An immersive experience where light, colour and live-recorded music bring the temple’s Baroque splendour back to life. The mapping reenacts the history and Palomino’s paintings with a unique audiovisual projection, accompanied by an explanatory audio guide.
The final intervention on Antonio Palomino’s work addressed one of the greatest challenges of the Santos Juanes restoration project: the total disappearance of the paintings in the presbytery apse. After the 1936 fire, this area, which completed the temple’s decorative programme, was completely destroyed. To provide a comprehensive solution for Palomino’s work and restore unity to the ensemble’s iconographic message, a pioneering proposal was put forward: the virtual recreation of the lost paintings through video mapping.
This projection technique makes it possible to reconstruct images on architectural surfaces without altering the heritage. In the case of Santos Juanes, the mapping has restored the pictorial and ornamental atmosphere that existed prior to the fire, offering visitors an immersive experience that combines art, history and technology.
This projection technique makes it possible to reconstruct images on architectural surfaces without altering the heritage. In the case of Santos Juanes, the mapping has restored the pictorial and ornamental atmosphere that existed prior to the fire, offering visitors an immersive experience that combines art, history and technology.
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Created from the only surviving overhead photograph of the apse before it disappeared, completing the missing figurative areas.
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Using a palette drawn from the fragments of Palomino’s paintings that were preserved after the fire.
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Taking as reference works by the same artist that preserve their original tonal ranges intact.
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which integrates all the previous phases, incorporating textures and brushstrokes that faithfully reproduce the painter’s style.
Video mapping does not seek to replace the lost painting, but to restore its presence. Its purpose is to make the invisible visible, evoking the light, colour and spirituality of the vanished space. In this way, technology is placed at the service of heritage, offering a new way to engage with history without physically intervening in it.
The final projection, produced by Matra Museografía and made possible thanks to the patronage of the Hortensia Herrero Foundation, achieves a perfect fusion of science, art and devotion. With exceptional technical precision and profound artistic sensitivity, the work makes it possible to experience the grandeur of Palomino’s original project while respecting its authenticity.
