Van Gogh Alive is the large-scale, multi-sensory experience that has dazzled over 6 million people across 50 cities around the world including Rome, Milan, Berlin, Shanghai and Moscow. You may have seen eye-catching images of the exhibition pop up on your social media accounts as the digital spectacular rolled into Sydney in mid-September – the Covid-aware exhibition is calling the Royal Hall of Industries its home for a limited season.
Vincent Van Gogh’s works have been exhibited and admired for over a century – but never quite like this. Van Gogh Alive affords visitors the unique opportunity to immerse themselves into Van Gogh’s artistry and venture into his colourful universe.
From beginning to end, expect to be surrounded by a vibrant symphony of light, colour, sound and fragrance. Van Gogh’s masterpieces seem to almost come to life, giving visitors the sensation of stepping into his paintings – a feeling that is simultaneously enchanting and entertaining.
Van Gogh Alive harnesses the power of a state-of-the-art technology system that combines multi-channel motion graphics beamed through up to 40 high-definition projectors with cinema-quality surround sound. Set to an evocative classical score, a thrilling display of over 3000 enormous crystal-clear images is beamed across walls, columns and floors. At such a scale, the vibrant brushstrokes and vivid details of Van Gogh’s work are truly breathtaking.
As a bonus for Sydneysiders, Van Gogh Alive brings the much-loved Royal Hall of Industries back into cultural life. The 1913 building is aesthetically and spatially ideal for presenting the digital journey into the life and work of the post-Impressionist fin-de-siecle artist Van Gogh.
