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| - We both got in for $5, since they were redoing two of the galleries. And the $2.50 we paid was definitely worth it to see one of their current exhibits.
You start off watching a screen, and all around the room are wires, ties, and movie parts. I mean, ALL around the room - sprawling across six surfaces, whirring and tilting with (apparently) no purpose. On one wall, there was even music being independently created by automatically plucked piano strings. As we started walking the room, we noticed that some of the movements seemed to imitate what we were seeing on the screen.
We'd be watching a window going down, and a sun crossing the sky, and on one of the walls, a thick piece of opaque plastic would be rolling down. Trying to figure out the mystery kept us occupied for probably fifteen minutes.
A docent leading a tour came through, and the images clicked - small cameras were placed inside these complex wire contraptions, filming these everyday, boring-looking objects in such a way that they imitated a natural scene. A giant painted oil-drum looked like a camera panning across a tropical landscape when filmed at the right angle.
The exhibit was mindblowing, and as we kept walking around, I couldn't help kicking myself for not checking out SMoCA sooner. Don't make the same mistake!
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