March 28, 2016
Walls360 created a collection of custom wall graphics for the grand opening of Meow Wolf in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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Meow Wolf in Santa Fe, New Mexico
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Last week Santa Fe, New Mexico became host to a multimillion dollar art selfie palace created by local art collective Meow Wolf and partially funded by Game of Thrones creator George R. R. Martin. The 20,000-square-foot art space, a former bowling ally, is now called the House of Eternal Return, and is saturated with psychedelic patterns, light shows, sculptures, and high concepts perfect for elevated minds. It’s also ideal for selfies, replete with James Turrell-inspired glowing backdrops, nerd nods to Dr. Who’s TARDIS and the Iron Giant, and plenty of weird doorways within which to frame yourself.
The Creators Project
Meow Wolf’s non-profit education initiative, CHIMERA, fills a critical gap for youth education, offering not just innovative arts training, but also opportunities for kids from all backgrounds to develop job-ready digital skills…
http://chimerasantafe.org/
A Bowling Alley Transforms into a 20,000-Square-Foot Trippy Art Experience
Hyperallergic
Part of what Meow Wolf is trying to achieve with their permanent location and “The House of Eternal Return,” is a business model that breaks free from the commission model more common in the art world. Meow Wolf hopes to create something that can employ artists regularly. In his TED Talk, Kadlubek explains that “We’re not just trying to create a new art exhibit, we’re trying to create a whole new model for how artists can create work and get paid for it.” Right now, Meow Wolf employs nearly 100 artists (about half are full-time, half are part-time) and pays a living wage. By using an admissions-based business model they can treat their art for what it is: an experience, and not commodity.
MAKE
“I cannot say it more simply. What I encountered in Santa Fe at Meow Wolf changed my life, altered my DNA, made me rethink what was possible through art, forced me to see the world differently.
I tell you this: You must go.”
The Durango Herald
“Mind-blowing,” said almost everyone…
Santa Fe New Mexican
“Santa Fe-based arts collective Meow Wolf has unveiled House of Eternal Return, a unique art experience featuring a wild new form of non-linear storytelling which unfolds through exploration, discovery and 21st century interactivity…”
ARTFIXDAILY
Labyrinthine and almost hallucinatory, the sprawling former bowling alley has been transformed to a freak-out art mecca, funded by $3.5 million from Game of Thrones creator George R. R. Martin and another $2.5 million from Kickstarter and other fundraising.
The 20,000-square-foot art space, the size of Gagosian’s Chelsea gallery, opened on Friday with a cavalcade of 5,500 visitors in the first three days, including Martin himself and Neil Gaiman. Described by 33-year-old CEO Vince Kadlubek as the “inside [of] a sci-fi novel,” the House of Eternal Return is many things: a psychedelic art space, a bar, an educational center, a ceramics studio, and an elaborate music venue (with a half school-bus upper deck), featuring a slew of dream-like elements such as black-light carpeting, a laser harp, pneumatic doors, and a 20-foot climbable lookout tower.
VICE
Meow Wolf Builds Fantastical Immersive Art — And Sustainable Models for Artists
MAKE
New Workshop Space at Meow Wolf Complex Aims to be Fertile Ground for Creative Experimentation
Santa Fe New Mexican
The House That Art, Fantasy and Mystery Built
New York Times
Our View: Meow Wolf’s Stunning Vision
Santa Fe New Mexican
Set up in the industrial district of Santa Fe, N.M., the new permanent art exhibition is a far cry from the fine arts galleries and museums for which Santa Fe is known. Think of it instead as a kind of art amusement park, built by an arts collective called Meow Wolf and largely funded by a surprising benefactor: George R.R. Martin.
NPR
Art collective builds a dream house in Santa Fe with millions of dollars — and junk
LA TIMES
Forever Home: Meow Wolf Opens “House of Eternal Return”
Santa Fe New Mexican
‘A Little Kid’s Best Dream’
Albuquerque Journal
Meow Wolf’s Long-Anticipated Exhibit Debuts: ‘It’s Awesome’
Santa Fe New Mexican
‘Like Nothing You’ve Ever Seen Before’: Meow Wolf’s Art Mansion of Fun
Albuquerque Journal
The Games Of Thrones writer has become Santa Fe’s unofficial minister of culture – and his latest project is the most ambitious of all…
The Guardian
Meow Wolf Roars…
George R.R. Martin
Meow Wolf’s Latest Futuristic Project Bends Time and Space…
Albuquerque Journal
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