First, it's an art gallery without any Art in it. Breaking the rules right off the bat. Second in a traditional art gallery (at least the one that's in my mind) you can't ever tough things. There is always a barrier between the observer and art, whether it be a rope or a rail, DON'T TOUCH signs or a 300lb security guard. With the virtual art gallery there is no art to protect and those barriers disappear!
Second a virtual gallery is flexible. You can change everything with a touch of a button! Image one night you feel like going street. You want to be gangster and put up all your graffiti, photography of the hood and such. It's an expression of illegal expression. Then the next night or even the next hour you get mad at social norms and want to display your views on stupid formalities. It's possible with a virtual gallery.
Third, people can interact with your ideas. Traditionally the gallery master or whoever is in charge gets full command over what the overall image and meaning of a gallery is. With virtual gallery's people can disagree with you. Point out their views, even argue with other observers. There are a million ways this could be done. Let them all draw on a virtual screen, give them all a virtual marker so they can draw on your drawings, give them virtual paint to correct your mistakes, interact with other virtual galleries and so on and so on.
So, we have flexibility, personal observer interaction, and n real art (AKA no barrier). What does all this give us? Nothing actually. Instead I think it's the opposite idea. Really its the idea of giving the observers all the power. Why?
People like to be in control of their future, including what they see, hear, taste interact with. So why not give them the control? Why not let them choose? Good idea? Probably not, we will see but I have a couple specific ideas.
Crazy Idea 1: The Circle Canvas
Mainly spawning from the following two videos.
Video #1: divIT - Multitouch Display
Video #2: Samsung Horizon Dispaly
There are a million videos out there like this but I think you might get the idea. I would turn the room into a huge multi-touch screen for the users to do what they like with it. It would be a complete circled poor to ceiling to completely immerse the observers. Users would enter as a group and interact anywhere around the interior of the circle. Options would include drawing, writing, uploading/ posting pictures of themselves, internet access, Google maps, video streaming/chats. It would be an all inclusive experience.
Crazy Idea 2: The Worm Hole
Take the same set up as Crazy Idea #1 and turn the whole thing into a 360 degree view of a public place in another location. Could be right outside, could be in a park on the other side of town or in another country. Both locations would have a circle canvas and a 360 degree camera essentially making in a video chat session in 360. Place each worm hole in popular public places like Times Square and Grand Central Station and you have virtual worm hole to the other location. You have to image what it would look like. Stand in the middle of a circular display interacting with random people on the "other side" in real time.
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