If you have the opportunity to experience the Immersive Van Gogh Exhibit, run don’t walk, don’t dilly dally, don’t lollygag, run to experience this amazing event. It is difficult to put into words this flowing collaboration of art and music that is mesmerizing. Images from Van Gogh’s canvases were isolated, duplicated, replicated then overlayed and animated to create a swirling, richly detailed vision. Viewing Van Gogh’s art with its expressions of love, joy and sorrow in such an expansive manner, I found myself tearful at times, moved by its scope and beauty. I was equally moved by the music that was woven like a tapestry to evoke anguish and despair, tenderness and hope. Here’s an excerpt describing the event:
... you will be immersed in Van Gogh’s works – from his sunny landscapes and night scenes to his portraits and still life paintings. The installation includes the "Mangeurs de pommes de terre" (The Potato Eaters, 1885), the "Nuit étoilée" (Starry Night, 1889), "Les Tournesols" (Sunflowers, 1888), and "La Chambre à coucher" (The Bedroom, 1889), and so much more. Lose yourself in the ultimate immersive art experience – surrounded by over 500,000 cubic feet of monumental projections animating Vincent van Gogh’s oeuvre. Wander through entrancing, moving images that highlight brushstrokes, detail, and color – truly illuminating the mind of the genius. Astonishing in scale and breathtakingly imaginative, you will experience Van Gogh’s art in a completely new and unforgettable way. The exhibit is designed and conceived by Massimiliano Siccardi, with soundtrack by Luca Longobardi, who both pioneered immersive digital art experiences in France.
The music curated for the Immersive Van Gogh set the mood and provided the backdrop for this sensory journey, from the lifting, Non, je ne regrette rien by Édith Piaf which represented Vincent’s time in France to the haunting Chapitre I by Murcof.
Immersive Van Gogh Playlist
Sing – Guy Sigsworth, Imogen Heap
Voices – Luca Longobardi
Narcissus – Luca Longobardi
Non, je ne regrette rien – Édith Piaf
The Egg – 2020 Remaster Blavatsky
Urami Bushi – Meiko Kaji
Kyoto – Luca Longobardi
Chapitre I – Murcof
Handel/Orch. Hale: Keyboard Suite No. 4 in D Minor – George Frideric Handel
HCR Variation(upon Handel’s Sarabande KWV 437 – Luca Longobardi
Dawn Chorus – Thom Yorke
Falten – Luca Longobardi
Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: No.1, Prelude – Luca Longobardi
Pictures at an Exhibition: The Great Gate of Kiev – Modest Mussorgsky, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
Symphony No.5 in C-Sharp Minor:IV Adagietto – Gustav Mahler, Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado
“Almond Blossoms” – 1890
“Bedroom in Arles” – 1888
“Irises” – 1889
“Starry Night Over the Rhone” – 1888
