Transmaterial

Dimension Elevator

The Dimension Elevator serves as a publicly accessible forum for immersive art. Environments are realized through synchronized video projections on four walls accompanied by four-channel audio. Imagine four large video screens arranged to form a room for up to 20 people. Vivid panoramic imagery and sounds surround and engage you. The focus of the installation is to provide a new level of viewer experience and encourage creative explorations for both new media artists and the viewing public.

While immersive experiences have long been available in venues such as IMAX theatres, rides at theme parks, and arcade hall videogames, the Dimension Elevator is different in that it is accessible to both artists and art viewers. Rather than requiring a company to spend a year creating a show that is highly strategized and targeted so that it can be economically successful, a single person can create a unique sensory experiment in an afternoon.

Originally the dream of architecture student and programmer Stephen Holland-Chang, the Dimension Elevator premiered July 2001 at Consolidated Works, a contemporary arts center in Seattle, Washington. Twelve local artists and artist teams responded to create the eighteen environments exhibited. [Excerpted from the Dandelion Collective website.]

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