Experience the wonder of Wonderspaces!
Spark offers group pricing!
Contact [email protected] or call 403.817.6800
Photo credit: Joey Kennedy www.ianbrill.org
Email SparkSpark is excited to present Wonderspaces. This awe-inspiring and thought-provoking meld of art and science draws the guest in and distorts reality giving new light and perspective on the mundane. Wonderspaces’ mission is to deliver art to new audiences in service to artists, visitors, and team.
Wonderspaces presents extraordinary artwork from around the world in a casual and fun gathering place. This immersive exhibition at Spark features nine interactive, and conversation-provoking works of art and science. Wonderspaces partners with artists to present experiential art shows for all audiences.
Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Los Angeles, Wonderspaces currently presents artwork of over 100 partner artists in Scottsdale, Philadelphia, Austin, San Diego and now Calgary! TELUS Spark is also the first science centre in the world to feature Wonderspaces, and the only place in Canada where these nine artists are showcasing their works.
Wonderspaces is included in General Admission and FREE with a Spark Membership!
Spark offers group pricing!
Contact [email protected] or call 403.817.6800
Photo credit: Joey Kennedy www.ianbrill.org
Email SparkBody paint is an interactive installation that prompts participants of all ages to move by translating movement into splashes of vibrant colour. It relies on an IR sensor, high powered projector, and custom software.
Part of the artist’s Real Time Clock Series, Sweepers Clock is a 12-hour film that depicts a pair of workers keeping time by continuously sweeping a pile of garbage in the shape of the hands of a traditional clock.
Plume is a half-dome sculpture that participants can enter to experience an other-wordly audio-visual environment. Get swept away in the colour and excitement in this immersive environment.
Blooms are dynamic sculptures that combine precise design, high speed rotation and strobe lighting to deliver a surreal optical illusion. Presented as a set of three sculptures that present different illusions.
Part of the artist’s Infinity Box series, Virata Rupa is a box shaped sculpture that offers two different and complementary perspectives on the feeling of infinity.
Prompting visitors to anonymously write something they previously wanted to say but held back and enabling visitors to read the unsaid sentiments of others. The Last Word offers participants a path to closure and community.
This audio-visual installation features a five-minute dynamic projection upon a 1:40 scale model of the Lille Opera House. It portrays cycles of creation and destruction.
This interactive installation maps a harpsichord’s keys to videos of people singing that note in real-time, creating a unique musical instrument that highlights both our diversity and our shared humanity.
Reed’s Thank You Bags ask us to examine our wastefulness by presenting the iconic symbol of consumerism into a larger-than-life work of art.
Sacred Defenders of the Universe. March 23 in the Digital Immersion Gallery.
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