New Art Installations at the Downtown Grand Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, NV
Building 180 recently wrapped one of our largest installations to date at the Downtown Grand Hotel and Casino in collaboration with Las Vegas entrepreneur Ryan Doherty.
San Francisco-based artist Camila Magrane created the largest augmented reality mural of its kind called Transmigrations, while Austin-based muralist Josef Kristofoletti painted a vibrant 5600 square foot mural named Slat City on the hotel’s exterior mechanical building.
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Virtual Mutations by Camila Magrane
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More About Transmigrations + Camila Magrane
Transmigrations is composed of (2) 75x100’ digital murals that can be seen from 112 of the hotel’s guest rooms in the Gallery Tower. A custom continuation of Magrane’s “Virtual Mutations” series, augmented reality technology is utilized to create
an interactive experience. Using Virtual Mutations, a proprietary app created by Magrane for her own works, guests will be able to view and interact with the augmented reality features of the artwork just outside of their hotel room window with
an iPad.
“Transmigrations” examines the possibility that multidimensional realms coexist simultaneously in a shared space. Unaware of each other, different species and communities subsist in the same territory and time, tuned in only to their individual
frequencies, shaped and limited by their own perceptions. They traverse freely without interference and oblivious to the existence of alternative parallel worlds. “Transmigrations” invites the viewer to explore these coinciding microcosms and the
lives within them, bearing in mind that someone or something else may also be examining these worlds at the same time.
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Transmigrations installation in progress. Photo by Marco Tavares
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MORE ABOUT SLAT CITY + JOSEF KRISTOFOLETTI
Slat City utilizes the mechanical buildings louvered slats to create a dazzling and colorful mural. Josef Kristofoletti was born in Transylvania and works on public art projects internationally. His interest is primarily in the field of mural
paintings that address the nature of experience, space and architecture. He is interested in the use of color in dialogue with the urban environment, and the possibilities of site specific, architectural scalework.
He was an artist in residence at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research. As a founding member of the artist collective Transitantenna, he traveled throughout North America as part of a mobile living experiment that engaged local
communities through public interventions. He is a founding member of Dadageek, an experimental art and technology school. He is also a founding member of Rolling Ryot, a sound art collaboration that creates temporary immersive sound experiences
in public spaces. In 2019 his work 'Tau Ceti" was recognized by the Public Art Network as one of the best public art projects in the United States.
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Photo by Marco Tavares
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Photo by Marco Tavares
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Building 180 works within the public and private realms, helping curate and produce large scale artworks for corporations, hotels, bars, restaurants, events, cities and more. To learn more, head over to www.building180.com and follow our
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