![]() With support from Game of Thrones author and Santa Fe resident George R. Now operating as an art collective of nearly 200 people, they create unique art experiences for audiences of all ages, or as they so wonderfully describe their vision on their website: “Meow Wolf champions otherness, weirdness, challenging norms, radical inclusion, and the power of creativity to change the world.” Some history about Meow Wolf: it was formed in 2008 by a group of 12 artists living in Santa Fe, New Mexico, who chose their name by literally pulling words out of a hat. With that said, I’m going to try to explain it, because I was absolutely blown away by this place. Crazy name for an art exhibit, right? Turns out it’s not only crazy, it is a hands-on, completely captivating, artist inspired, mystery to be solved, fantastical world, storytelling experience that’s *really* hard to explain to someone who hasn’t been there. Katie and her son recently discovered Meow Wolf in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Take the concept of immersive learning and infuse it with powerful storytelling, artistic expression, unbound creativity, and fierce playfulness. The new venues will join Convergence Station in Denver, the House of Eternal Return and Omega Mart at AREA15 in Las Vegas.Art museums, science centers, parks, zoos, aquariums – these places share a common thread in that they are fully immersive environments that encourage individuals to follow his/ her/ their own path, exploring, discovering, and learning. ![]() Meow Wolf is also launching its fifth permanent exhibition in Houston in 2024. Meow Wolf recently revealed the Texas-based artists for its fourth permanent installation, opening in Grapevine in 2023. For a moment, you are filled with tranquility.” “My hope is that, for a moment, in this odd, beautiful world, you forget your efforts to order the chaos of the everyday. “As you enter the installation, shape, structure, color, detail, and light grasp your attention,” said Fisher. It can be found in the depths of the exhibition space covering ‘Space Sphere’, a giant interstellar ball. New York-based artist Jacob Fisher‘s large-scale installation is titled ‘until I see you again’. An homage to the queer, to the non-binary, to the shifting, monstrous and in-process,” said Lauren YS. “This space is meant to act as a haven for fluidity – a temple to the liminal, to bring into materiality a space for that which defies absolution. The immersive installation, called ‘The Ancestral Crypt’, is a two-storey room accessed via a round portal from the forest. Their work is inspired by dreams, death, mythology, comics, love, sex, psychedelia, animation, and their Asian-American heritage. Lauren YS, aka Squidlicker, is an LA-based artist. “It has challenged me to adapt to the idea of having people interact with the displays, decode patterns, listen to the soundtrack, and wander around it all.” “The freedom to touch, feel, take pictures, and explore an immersive installation opens up many possibilities,” said Ortiz. ![]() This envisions a dystopian future 500 years after the Pueblo Revolt of 1680, with time-travellers returning to help their ancestors. It features characters from his ongoing project ‘Revolt 1680/2180’. Virgil Ortiz‘s new installation is titled ‘Sirens: Secret Passkeys & Portals’. “While the House of Eternal Return is a permanent exhibition, it is also a living, constantly changing exhibition,” said Susan Garbett, general manager of the House of Eternal Return. Meow Wolf‘s House of Eternal Return in Santa Fe has unveiled three new permanent portals by artists Lauren YS, Jacob Fisher and Virgil Ortiz. ![]()
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