First announced two years ago the Turin based architect and design studio Carlo Ratti Associati's Paint by Drone project have now come to life in the crowdsourced format of UFO-Urban Flying Opera.
In collaboration with drone graffiti superstars Tsuru Robotics a 14 by 12 meter big mural was created based on the inputs of around 100 selected inputs from people in Aurelio Peccei park in Torino in the end of June.
“The city is an open canvas, where people can inscribe their stories in many ways,” says professor Carlo Ratti: “Such processes have always been happening; however, with UFO we tried to accelerate them, using drone technology to allow for a new use of painting as a means of expression.” “The project is inherently participatory, and it is about hacking the city,” says Antonio Atripaldi, project manager and partner at Carlo Ratti Associati: “It allows us to consider people’s input, and build new initiatives around bottom-up contributions. For cities, this means residents can reclaim, beautify and leave their mark on the space they inhabit.”
Read the project press release.