SHADO x Biennale Venezia 2026 With Cisco, Dardust, Paolo Fantin | H-FARM

“Echo/SommersiVo” Between Art, AI, and EngineeringThird project by SHADO for La Biennale di Venezia: for the 61st International Art Exhibition – In Minor Keys by Koyo Kouoh, our media company brings its experience in creating narrative worlds that become digital and physical experiences.Conceived by set designer Paolo Fantin, the installation “Echo/SommersiVo” takes visitors on a gradual descent from surface to depth, from light to darkness. Along the way, sculptural fragments of a piano appear, leading to the full instrument playing SommersiVo, the piece composed and performed by Dardust. The pianist is not physically there, but his gesture remains. Photo credit: Osvaldo di PierantonioSHADO and Cisco developed an AI-powered generative sound system that turns music, movement, and thoughts written by the audience into words and sounds that change in real time, always in a different way.

The installation is part of Persistent Notes, a project curated by Giovanna Zabotti with Denis Isaia and Cesare Biasini Selvaggi for the Venice Pavilion, inviting visitors to discover Venice through sounds, memories, and invisible traces.It will be open throughout the Biennale Arte, from May 9 to November 22, 2026.