The Immersive Van Gogh experience is a technological mash up of Van Gogh’s most famous paintings, that take place in across cities in the USA and around the world. They’re displayed digitally floor to ceiling across large warehouse rooms with state of the art projection mapping, animation, and accompanied by all kinds of cool music. As we continue the exhibit, there are several displays which bring his paintings to life…you can even step into one of them…Maia really got a kick out of this. Another neat immersive experience was the VR goggles, which take you on a realistic tour of his house and the village where he lived.The star of the exhibit is the digital show projection in the main warehouse. It serves as kind of a chronological view of Van Goghs life - sometimes happy and bright, but mostly melancholic or even sad and gloomy. It serves as a window into the mind of a twisted genius…how can a person so distraught create such beautiful paintings you might ask?
The animation and special effects are magical and captivating. Color builds up, floats, and dissipates across the walls. The paintings come to life, full of energy and movement…and the change of pace in music takes you on a full on sensory experience. Seeing the beloved Starry Night brought to life had Maia all excited and playful.


But who was he? Vincent Van Gogh was born in Holland in 1853 and it wasn’t until he was around 27 years old that he started painting. Although most people identify him as an impressionist painter, he was really part of the latter post-impressionist movement. The main difference is that Impressionists, like Claude Monet for example, used expressive techniques and realistic or more “natural” colors to create a lifelike impression of what the eye sees in the real world - instead, a Post-Impressionist like Vincent Van Gogh,used expressive painting techniques and vivid, dramatic colors to create an impression of what the heart feels.

His real breakthrough came after moving to France’s souther town of Arles - where his brushstrokes became much more aggressive and fluid - and along with the bright colors of the countryside, helped him create some of the most amazing works of art we all love and admire today like his incredible collection of sunflowers.

Unfortunately, Van Gogh lived a very sad life, troubled by mental problems and depression. One day, after a heated argument with his friend and fellow artist Paul Gauguin, Van Gogh famously cut part of his left ear off in a fit of rage. He later painted a few self portraits of him with the bandage - which curiously appears on the right ear, probably because he had used a mirror to look at himself while painting it.

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