COME BACK - PROJECT

An exhibition that still today represents the example, worldwide, of how a small but qualified city has been the "center" of cultural production and that has in the recovery of the past one of the interpretative keys of its modernity, which wants to reconnect the threads of its history with its highest cultural tradition, that of the Gonzaga, to meet the challenges of the future.

The exceptional exhibition, curated and conceived by Andrea Emiliani and Raffaella Morselli, could not be celebrated in the best possible way, for this twenty-year anniversary, by proposing it again in digital mode, offering it to the world through the web, giving the possibility of reliving this event which made school in the context of exhibitions.
A 360° virtual tour will excite you in being able to rediscover the event, where the real protagonists were the exhibited works. In addition, an interactive world map will give you a global view, regarding the places of origin, of how impressive the event was in bringing them back to their place of origin.

La Celeste Galeria (02 September 2002 / 12 January 2003).
20 years after the conclusion of the famous Gonzaga exhibition, which still today holds the record for the highest number of visitors in the world, around 600,000, the COME BACK - History survive project: is presented at the Tazio Nuvolari Museum (12 January 2023). Mantua initiative that wants to re-propose it, free of charge to the public, in interactive 3D digital form.

  1. "celestegaleria.it" web portal, gives access to the interactive 360° digital version, where its story will be told: from study to research, from the design of the set-up to the backstage, the restorations, the exhibition itinerary, the interviews of the time, the articles on the main national and international newspapers, teaching, cooking, music, merchandising...

  2. Facebook «I give you a memory...» an initiative that collects material from private individuals that was then filmed/photographed in memory of the exhibition;

  3. Through a simple internet connection from smartphones and tablets, without any installation, it will be possible to access these tools:

    • World interactive map of the exhibited works, regarding the places of origin of over 50 cities, both foreign and Italian, however impressive the event was in bringing them back to their place of origin. Geolocation of the venues: web link to the host venue, summary sheets of the works, Google Maps for directions on how to reach the work, data Bank with dedicated search engine;

    • 360° online virtual tour of the exhibition "La Celeste Galeria". The Gonzaga Collections will then be integrated;

  4. Virtual Reality, to support educational and tourist activities at Museums, Exhibitions... a virtual tour that will excite you in being able to rediscover the event, where the real protagonists were the exhibited works.


Project by GlobalMedia: from an idea by Fabio Castagna and Gianfranco Burchiellaro, with the advice of Maurizio Urban.

VIDEO PRESENTATION "COME BACK"