Breathearth is an interactive installation made with a Raspberry Pi, a small earth globe and a projector.
Visitors are invited to take the small globe in their hands and gently blow on it. With every breath flowers and leaves appear on a surface or an object until it is covered with colour and life. Every new session presents other combinations of vegetation and it is a surprise to see what flowers one has created by breathing. When breathing is interrupted, you’ll note that after just a while the natural vegetation disappears: the earth cannot survive without our breath!
Breathearth is a work in progress. Several versions have already been created, for screens of different sizes and for large projections, with different backgrounds, leaves and flowers.
For all editions of the work, see The Breathearth Project
New exhibitions:
• November 20-22, 2026: Italia Media Art Festival: Major International Media Art Exhibition, as part of Zagarolo Game City 2026, Palazzo Rospigliosi, Zagarolo (Rome), Italy.
• October 23-25, 2026: Italia Media Art Festival at the Maker Faire as part of Rome Art Week, Gazometro of Rome.
• July 17 – August 5, 2026: Freunde, Galerie VBK Berlin.