Arcadia Earth: when the threat of climate change is digitally experienced in 360 degrees

A door to hope to take care of the Planet, which is configured in fifteen rooms in which projections are combined, Led display systems, virtual and augmented reality,… by well-known environmental artists.

On the same day that Madrid hosts the Climate Summit 2019 (COP25), that will take place until the next 13 December in Ifema, in which more than 25.000 Representatives of the highest institutional level, Environmental Organizations, entrepreneur, scientists,... They will try to reach agreements and commitments between nations to combat the effects of climate change, thousands of miles away, in the heart of Broadway, in New York, the largest exhibition around raising awareness about the changes that the Planet is undergoing is shown.

With the name of Arcadia Earth, environmental artist Valentino Vettori, in collaboration with other well-known and committed artists, It has designed this door to hope in the form of an interactive installation so that all its visitors can interact and live an immersive tour and learn in detail about the dangers to which humanity is exposed and the urgency of remedying it.

This exhibition, which will be open until January next year, It is set up in fifteen different rooms, distributed in 1.400 m2 of surface, in which the artists recreate a different environmental theme, through 360º projections, Audiovisual, Virtual and Augmented Reality Technologies, Etc.

Collaborating with his environmental works and supporting Valentino Vettori's proposal are artists such as Basia Goszczynska, Samuelle Green, Justin Bolognino, Chika, Etty Yaniv, Tamara Kotianovsky, Jesse Harrod, among many others.

Visitors will be able to enter, For example, in a room designed in the shape of a cave, artwork by Basia Goszczynska, Created with 44.000 Plastic Bags (the same amount as, based on the data provided, used by no less than every minute of the State of New York).

In another of the spaces, called Underwater and designed with LED display systems and virtual reality by the artist Chika, Visitors can see 360º dolphins and other marine species that accompany them on this immersive tour; or interact as if they were diving in an ocean created with recycled materials and reflect on the constant reduction of coral reefs, For example.

Overfishing, Deforestation, The consequences of irresponsible consumption, Etc. These are some of the other themes that are shown in the different rooms. On your tour of the exhibition, the visitor can interact at any time with the works on display through their mobile phone and further information with the QR codes of each space, To conclude, they offer their help to fight against environmental threats.

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