokyo, Paris; Ars Electronica, Linz; Sonar Festival, Barcelona and Sundance Film Festival. Also a frequent collaborator on musical projects, Quayola has worked with composers, orchestras and musicians including London Contemporary Orchestra, National Orchestra of Bordeaux, Ensemble Intercontemporain, Vanessa Wagner, Jamie XX, Mira Calix, Plaid and Tale Of Us. In 2013, Quayola was awarded the Golden Nica at Ars Electronica.