Van Gogh Dublin opened its doors to the public

The Irish company, Theatre of Light, opened their hugely anticipated show ‘Van Gogh Dublin – An Immersive Journey’. The company is excited to announce the opening of its doors in the RDS to the public.  The Van Gogh themed, advanced digital art spectacle has built huge excitement nationwide since the experience was announced last February.

The 20,000 square foot, 360-degree multi-sensory experience surrounds you in Van Gogh’s most famous works. However, it goes far beyond this, as artificial intelligence and advanced digital technologies bring Van Gogh’s masterpieces to life all around you, and even predict how they evolve and transform over time.

Immersive Art Experience

This is the world premiere of this specific Van Gogh immersive art experience, due to how it interprets Van Gogh’s paintings in new ways and through new technologies. So if you think you have seen an immersive Van Gogh experience like this overseas before – think again! Visitors will also get to experience two other multi-sensory, contemporary pieces of digital artwork, some of which have been featured in the famous Atelier Des Lumiere in Paris. These other award-winning experiences take the visitor on a journey beyond Van Gogh, to the evolution of Art, Science and Light.

Speaking about today’s opening, Theatre of Light Co-Founder Daniel Gleeson said:

“Theatre of Light has been working on bringing an immersive art experience to Ireland for three years now, so we are just so excited to finally be opening our doors in the RDS today to the public.”

“We really just can’t wait for art lovers and experience seekers nationwide to finally see this and the almost inconceivably detailed digital art display we have ready for them. We have a huge amount of the world’s most advanced projectors all around this 20,000 square foot space in RDS, so you truly are immersed in this incredibly moving and evolving art show.”

“As much as art lovers will love this experience, it really is something new, exciting and different to do in Dublin for everyone. From toddlers to grandparents, this is an experience for all ages and interests.”

So what is the show format?

Part One: Van Gogh – An Immersive Journey

Van Gogh’s artworks and life are transformed through audio-visual storytelling in four parts, with digital interpretations and futuristic predictions of what could have been. The journey starts by diving into his subconsciousness and then we witness the early years of his career. We chase the sun with him to the South of France, where he paints many of his signature works. His manic episodes take us to his hospital room in saint Rémy, where he recreates endless vistas through his confinement window.

Through his eyes, paintings turn into living sceneries and futuristic 3D environments. Finally, A.I. analyses over 2,000 Van Gogh artworks and generates imagery in his style with high-dimensional algorithms and neural networks.

Part Two: Everything

Moving beyond the Van Gogh section, the viewer now enters ‘Everything’. Observing everything as it is, questioning all that is in existence and suggesting new possibilities.

Through the eyes of a living being who follows the storyline with us, we submerge into a three-part audio-visual narration where science, philosophy and metaphysics converge. We observe the familiar elements that construct our everyday lives and realise how the vast system of existence that envelopes us should be subject to many questions.

Part Three: Journey – A Photon’s Journey in the Eye

The visitor now enters ‘Journey’, a multi-award-winning digital art display, as experienced in the world-famous Atelier des Lumières in Paris.

We become a light particle and experience its journey; from the moment it approaches the eye until the brain reconstructs it into perceivable forms. Travelling through the layers of the eye, from the colourful iris to the fractured lens, to the optic nerve and finally the neurons, it is finally generated into solid impressions.

Part Four: Infinity Room

During the final part of the experience, guests enter an immersive environment that heightens ones senses and is designed to give the illusion that the lights within it are trailing off into the abyss, continuing forever into infinity. The repetitive illusion is achieved through a creative amalgamation of light, mirrors and science.

Tickets are available now at vangoghdublin.com. Follow Van Gogh Dublin on Instagram here: @vangoghdublin and Twitter here: @vangoghdublin.

Ticket Prices:

Adult – €28.14

Concession – €25.94

Child 12 and Under – €17.19