The Virtual Cinema as Virtual Exhibit

This comes courtesy of The Georgetown Voice. It seems in DC Hirshorn Museum owners have begun an experiment in making cinema itself the subject of a virtual event- within the cinema walls, sort of.

“The Cinema Effect: Dreams” (the first exhibit in a two-part series, to be followed by “Realisms” in June) wants to explore the impact of cinema on our perceptions of reality and address film’s ability to transport us into a dream world."

The Hirshorn have transformed the museum’s second floor gallery space into a virtual series of theaters, with tall dark walls, low lighting and separate galleries for each film. Members of the public queue outside these mini-theatres as they would for a cinema.

Sounds groovy.