mymodernmet.com: Combining art with technology, Culturespaces turns traditional exhibitions into immersive experiences. Through the use of unique multimedia equipment, the company crafts and curates digital shows that “add dynamism to artistic practices, amplify emotions, and reach the largest possible audience.” For Atelier des Lumières, its latest permanent exhibition, Culturespaces has magically transformed a former iron foundry in Paris into a wonderland of Austrian art.
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Looking at these pictures and reading the description of this "immersive experience," I found it hard to believe that it was even real. Projectors are always so finicky and I just could not believe that this installation would be able to get images so big and seamless onto these giant metal and concrete brick walls in the way it shows. I could not imagine that the projected images would be bright enough to hide the texture on the walls, but I went to the Culturespaces website and looked through photos and videos from the exhibition for the artists Bosch, Brueghel, and Arcimboldo, it seems that I was wrong. It is amazing how bright and clear these giant projections are. I think it is really cool that the media artists create movement and visual effects using pieces of the artist's paintings. For example, in the preview for the Kilt exhibit, the media designer had growing, swirling lines of tree branches in the style of Kilt. Also in the Bosch, Brueghel, and Arcimboldo exhibit, there is a piece with trees and birds that then shows more birds flying through the background. It is such a cool modern twist on how we view art.
Wow at first I was overwhelmed with all the things to look at in these paintings because the space didn't really look that big (I totally missed the scale person in the patterning) but watching the video it’s incredibly huge and a wonder to look at. I fon’t know how I feel about some of the animation of the paintings because I feel like at that scale it would be overwhelming, but I did really like the tree movements. I could easily get lost in the art for so long if I was walking through here. I am also impressed that all of the projections are made by 20 laser video projectors. I definitely thought there would be so many more. It seems like there is a lot to walk through, but does that mean it’s just a relatively small ground plan with really tall ceilings? Im intrigued to see what other artists might follow with exiles similar to this one.
This is so cool! I love Klimt and would definitely love to walk through a huge room filled with all of his works towering over me. This is also why I think the emergence of media is so cool and important. Media has the ability to transform a bleak room into a piece of art and this could not be achieved in any other way. I think it is so important to embrace technology and the new world we live in because it offers us so many ways to expand our art. I love the use of media within theatrical shows where it is supported dramaturgically but I also love events like these where the media is the art. Some would say that projecting Klimt's work is devaluing it since it was not the original media in which he created his art but, in this situation, the art is the media designers, and projectors. Klimt is there to showcase the art and capability of technology.
Wow this is such an interesting concept and such an imaginative and amazing place. The amount of work and planning to go into this kind of installation must be absolutely mental looking at the work and making sure to do it justice is crazy. Media is such an interesting medium for creators and space makers. It allows us with the capability to completely change the room and change that feeling in a matter of seconds. It also allows the creator the ability to make the audience more apart of the experience then ever. I wonder though exactly how this will all integrate in such a large and encompassing space, I feel that sometimes when media aspects are scaled up to such a large degree they sometimes lose their connection to audience members and feel more like something that is being pressed upon them or something that is. It may still work after all is said and done but its just something that will be interesting as it is going into its own.
This is a fabulous example of how the arts and science can be interwoven to create inspiring collection of work for the general public. One thing that I loved about theater and the arts in general is that they are such a group effort. You get to work with people with all different backgrounds and different specialties to create one cohesive piece. And more and more now you are seeing not only departmental collaboration writhing theater you are seeing collaboration between technologies and theater. This is bringing the arts into the modern era so they can interface with the generation that grew up very used to technology and communicate with these people on a different level in a language that they connect with. Technology in the arts can be such a powerful tool when used properly, but sometimes it is not always needed for a piece. I think the biggest thing when considering to integrate technology is whether or not it can be used to communicate something or is it just fluff because you are pulling out cool toys and being flashy. And I thing that this is the biggest question that is pressing he theater work as media is becoming even more present in theater.
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