Utilizing a network of illuminated drones, Dutch artist duo DRIFT (aka Lonneke Gordijn and Ralph Nauta) completes or restores famous international architectural landmarks such as Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia and Rome’s Colosseum.

A large building can change the landscape of a city dramatically. We can help visualize how a new structure can enrich a cityscape. It can help to show a local community how their city will look. These human achievements, built over generations with forgotten crafts, deserve all the attention they can get. They teach us a patience we desperately need to rediscover as a society,” said Ralph Nauta, Founder of Studio DRIFT.

“These human achievements, built over generations with forgotten crafts, deserve all the attention they can get. They teach us a patience we desperately need to rediscover as a society,” Nauta said. “To finish them with light emphasizes the potential positive power of our hi-tech developments in relation to the slow but beautiful building methods of the past.”

For the past two years, DRIFT has worked with its team of 64 multi-disciplinary specialists, including those from Drone Stories and Nova Skystories, to develop sophisticated software capable of producing a series of impressive aerial sculptures, installations, and performances intended to be enjoyed in outdoor and public spaces.