Atalanta Assembly

2026 Atalanta Assembly Exhibit

The Age of Software Understanding
Atalanta Assembly

2026 Atalanta Assembly Exhibit

The Age of Software Understanding

Board focus starts with the full board. Tap either half for detail. Drag with one finger to explore 3D angles in any view. Use two fingers to pan and pinch to zoom freely. Swipe inward from the right edge for the next board, or from the left edge for the previous board. Drags starting in the central area always explore, regardless of speed. Swipe right on Mission to return to the full exhibit, or left on Impact to open About Atalanta. Zoom out to step back through the viewing levels. On desktop, drag to rotate and use the arrow keys to navigate halves and boards.
Explore the exhibit

Explore the exhibit.

Click a section of the exhibit to see its three boards. Select a board from that view to inspect its details. Click the right uplight to view the outside wall. Click outside that wall to return to the front.

In a board view, pinch or scroll to zoom. Drag in any view to explore different angles. Shift-drag, middle-button drag, or use two fingers to pan horizontally and vertically. Zoom out to return to its group. Back to museum returns to the starting view.

The Age of Software Understanding

What does it take to trust a system when failure is not an option?

This exhibit explores that question through one of humanity’s most consequential scenarios: nuclear war.

Across five stages—Mission, Design, Implement, Certify, and Impact—it follows the journey from presidential intent to the operator making a life-or-death decision.

At every stage, people must share an understanding of what a system is intended to do, what it will actually do, and whether it can be trusted.

Software Understanding makes that possible. By connecting human intent to technical evidence, it enables us to build, verify, and trust even our most complex systems—without surrendering human judgment.