{"id":20218,"date":"2021-12-01T11:55:35","date_gmt":"2021-12-01T11:55:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=20218"},"modified":"2021-12-01T12:02:50","modified_gmt":"2021-12-01T12:02:50","slug":"the-london-van-gogh-immersive-experience-fails-to-impress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/the-london-van-gogh-immersive-experience-fails-to-impress\/","title":{"rendered":"The London Van Gogh Immersive Experience fails to impress"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Billed as a ‘ 20,000 square foot light and sound spectacular’ featuring ‘exquisite storytelling and cutting-edge technology,’ expectations were high when I visited the Van Gogh Immersive Experience in Spitalfields last weekend.<\/p>\n

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Unfortunately it proved to a massively underwhelming experience, and one that struggled to justify its entrance fee.<\/p>\n

Everything about the place felt a bit like it was hastily put together on the cheap.<\/p>\n

The first few rooms were like an old fashioned museum, with various sized prints – some of which were of very poor quality – stuck on the walls along with snippets of information about the artist.<\/p>\n

I learnt a few random facts but nothing I couldn’t have gleaned in a short, half decent documentary, and the endlessly looping music quickly became irritating.<\/p>\n

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The only thing really being memorable from the exhibition was the big room with the projections, which you visit at the end.<\/p>\n

The wall sized animations were very clever and I liked the idea of seeing the world through Van Gogh’s eyes, although it was a bit gimmicky, and some of the transitions were needlessly complex.<\/p>\n

The rainfall one was good though, although I wished we’d heard the sound of rain when it happened rather than yet more ‘deep and meaningful’ classical tunes.<\/p>\n

My friend gave it 3\/10. I think I’d agree.<\/p>\n

On our art forum<\/a>, another visitor gave his verdict:<\/p>\n

So, the Van Gogh Immersive Experience, all in all, not worth shelling out (tickets were \u00a330 plus you had to pay an extra \u00a35 for the VR headset) .<\/p>\n

The VR stuff was amazing for me (Mrs21 took the headset off after minute or so as she felt dizzy & nauseous).\u00a0It’s a 10 minute show.<\/p>\n

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The rest of it was underwhelming, there’s a bit at the end where Van Gogh images are projected on to the walls of a room the size of a tennis court.<\/p>\n

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It would have been better if the room was dark, but they couldn’t turn the lights out as there were folk on the floor ) so it was a bit meh in the end.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Exhibition info<\/h4>\n

Van Gogh Immersive Experience<\/a>
\nOpening hours (time slots available every half hour):
\n– Monday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday: 10am \u2013 9pm
\n– Saturday, Sunday & holidays: 9am \u2013 10pm<\/p>\n

Location: Commercial 106, Spitalfields. Get directions<\/a><\/p>\n

Join the art discussion<\/h4>\n