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Thursday, December 09, 2021

Oscar-winning director brings innovative VR experience to Dallas

CultureMap Dallas: The Nasher Sculpture Center, in a partnership with the George W. Bush Presidential Center, is bringing to Dallas the virtual reality exhibition CARNE y ARENA (Virtually present, Physically invisible), conceived by Academy Award-winning writer and director Alejandro G. Iñárritu.

1 comment:

Margaret Shumate said...

This seems like a really cool exhibition, I hope that I'll be able to get tickets and find time to go while I'm home in Texas. This seems like a really good place for this exhibition. Dallas and Fort Worth are large cities and so have a more liberal bent and a good arts scene, so the exhibit should get some good crowds and appreciation. On the other hand, it's Texas, and overall it's pretty conservative and hard line on immigration. Hopefully, the exhibition will get some visitors that come for the VR and cool technological elements, but who might not otherwise consider the human element of immigration with empathy and compassion. It seems like there's potential to really reach some people that might not exist in other exhibitions or in other places. I wonder what it means by solo immersive experience though, surely this can't be one person viewing at a time?