Dirty Monitor creates an immersive art gallery with the work of Claude Monet

In this temporary exhibition, located in the Xiqu Center of Hong Kong, Dirty Monitor It shows two hundred works of the painter, that are digitally mixed on a large 360º canvas thanks to the projection of Panasonic and the lighting effects of Steal.

The work and creativity of the impressionist painter Claude Monet It attracts all those who want to know its artistic legacy with a new and radical gallery concept, shown in a special temporary headquarters created in the Xiqu Center of Hong Kong, in the district of West Kowloon.

This installation has been carried out between the international mapping studio, Immersive Experience and Digital Art Dirty Monitor, and the experiential technology company ChillHoYeah, Organizer of the exhibition En voyage with Claude Monet, that from the end of last October and until the 15 January 2023 will be at the Xiqu Center.

This is the first large-scale project to D-Mines, Dirty Monitor's new creative content production management division, directed by Benjamin Bauwens, has been carried out since it began its activity in this market.

"This is an exciting project that will revolutionize the way we appreciate art," says Bauwens., Not only for lovers of traditional art, but for a new audience, Different and diverse, who doesn't necessarily think about visiting a traditional art gallery".

The exhibition shows Two hundred works Masters of the painter in his different stages, with ephemeral and multi-layered elements, that are digitally mixed into a Large 360º digital canvas in a projected show that lasts 36 minutes, which is accompanied by a soundtrack for the exhibition commissioned by Dirty Monitor and composed, produced and performed by Echo Collective.

The narration of the show is guided by a voiceover who follows the clues and thoughts of Monet's letters and an interview he did while traveling, revealing the inspirations collected in their travels, Mood, Feelings and emotions of your everyday life.

The audience is placed in the center of the gallery space and absorbs moods, Sound and visuals, and snapshots of the environment “that can trigger any number of slightly abstract but life-related moments”.

This is explained by the creative director of Dirty Monitor for this exhibition, Audrey Ballez: "Monet's life was full of ups and downs., with a search for identity and a need for recognition of their art, but also with marriage, birth, Death and remarriage… So his life is a mine of interesting material to explore and to put the excitement into this immersive show.".

To achieve this, a screen, of 5,7 meters high and 94 length, in rectangular format. The screen material is a Special PVC SB Blackout which was obtained after much research and testing by the tissue specialist Showtex.

The projections are made with fourteen Panasonic PT-RCQ10 projectors, each with 10.000 Lumens, mounted on a Truss central on the roof of the enclosure and which admit the entry of 4K signals uncompressed through HDMI or Digital Link terminals, faster 4K playback and eliminates the need to re-encode.

However, The real magic is in the content displayed, for which the creative team made an analysis of his extensive work as if it were a trip, Hence the title of the exhibition. technically, The aim has been to create a Immersive cartographic show that delicately fuses the paintings in a single landscape that could be discovered if one were next to Claude Monet.

For the gallery support projections, six other video projectors and video effects are used. ProMotion digital moving head of Steal, which is a novelty for an immersive installation like the one made in this case with Monet.

ProMotion's internal media server is used to store and reproduce this custom-made material. All this is completed with a system of Surround Audio 7.1, Installed by the local company Shalom AV Technology.

Hong Kong is the world premiere of this groundbreaking exhibition. When it's done, the next 15 January, Voyage with Claude Monet will move first to other destinations in Southeast Asia, and then to the United States and Europe.

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