RespirArTe is an innovative protocol and technology operating in two areas:
– support for the rehabilitation of frail older adults in hospitals or nursing homes;
– new forms of enhancement of cultural heritage across the territory within an inclusive and rehabilitative framework, defining a concept of health understood holistically as the reconstitutable harmony in the relationship between a person’s physical, intellectual, emotional, and social functions.
RespirArTe offers interactive experiences aimed at coordinating breathing and full-body movement through the progressive discovery of emotions such as awe, wonder, and the sublime, evoked by landscape paintings.
In the first specific use case, the objective is to break the sense of confinement that may emerge in elderly patients, metaphorically opening a window onto the outside world through immersive landscape paintings projected onto the walls, stimulating a sense of wonder.
In RespirArTe, art is both a source of inspiration and a central element of interaction, creating an affective and aesthetic bond through expressive bodily interaction.
The system is based on the principles of Slow Mood and Aesthetic Resonance, using innovative artificial intelligence technologies and real-time movement analysis and sonification, with the aim of enabling physical and cognitive exercise in an engaging and immersive context. The goal is to evoke a sense of awe and wonder through the discovery and contemplation of landscape paintings.
RespirArTe was tested during the Spoke 1 event “Real Inclusion: when the home becomes a museum and the museum becomes a home again” (3 December 2025, Palazzo Reale, Genoa), held on the occasion of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities.
The project is developed by InfoMus–Casa Paganini (University of Genoa) within the RAISE ecosystem, Spoke 1 and Spoke 2.
In light of the activities carried out and the results achieved, RespirArTe represents an integrated and replicable approach that combines scientific research, technological innovation, and cultural enhancement, contributing to the development of inclusive practices for the promotion of personal health and well-being.
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Author: Marzio Cardellini (Bluframe)
Credits: RAISE
