Here is Carsten Höller's big slide at Palazzo Strozzi. Are you ready to dive from its 20-meter height?

Artist Carsten Höller and scientist Stefano Mancuso join forces for "The Florence Experiment."Scheduled at Palazzo Strozzi from April 19 to Aug. 26, The Florence Experiment combines art and science by studying the interaction between plants and humans through two monumental slides that allow visitors a 20-meter-high descent, carrying a bean seedling, from the second-floor loggia to the courtyard and a visit to a laboratory space in the Strozzina, connected to the facade of the Palazzo, where two special movie theaters will be set up: horror film scenes will be shown in one, and comedy film clips in the other.

The opposing emotions of viewers will produce different volatile chemical compounds that will be transported to the facade of Palazzo Strozzi, influencing the growth of climbing jasmine plants arranged on large Y-shaped tubular structures. at the end, visitors will hand over their seedling to a team of scientists who will analyze its photosynthetic parameters and the molecules emitted as a reaction to descent and proximity to a person who has had the same experience.

Carsten Höller is famous for his reflections between art, science and technology with installations that create strong public involvement, while Stefano Mancuso, founder of plant neurobiology, is concerned with studying the intelligence of plants, analyzed as complex beings endowed with extraordinary sensitivity and capable of communicating with the external environment through the chemical compounds they are able to perceive and emit. The Florence Experiment proposes a reflection on the relationship between humans and plants. The project aims to create a new awareness of how humans see, know and interact with a plant organism, transforming Palazzo Strozzi into a space for scientific and artistic experimentation on the communicative and emotional capacities of all living things.

The project is curated by Arturo Galasino, who explains, “With this bold and original project, Palazzo Strozzi becomes a platform for totally contemporary experimentation, transforming itself into a laboratory of dialogue between art and science. The collaboration with Carsten Höller, one of the most important artists on the international scene, and Stefano Mancuso, a Florentine scientist world-famous for his studies on plant neurobiology, is a formidable opportunity to confirm and further strengthen the multidisciplinary nature of Palazzo Strozzi and its challenge in always seeking new ways of involving and interacting with the public.”

The Florence Experience is on an individual basis. In order to participate in the project, it is necessary to view and accept the warnings available at the ticket office. The minimum age to use the slides is 6 years old and you must be between 130 and 195 cm tall and weigh no more than 120 kilos For children under 14 years old, a waiver must be signed by an accompanying adult.

Opening hours: daily including holidays from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. (Thursday is open until 11 p.m.). For all information you can call +39 055 2645155 or send an e-mail to info@palazzostrozzi.org. More info at www.palazzostrozzi.org.

Here is Carsten Höller's big slide at Palazzo Strozzi. Are you ready to dive from its 20-meter height?

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