The sound of holograms: new technologies for the enhancement and dissemination of the Neapolitan artistic, cultural and musical heritage
Sirena Digitale is a demonstrator of the REMIAM project – Intelligent High Multimedia Museum Networks, of the DATABENC District, funded by the Campania Region and implemented by the Department of Social Sciences of the University of Naples Federico II and by the Institute of Calculation and High Performance Networks of the National Research Council (ICAR-CNR), in collaboration with the Academy of Fine Arts of Naples, the RAI Campania Production Center and the National Archaeological Museum of Naples (MANN).
Sirena Digitale is a holographic prototype of an interactive artist who, in the form of a hologram, interprets the repertoire of classical Neapolitan songs in multilingual versions. Thanks to the song of the Digital Siren, it is possible to listen to music tracks and different interpretations of the classics of the Neapolitan song, proposed in the original language versions, in English and in Mandarin Chinese.
In particular, this Digital Mermaid, in the form of a hologram, interprets two pieces from the classic repertoire of the Neapolitan song of the historic and prestigious La Canzonetta publishing house founded in 1901: “Malafemmena” – text and music by Antonio de Curtis (Totò) – and “Reginella” – lyrics and music by Libero Bovio, Gaetano Lama, translated into Chinese and English by Francesca Fariello.
