VBAM: VIRTUAL BROAD ART MUSEUM

VBAM: VIRTUAL BROAD ART MUSEUM

2012

John Fillwalk and the Institute for Digital Intermedia Arts (IDIA Lab) at Ball State University were commissioned to design and build a virtual museum artworks for the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum in East Lansing, MI. The physical Museum, was designed by architect Zaha Hadid and opened to the public in Fall 2012. Museum Director, Michael Rush commissioned Fillwalk and IDIA Lab to envision and create a dynamic program of artworks for the Virtual Broad Art Museum project (VBAM). Fillwalk and his collaborators created an immersive multi-user environment and four commissioned artworks using Unity 3D – experienced entirely within a web browser.Composers: Jesse Allison and Keith Kothman.

http://idialab.org/vbam-virtual-broad-art-museum-commission/