Multiverse


(vimeo link)

It looks like a portal to another dimension, or maybe a time-travel machine. Multiverse is an art installation in a 200-foot-long tunnel between buildings in the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. Designed by artist Leo Villareal, it features around 41,000 LED nodes. I see there's a moving sidewalk in the tunnel. I'm afraid if I were so lucky as to see this in person, I might never make it to the next building! Link -via Gizmodo

ah man! i recognized that immedietly. I live in Arlington, right outside of DC, but im an art student so i have been to all the galleries and museams alot... There is a two way rolling sidewalk - whats great about it though is that it isn't tough, its actually really bouncy, so when you step or hop on it, it bounces you...
ive spent days just riding it back and forth
but "NO RUNNING"!

good stuff.
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It's a very similar effect to (but more elaborate than) one used for decades at Disney World. As I recall, it's used on Space Mountain at the Magic Kingdom, and on Spaceship Earth at Epcot. It's been a while since I've been to either so they may have changed them. It's a bit disorienting and surprisingly effective at making a slow-moving ride feel much faster than it really is! Especially when combined with a fan blowing cool air on riders. I think those rides used fluorescent tubes and/or fiber optics instead of LEDs.
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