{"id":2179,"date":"2022-04-06T07:40:59","date_gmt":"2022-04-06T07:40:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.civita.art\/mostre\/motus-preistoria-dellautomobile\/"},"modified":"2022-06-09T15:12:26","modified_gmt":"2022-06-09T15:12:26","slug":"motus-preistoria-dellautomobile-2","status":"publish","type":"mostre","link":"https:\/\/www.civita.art\/en\/exhibitions\/motus-preistoria-dellautomobile-2\/","title":{"rendered":"MOTUS. The Prehistory of the Automobile"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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MOTUS. The Prehistory of the Automobile<\/h1>\n\n8 Apr \u2013 25 Set 2022<\/span>\n\n\n

The exhibition \u201cMOTUS. The Prehistory of the Automobile\u201d is being held at MAUTO in Turin, from 8th<\/sup> April through 25th<\/sup> September 2022. It is an exciting space and time travel to retrace the major breakthroughs in the history of \u2018Automotivity\u2019: from the Sumerian wheel in 2500 BC <\/strong>to the first car, the Benz Patent Motorwagen, in 1886.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thirteen different works are on display \u2013 either physically reconstructed or in 3D models \u2013 in order to explore a still topical theme rooted in myth: man’s great challenge to move things and move independently.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/article>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The exhibition \u201cMOTUS. The Prehistory of the Automobile\u201d, presented for the first time to the general public at MAUTO in Turin, retraces the main milestones of man’s search for independent movement. The three-wheeled car designed and built by Karl Benz in 1886 is the highlight of this journey: a carriage propelled by the new and revolutionary \u2018internal combustion\u2019 engine, marking the watershed between automobile history and prehistory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From ancient Greek and Egyptian civilisations, through the Renaissance, to Europe and America at the time of the Industrial Revolution, the exhibition travels in space and time, offering reconstructions of working models, car ancestors, and multimedia installations explaining how they work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This highly educational project supported by a solid scientific basis is exciting for all, older and younger, generations. In most cases, these reconstructions reproducing machines and devices that have come down to us only through literary sources are the result of meticulous investigations of historical and iconographic sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\nRead more<\/span>\n\n\n\n

The exhibition includes, among others, the ‘Wheel of Ur’ (Mesopotamia, 3rd<\/sup> millennium B.C.), the ‘Mobile siege tower’ (Rhodes, 304 B.C.), Hero’s ‘Mobile theatre’ (Alexandria, 50 A.D.), Leonardo da Vinci’s ‘Self-propelled cart’ (1478-1485) and the ‘Velocimano’ (Italy, 1819).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The brainchild of the Museo Galileo in Florence<\/strong> and the Sidecar Museum in Cingoli<\/strong> (Macerata), \u201cMOTUS. The Prehistory of the Automobile\u201d is curated by Giovanni Di Pasquale<\/strong>, historian of ancient science and technology and Scientific Deputy Director of the Museo Galileo, and Costantino Frontalini<\/strong>, Director of the Museo del Sidecar. It is co-produced by Museo Galileo<\/strong> and Civita Mostre e Musei<\/strong> in collaboration with MAUTO<\/strong>. Reconstructions by the Museo del Sidecar; 3D animations by the Museo Galileo’s Multimedia Laboratory; and interactive exhibits by camerAnebbia creative studio in Milan.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n

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INFO<\/h2>\n\n\n8 Apr \u2013 25 Set 2022<\/span>\n\n\nMAUTO, Museo Nazionale dell\u2019Automobile di Torino. <\/span>\n\n\n\n