![]() When visitors go in, they’re not only consuming our visual and our stories and our narrative, but they’re also consuming artistry that’s coming from the local community,” he said. Local artists are included in each Meow Wolf projectĮach installation has spaces specifically dedicated to underrepresented artists from the local community, Tolosa said, with commissioned works that live in the permanent exhibition. “It’s a blending of characters and stories and narrative together with all these different artistic forms into one, and they can be consumed together or separate as well.” “There’s a very significant artistic offering outside of the story itself,” he said. You can follow a story through the space (or not)Įach space features a puzzle-like story that visitors can follow throughout the exhibition, which can take many hours for those who want to really dive in or solve the story, Tolosa said – but he also acknowledged that not all visitors want to immerse themselves that deeply. ![]() “Ours is a space that mixes in the sculptural and the audio and the video and the lighting and story and narrative and technology, which incorporates a lot more artistic forms in that one space.” It has those unique characteristics that have the ability to really trigger the human mind.” The experience is meant for all generations, Tolosa said, adding that “a child would go in and have an amazing experience, but then it would be a totally different experience than a teen, an adult or even a senior. Nobody’s too young – or too old – to visit In fact, it’s so deserving that we’re going to have two we could not be more excited about the two locations,” Tolosa said. “We felt that was always very deserving of Meow Wolf to be there. Tolosa said several factors made Texas attractive for expansion: its diversity, its vibrant art scene, and its already established interest in Meow Wolf – Texas sends the most out-of-state visitors to Meow Wolf spaces, he said. The newest permanent exhibitions will be at the Grapevine Mills Mall in 2023 and in Houston’s Fifth Ward in 2024. We don’t tell you to start here and end here, and we don’t tell you where to go. “Unknown spaces of really amazing visual and auditory and light art and technology that really triggers all your senses. “Slowly but surely, you are transported into unknown spaces,” Tolosa said. Texas will be the fourth state with permanent Meow Wolf exhibitions, joining New Mexico, Nevada and Colorado, and the space is different at each one: A house in Santa Fe a supermarket in Las Vegas a transportation station in Denver. Meow Wolf’s CEO, Jose Tolosa, spoke to Texas Standard to offer a Meow Wolf primer and share plans for its expansion to the Lone Star State. The company recently announced that it plans to open two locations in Texas: one in Grapevine, and another in Houston. The Santa Fe-based immersive entertainment company creates one-of-a-kind spaces that combine narrative with massive multimedia art installations. Meow Wolf exhibitions almost defy description.
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