We’re thinking an amped-up Meow Wolf meets ‘Star Wars’ and Day for Night — a cavernous space filled with 40 different alien-themed, technology-driven, interactive art installations.
But it’s early days for the still-developing Houston art and edu-tainment attraction Seismique, which aims to become a more permanent fixture than other colorful spaces designed for a generation that covets live experiences it can share on Instagram. (The name is fancified French, but it’s pronounced ‘seismic.’)
Coming this fall in a 40,000-square foot retail space at 2306 South Highway 6 that formerly held a Bed Bath & Beyond, Seismique is a new concept from Steve Kopelman, a principal and COO of Escape the Room, the nation’s largest reality entertainment game room company.
Co-founder Josh Corley, who has been managing the Houston area’s two Escape the Room spaces, said initial cleaning work on the inside of the building has just begun.
The company has put out a call for proposals from Houston artists, hoping to fill at least 10 of its planned 40 ‘galaxies’ with installations by local talent. (Commissions are $2,500-$15,000, plus expenses; the deadline to submit proposals is March 1.)
The company is seeking a diverse array of talent including sculptors, painters, illustrators, muralists, textile artists, metalworkers and carpenters as well as video, projection mapping, digital fabrication, programming, application designers and animation designers. Seismique’s intergallactic theme “leaves a wide range for creativity,” Corley said.
Kopelman’s vision for the venue was inspired by Tokyo’s spectacular TeamLab Planets experience. His LinkedIn page says the new venture will transport visitors “to an entirely new and unforeseen universe of creative inspiration and artistic manifestation.” Seismique will provide “an experience designed to stimulate imagination, heighten curiosity, inspire wonder, and - most importantly - deliver an extreme dose of fun,” Kopelman writes.
Corley said more than 30 Houston artists have already submitted proposals. Seismique also is working with Smooth Technology, a Brooklyn-based developer of eye-popping visual experiences that have ranged from LED costumes for Lady Gaga to Google displays to public art for Matthew Barney and Times Square Alliance.
He expects that the experiential “galaxies” will fill the building’s first floor, with a second floor used for workshop spaces to accommodate partnerships with local school districts and private events.
“We want to appeal to everyone, from art enthusiasts to people who have never been to a museum,” Corley said. “We want to bring a high quality, high caliber immersive art experience.”
Tickets to Seismique will be priced below $30.
Corley said the company has not yet planned Seismique locations in other cities, focusing first on getting the Houston start-up running. But he and Kopelman plan to be there a while; they’ve signed a 10-year lease.
Stay tuned.
molly.glentzer@chron.com
2020-02-19 14:20:00Z
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/entertainment/families/article/Houston-will-get-a-Seismique-shift-in-15067266.php
CAIiEDVGy3o8Iq5ht3O8Y4sUCiQqGQgEKhAIACoHCAow8-P4CjDSst8CMKL_wwU
Bagikan Berita Ini
0 Response to "Houston will get a ‘Seismique’ shift in entertainment this fall - Houston Chronicle "
Post a Comment