Dozens of phones in the Omega Mart space can be used to check messages in voicemail and reach out to other phones where other characters or people might be, and eventually even in other exhibitions in other cities. Richins says there are still members of that committee whom Meow Wolf communicates with and turns to for input and insight, but the committee itself no longer exists in a formal capacity.Meow Wolf is also planning to knit its physical spaces together. One significant pandemic loss: Meow Wolf’s community advisory committee.įormed in 2018 by local residents to ensure that Meow Wolf effectively served the surrounding Sun Valley community, the committee was disbanded as part of Meow Wolf’s reorganization this past spring. If necessary, he says, the same principles can be applied in Denver. However, both the Las Vegas and Santa Fe locations will open (and reopen, respectively) with reduced capacity. Richins says Meow Wolf is working from the assumption that, by late 2021, COVID-19 vaccines will be broadly distributed and society will be functioning, more or less, as normal. Denver may also use RFID cards, depending on how they work at the Las Vegas exhibition.Īs of this writing, there are no plans for limiting the Denver location’s capacity due to pandemic concerns. “We want to build into it augmented reality so that when you hold your camera up with the app in the space, we’re actually bringing different elements alive,” Richins says. Denver is on track to be the first Meow Wolf experience with a mobile app to engage with the exhibition. Right now, the Las Vegas exhibition is planning to use RFID cards that visitors can take home as a souvenir. His team has been brainstorming other approaches, including a mobile app, QR codes, or RFID (radio-frequency identification) cards that can be tapped at various points in an exhibit to influence the experience. “In the post-COVID world, touching everything isn’t the best way to go about this,” Richins says. At the House of Eternal Return, there are letters, books, and other props that visitors are expected to pick up and read as a way of engaging with the exhibition’s story. Meow Wolf’s signature feature is interactivity: Visitors touch different elements within exhibitions. Meow Wolf is also developing different ways for visitors to engage with the exhibition. Photo by Kate Russell, courtesy of Meow Wolf Its Denver exhibition is supposed to open in late 2021. “The anchor spaces are out-of-this-world places,” Richins says, “and I think it’s going to be exciting to see the look on people’s faces when they step into an area.” Meow Wolf closed its Santa Fe location, House of Eternal Return, last spring when coronavirus hit. No word yet on what the anchor spaces will be: Meow Wolf is keeping details under wraps for the time being. Pandemic- and economic-induced limitations, Richins says, “made us be more lean and more laser-focused on the parts of the exhibition that we are delivering on opening day,” but the entire space is expected to be fleshed out before guests are welcomed in. According to Meow Wolf’s latest progress report, 51 percent of the artists are women, 38 percent are people of color, and 20 percent identify as LGBTQ.įour of the floors at 1338 1st Street are dedicated exhibitions, with five anchor spaces in which Meow Wolf’s stories will come to life through visual and experiential media, as well as live actors (the first time Meow Wolf will use performers as part of an exhibition). It’s nearly twice the size of the Las Vegas exhibit, and will feature more than 110 local and diverse artists. The reorganization tightened the focus of the Denver exhibition, which is one of Meow Wolf’s most ambitious projects yet. Meow Wolf reorganized internally and adjusted timelines of the Denver project, as well as its upcoming exhibition in Las Vegas, which is slated to open in early 2021. That's only $1 per issue! Subscribe Today »
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