RAISE is once again a key player at the 2025 edition of Roma Fotografia Future, the cultural event directed by Maria Cristina Valeri and Alex Mezzenga which is taking place in some of the most important sites and museums of Rome, from Castel Sant’Angelo to MAXXI – National Museum of 21st Century Arts, from the National Etruscan Museum of Villa Giulia to Palazzo Barberini and Palazzo Merulana.
These different location are hosting, up to November 30th, led panels featuring photo and video projections collected by various partners: a stream of images selected with the aim of engaging the public in a dialogue on themes such as innovation, environment, technology, well-being, sports, robotics, and much more—offering a journey through the challenges and possibilities of our time.
Among the selected contributions is RAISE THE FUTURE, the innovative digital exhibition that – through a series of AI co-created images – offers an overview of the RAISE project’s areas of interest. With strong visual impact, it highlights future and potentially achievable activities that, thanks to the project, could soon become reality. Delicate yet powerful images flow across large luminous panels, depicting scenarios where advanced robots and increasingly efficient machines support humans in precision agriculture, intelligent logistics, environmental protection, monitoring of at-risk areas, safeguarding of artistic heritage, as well as entertainment, leisure, quality of life and work in smart cities, caregiving for the elderly or vulnerable, and more.
RAISE THE FUTURE was also hosted at the 2024 edition of the Roman event : this year, the exhibition extends to additional locations of te Roma Fotografia Future event, so to reach an even broader audience.
Roma Fotografia Future is a co-designed event with Municipio I Roma Centro, organized under an agreement with the Italian Ministry of Culture and in collaboration with ADR – Aeroporti di Roma.
“Once again this year, the event will take place among some of the most visited locations of the city of Rome, inviting to discover them with new eyes”, stated Maria Cristina Valeri, President of Roma Fotografia. “Yet, at the center of the exhibition is the human being, as the theme of this third edition – ‘Relationships’ – suggests”.
The exhibition was inaugurated on Saturday, September 27th at the Italian Geographical Society (Villa Celimontana) as part of the Travel Literature Festival – where photojournalists Luciano del Castillo and Alex Mezzenga organized the event “Reflections on Photojournalism”- and it will be available until November 30th. Several in-person events, including a conference organized by RAISE on November 28th at the MAXXI Museum- will enrich the overall programme.
RAISE THE FUTURE offers an intriguing opportunity to reflect on the potential of digital technologies to convey the methodologies and goals of science, exploiting the challenge posed by new AI tools through an innovative approach to science communication. While the co-design process involved the entire RAISE project community, the exhibition was created by a multidisciplinary team including researchers, technologists, and creatives from CNR-IAS and CNR-ITD, in a collaborative effort that brought together diverse skill, along with the support of the scientific Spokes. The image selection was made by the Spoke 5 Communication Team, under the direction of Marco Faimali.
The exhibition catalog is available at this link.
