Thursday, December 09, 2021
Immersive new Las Vegas Strip attraction Arcadia Earth highlights the beauty—and peril—of our planet
Las Vegas Weekly: Many immersive art installations transport viewers to fantasy landscapes. But with Arcadia Earth, the enchanting world on view is our own.
The soon-to-open Las Vegas Strip experience will allow viewers to wander through 15,000 square feet of magic. Its 15 art exhibits will remind us of the unique beauty of our own planet … and the unprecedented peril it faces due to human actions.
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This looks like a stunning exhibit both in its beauty and in the beauty of the concept. I love how the creator of it was struck by the amount of waste in events and decided to make this installation with plastic bags and such. I also love the focus on education that they have for local schools. There is so much to learn about these concepts and having this exhibit be a visual aid to that learning is so beneficial to the education of youth people. The scale of events in Vegas is so wild to me. People always say that everything is bigger in Vegas and every time I read about some event there, I see that to be true more and more. I really hope that this exhibit achieves Valentino Vettori’s goal of inspiring positive environmental changes. I would love to get to see something like this if it ever comes closer to Pittsburgh or NYC. It seems as though exhibitions like these are really becoming very popular.
To be honest, given that it’s the Vegas Strip, I was expecting high ticket prices, but according to this article, the tickets are pretty cheap and it sounds like anyone going to see this exhibit is going to get a great experience. I am curious to see if the lessons the installment is trying to educate it’s viewers about will sink in, as often times people care more about a pretty sight and Instagram worthy selfies than an environmental warning. I do wish that the article had gone more in depth about how this installment seeks to teach its audience, especially with how at first glance you might not be able to tell what the installments are made out of. I do see that they plan on using QR codes (which seem to be getting a large amount of traction recently as opposed to old fashioned links) and I wonder if there will be any handouts or audio to accompany this.
This article really makes me think about the project being done on campus by the costume department. It is so great to see creative people leading by example and truly highlighting the effect of waste on the environment. Many people do not think about the ways capitalism is slowly ruining our world.
I love that the artist chose to use a fishing net, which is one of the most common forms of garbage found in the ocean. There are several “great garbage patches” in the oceans where the currents create hundred miles wide islands of waste. Fishing nets are plentiful and just because they are garbage does not mean they are any less effective. They continue to trap and kill wildlife.
Part of the problem is that raising awareness won’t change much since its the people who own the top 10% of wealth are responsible for over 50% of the waste. Corporations are also huge violators as well. No amount of social awareness can change things unless we can force those in power to make changes.
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