VAN GOGH ALIVE | Record Tickets Sales in Newcastle
Van Gogh Alive, the world’s most visited multi-sensory experience at the Grand Pavilion, Foreshore Park finishes Sunday 23rd October.
Created and produced by Grande Experiences, presented by Lexus and co-produced by Andrew Kay AM in association with BBC and Fane, Van Gogh Alive is a large-scale, multi-sensory experience that has been visited by over 8.5 million people across 80+ cities around the world. Newcastle has been no exception with a steady flow of visitors to Newcastle Foreshore over the past four weeks.
Today Andrew Kay commented on the Newcastle season: “We have been absolutely thrilled by the reception we have received in Newcastle. I suspect Van Gogh Alive with over 80,000 tickets sold in just 5 weeks has just broken the all time record for ticket sales. For anyone who was wanting to see Van Gogh Alive you just have until THIS Sunday to come and enjoy this great event.”
Van Gogh Alive is housed in The Grand Pavilion, a giant, 70m X 25m bespoke marquee. In fact, The Grand Pavilion is the largest touring showroom in the southern hemisphere and features a themed bar & café space. In partnership with the City of Newcastle, it will make its temporary home on Foreshore Park.
Lord Mayor Nuatali Nelmes said securing Van Gogh Alive was a coup for Newcastle that will enhance the city's reputation for hosting world-class events while boosting the local economy by attracting thousands of visitors to the city.
"We're excited to partner with Andrew Kay Management to bring the impressive Van Gogh Alive to a regional city for the first time in Australia as part of Newcastle's New Annual festival," Cr Nelmes said. "Van Gogh Alive will provide attendees with the chance to immerse themselves in the work of Van Gogh through a unique multi-sensory experience that has already been experienced by eight and a half million people across 80 cities around the world."
Make no mistake – this is no ordinary art exhibition.
Traditions of tiptoeing through silent galleries and viewing paintings from afar are forgotten during the Van Gogh Alive experience. Supported by a vibrant symphony of light, colour, sound, and fragrance, Van Gogh's masterpieces come to life, giving visitors the sensation of walking right into his paintings.
“Art galleries and museums can be quite intimidating places, but it’s 2022, so it’s no longer about standing in front of a painting and staring at it quietly from afar. Using technology cleverly means that it’s now possible to experience art in a more inclusive way that offers a much deeper, more immersive, multi-sensory experience that draws you into the art.”
Bruce Peterson, Founder and CEO of Grande Experiences.
Adults and children delight in the super-scale show, viewing artworks from new angles and discovering unique perspectives. Visitors also have the chance to examine Van Gogh’s sources of inspiration with photographs and video displayed alongside his works.
Van Gogh’s works have been displayed and enjoyed around the world for over a century – but never like this.
Grande Experiences' state-of-the-art SENSORY4™ immersive gallery combines with a tailored exhibition space to allow projection of enormous crystal-clear images. Set to an evocative classical score, a thrilling display of over 3,000 inspirational images transforms the world around you. You will truly lose yourself in the vibrant colours and vivid details of Van Gogh’s work.
Van Gogh Alive at The Grand Pavilion is presented by Lexus. At the core of the Lexus brand resides a dedication to evoking all senses in harmony – perfectly aligned with the multisensory experiences provided by Van Gogh Alive - where visitors are surrounded by a vibrant symphony of light, colour, sound and fragrance from start to finish.
Van Gogh Alive is proud to have Lexus as Presenting Partner and Champagne Taittinger as the Official Champagne Partner.
DATES 7 days a week from 22 September 2022
VENUE Foreshore Park, 32 Wharf Road, Newcastle East
BOOKING vangoghalive.com.au
DETAILS Please note that Van Gogh Alive must close on 23 October, 2022.
ABOUT GRANDE EXPERIENCES
Grande Experiences, the creator and producer of Van Gogh Alive, is a world leader in the creation, design, production, promotion and installation of large-scale exhibitions and immersive experiences with broad cultural appeal along with engaging, entertaining and educational content. From concept to completion, Grande Experiences creates visually and technically stunning masterpieces and presents them around the world. Its experiences have been displayed 230+ times in over 175 cities, in 32 languages, across six continents, enthralling audiences of over 20+ million people. Grande Experiences is based in Melbourne, Australia with satellite offices in the UK, Italy and the USA. Grande Experiences also owns and operates Australia’s first permanent digital art gallery THE LUME Melbourne; in addition to THE LUME Indianapolis and newly launched THE LUME Los Angeles; as well as the Museo Leonardo da Vinci, a historical museum in the heart of Rome.
Van Gogh Alive and Grande’s other multi-sensory experiences are presented through the organisation’s SENSORY4TM system that combines multi-channel motion graphics beamed through up to 40 high-definition projectors with cinema-quality surround sound. grande-experiences.com
WHAT IS SENSORY4™?
Developed by Grande Experiences, SENSORY4™ is a unique system that combines multi-channel motion graphics, cinema quality surround sound and up to forty high-definition projectors to provide one of the most exciting multi-screen environments in the world. The resulting experience is dynamic, informative and visually spectacular. Incredibly detailed images flow through the mass of projectors and merge with digital surround sound to saturate the space in a breathtaking immersive display.
