www.avinteractive.com: Located in northern Switzerland, the Rheinfall is the most powerful waterfall in Europe by average flow rate and attracts thousands of visitors each year.
The Rhyality Immersive Art Hall, located directly above the falls inside a redeveloped industrial complex, seeks to share this experience by offering an immersive journey that showcases the sights and sounds of the falls.
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This art form is very cool to me. Bringing in technical aspects to natural beauty interests me. Projections can transform a space, and bring people to see what is out there. This multidisciplinary art can be very beautiful. At first glance, I had some prejudice about this, What is the point? I thought to myself. It doesn’t take skill like painting or drawing, but it calls itself art in a way. That is a part of art, it is an experience, something someone can look at and make them think differently or just admiring something beautiful. Art doesn’t necessarily need to have a greater meaning to me, art is about skill and beauty, or even more grotesque beauty. I think that art is something that is an experience, a way of looking at things. Projections are similar to photography in that way, it is manipulating someones eye and showing them what you once saw.
I really enjoy seeing this kind of immersive art installation - especially as they become more and more popular these days. I find it really interesting that the folks at the Rhyality Immersive Art Hall decided to put this installation at their location that is so close to the real waterfall they’re representing, and I think it would be an interestingly effective way to give their audience a way to experience the waterfall from a multitude of different angles. From a technical standpoint, the idea of exploring 360 degree sound with 98 speakers sounds like an incredible spatial audio mapping experience (and one I’m sure was challenging to engineer). They seem to weave the history of the falls throughout the seasons in a beautiful way. That, combined with the flexibility of the space itself makes it such an effective addition to the area. Officially adding this to the list of places I would love to visit someday!
VMD is not my favorite tech area. AT ALL. I personally find it really annoying, but that's just my view on VMD and it is most definitely a skewed view for many others. I especially hate VMD when it's used in place of a physical set. I recently saw Spamalot on Broadway with a few friends and it was painful to see the projections, but that might have just been me. I honestly appreciated how much time and effort was put into the AMOUNT of VMD that was used for that show. The point being, I hate VMD. BUT, I REALLY like how they used it in this scenario. I think it helps to bring the falls to a place that otherwise wouldn't be able to appreciate it. I also love the fact they added audio because that really ties in the immersive experience. I wish I could see this exhibit to appreciate the beauty of it, but alas, it is very far.
This article was really interesting to read. I love water falls and the thought of being able to immerse yourself in the water fall is really cool. I love immersive spaces and learning about how different groups tackle the challenges of immersive spaces. I enjoyed learning about the special fabric that they are using in order to be a projection surface but also let sound through that is really cool. Projection mapping is something else that is fascinating to me, the ability to get multiple projectors to so smoothly transfer the image between is really cool. I also really like the concept of seeing the water fall across 4 different seasons because then visitors can get a taste of what it is like at different times of the year and may decide to come back to see it in person then. Which would be great for sales.
Unique holistic projects like this one are always interesting to read about because there’s no set way to go about it. That is to say, an article about a new theater being built with state of the art equipment, while intriguing, is usually predictable in most senses. The challenges of designing in a previously industrialized space are always unique, for example, because every space that isn’t purpose built will come with its own challenges. I find it impressive that they were able to achieve such an immersive piece in such a room and building. It’s also fun to see how teams will work around problems that arise when design elements overlap each other, in this case projections and sound. It’s unfortunately something that I don’t think we get to see enough of and get enough experience with in the theater world. The 360 sound system is also fascinating – I love seeing the challenges and technology of other branches of the entertainment industry.
Immersive exhibits are so cool! and I have to say this one is no exception. The fact that you could bring the world's strongest waterfall with an incredibly impressive flow rate into something like an immersive exhibit that surrounds you on all sides is incredible to me. Now looking at it online is obviously not as cool as it would be in person. I would love to go visit this exhibit and see what it actually is like to be encased in the sound and visuals of this waterfall. Having said all of this, we need to understand the fact that of course it is not the same as the real thing. I would obviously prefer going to the real waterfall and seeing how it is in person up close and feel the Mist and Dewey air that is inevitable with a large waterfall. Nature is so incredible and Powerful and I love the fact that we're making it more available to more people. However, things like this could also produce negative impacts for global warming and environmental sustainability. What I mean by this is people could view this technology and just start to build more spaces like this and start appreciating the actual nature less. and since conservation is such a large part of environmental sciences and preserving the earth. We need to make sure that people still hold the same value for natural attractions.
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