I don’t think interactivity and immersion are necessarily bad, but it is interesting to me that thus far the aesthetic is relatively homogeneous. The McNay just had their show Immersed that was aggressively interactive the MFAH had the bamboo piece by Doug and Mike Starn everywhere you go, art museums are subtly becoming more like science or children’s museums. It seems like every museum is Meow-Wolfing. (It costs $25 to get in, which is Louvre/Met/Chinati money.) I don’t think it’s a stretch to consider Meow Wolf the most influential development for the proliferation of immersive art exhibits in museums over the last couple years. It was packed on a Monday it must make an absolute fortune. One thing I found striking was how incredibly popular it is. Given the massive amount of hideous, rapidly emptying-out retail space across the country, using such husks for whimsical DIY installations seems like a good idea.Īnd Meow Wolf gives a significant amount of money each year to DIY groups and charities, and pays its employees a decent wage (supposedly, at least). After all, Meow Wolf, located in a drab stretch of Santa Fe filled with chain stores and consignment shops, exemplifies the repurposing of urban sprawl for imaginative purposes that I greatly advocate. Neil Fauerso: I went into Meow Wolf with an open mind, unjaded. Outside at Meow Wolf’s House of Eternal Return
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