![]() Though she said there is an undeniable aura that surrounds the physical original paintings that hang in museums, presenting historic works of art in this type of environment has attracted new generations of art enthusiasts. She’s also seen patrons dancing, doing yoga and children playfully chasing the imagery projected onto the floor. As this exhibition has traveled throughout North America, she’s seen people moving about the space with some preferring to sit in one area to take it all in. The entire experience is about 45-50 minutes long and Curtat insists there’s really no wrong way to experience the art. There was a childlike wonder to him along with this wisdom.” “It’s rare in art history to have 20 years of intense correspondence with his brother, who was his confidant, and when you read these letters, you see how lucid and aware he was. “It’s a treasure trove,” Fanny Curtat, art historian and consultant for Beyond Van Gogh, said as we toured the production during a media preview earlier this week. Upon entry to The Beyond Van Gogh experience, guests are able to browse through oversized screens featuring facts about Vincent Van Gogh as well as read some of the writings, which were found in letters he wrote to his brother Theo. Though there are several Van Gogh exhibitions currently traveling North America, including Immersive Van Gogh, which is popping up in the old Amoeba Music building on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles on July 31, they are different events and produced by separate companies. The experience opens on July 20 and will run daily through Labor Day, Monday, Sept. There’s also a 35-minute animation loop that makes the painting projections come to life.The traveling Beyond Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience has touched down in Anaheim, taking over the Anaheim Convention Center with a multimedia display of the Dutch painter’s works that includes some of his most famous offerings like “The Starry Night,” “Café Terrace at Night” and “Sunflowers.” In the final phase, the Immersion Room, the full exhibit comes into play as the projections are displayed over the entire 360-degree space. It shows how his style translates so well to contemporary tools.” “It’s all the elements that are so easily identifiable as the style of Van Gogh but applied to a very digital treatment. “This room is really about entering the projection world - blending the pixel and the pigment,” says Curtat. The next space is known as the Waterfall Room, referring to the movement of the projections on both the wall and floor. “You get to learn about the history of Van Gogh, his conversations with his brother and the issues he had throughout his life,” says Justin Paquin, executive producer of “Beyond Van Gogh.” “Learning his back story prior to seeing the artwork is something you don’t get to experience in any of the other shows that are being created out there.” This room depicts Van Gogh’s thoughts and ideas through light panels and magnified textures of his work to showcase the pattern of his brush strokes and words from Van Gogh in three languages (French, English and Dutch). The first, dubbed the Introduction Hall, lets attendees get to know Van Gogh from his dark years in the Netherlands to his most famous period in the south of France. The exhibit features 300-plus paintings spread across 30,000 square feet, which is broken down into three sections. ![]() You have a sense of being inside the world that Van Gogh created, which helps you connect with it differently.” ![]() “It puts the viewer in the middle of the painting on a large scale. “The exhibit literally allows the audience to step foot in the space covered in projections all over the walls, the floor and everywhere in the room,” says Fanny Curtat, art historian and creative team consultant. ![]()
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