On Saturday we went into The City to see the Immersive Van Gogh Exhibit near the World Trade Center. It was an enjoyable experience.
I expected to be ushered into a round room with projections of Van Gogh's paintings all around. There was a room like that (but square), and there was a lot more. They had a video and several panels explaining Van Gogh's life, influences and artistic style; they did an exceptional job with his interest in Japanese prints and how that affected his work. There were walls covered with reproductions of his works, even some I had never seen before, even in books. There was a room where you could try your hand at Van Gogh style art and, of course, a gift shop. The "immersive" room was well done, with music, explanatory text, and moving displays of art, lighting and designs. The best part of the exhibit, however, was the artificial reality room, where one wore a headset that took you on a virtual tour of Arles, with incredible scenery and appropriate music and explanations. Turning your head, you could see realistic scenery in every direction. Every now and then, a frame would appear around a scene, and the Van Gogh painting of that scene would slowly appear in the frame, replacing the virtual scenery. It was quite impressive and enjoyable. Here are some of the images I grabbed at the event: http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2022/4/11/van-gogh K-5 IIs, smc DA 18-135hour mm F 3.5-5.6 ED AL [IF] DC WR Comments, criticisms, questions, and suggestions are invited and appreciated. Here is an iPhone video I took in the "immersive" room: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-3_2-VykrXWHc79biBWpybFxSrmGaDyl/view?usp=sharing I highly recommend that you try to attend a similar exhibition if available near you. I understand that the company that produced this exhibit is doing others on Monet and Matisse. Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery <https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery>* -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
