We have the choice and the freedom to reengage with ourselves and the world around us, to remind us that we have the capacity to create infinite beauty and change.” Don’t forget yourself.’ That’s the crucial thing to take away. “We have these signs in Omega Mart where it’s like, ‘Attention shoppers! Did you forget something? Don’t forget the ice. “It’s all about reinventing the mundane spaces and trying to get you to reengage with a sense of curiosity and possibility to remember to wonder,” Montoya says. That may be an oversimplification, and a relatively direct message for Las Vegas, but the wide-angled Meow Wolf Omega Mart look - part Andy Warhol, part childhood cartoons and part retro monster-movie aesthetics (pay close attention to the piñatas modeled after the seven deadly sins) - is meant to welcome us, and then unravel until we no longer have a clear sense of place. Fridges storing drinks become winding passageways, T-shirt racks give way to hedge mazes, and soon we’re in multistory rock canyons with projected imagery, glass that seems to come alive with animation and corporate factories with robot receptionists.Īll of it taken together, for those who want to dig deep, is designed to have us think about who we are in relation to the brands and the corporations that seek to define us and our environment. The Omega Mart is modeled to look like a typical grocery store, only here a deli contains a block of cheese molded after Edvard Munch’s “The Scream,” and others are designed to capture more religious imagery. Then it perceives you as having a face.”Īnd in a weird, unintentional way, it may even better serve the Omega Mart message, a place that fuses old-fashioned illusions with modern tech to get us out of our own heads. You hold up a ping-pong paddle with the lower half of a face printed on it, and then it works. “We were like, ‘Are we taking this out? Can we fix the programming?’ We came up with an analog solution. “If you’re wearing a face mask, it doesn’t perceive you as having a face,” says Emily Montoya, one of Meow Wolf’s cofounders and Omega Mart creative director. Then came the pandemicĬOVID-19 put a pause on Meow Wolf’s most ambitious, risk-taking and topical endeavor yet: the grocery store-inspired Omega Mart, planned for Las Vegas. See also the relevant pinned thread in this sub.Entertainment & Arts Meow Wolf was set to transform themed entertainment in Vegas and beyond. "Is it OK to wear a costume?" (yes if it is 'decent' per respective state/local laws, and doesn't obscure the upper half of your face), and many more. "Are the spaces ADA-compliant or otherwise accessible?" (yes, with certain exceptions - see the full FAQ), "Do I have to wear an infection-preventing mask at the exhibits?" (you bet), "Are Omega Mart, Convergence Station, or House of Eternal Return short-term installations?" (nope, the plan is to be around for a long time at those locations although the art may be modified periodically), Remember to use Reddit's new spoiler tagging where appropriate to allow people to find out cool things on their own. This is an unofficial subreddit not run by the company, but sometimes an employee will give their perspective on a personal (not representing MW) basis. Post whatever you like related to Meow Wolf, their various doings, or even topics only tangentially related (for example, similar art).
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