{"id":261760,"date":"2021-01-13T08:00:59","date_gmt":"2021-01-13T12:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=261760"},"modified":"2021-01-13T08:00:59","modified_gmt":"2021-01-13T12:00:59","slug":"whooosh-2-virtual-360-art-exhibition-opens-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/whooosh-2-virtual-360-art-exhibition-opens-saturday\/","title":{"rendered":"WhoOosh!! 2 Virtual 360 Art Exhibition opens Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Waitukubuli Artist Association (WAA) will present the\u00a0WhoOosh!! 2<\/i>\u00a0Virtual 360 Art Exhibition on January 16th, 2021 on its website\u00a0www.kubuliarts.com<\/a>. The show will feature 25 artists total, from Dominica, and from Martinique and Guadeloupe.<\/div>\n
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\u201cWe\u2019re extremely excited to bring Dominica – and the world – this one-of-a kind event,\u201d said WAA president Lowell Royer. \u201cPeople may have experienced virtual exhibitions before but nothing quite like this.\u201d<\/div>\n
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Rather than host the exhibition in a purely virtual space as is typically done, WAA decided to film the exhibition using a 360 camera in the abandoned Roseau Anglican Church, creating an immersive experience that allows the audience to experience this real place, virtually.<\/div>\n
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\u201cJust like in a video game, you\u2019ll be able to look around in any direction, interact with objects and people, and of course examine the art up close.\u201d\u00a0 said Michael Lees, who filmed and edited the show. \u201cWe\u2019re really excited to share this experience.\u201d<\/div>\n
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Dominican art lovers may remember the original\u00a0WHoOosh!<\/i>\u00a0Exhibition which took place in the stadium in 2018. Like its predecessor this year\u2019s exhibition is also themed around hurricanes, and features various artistic forms including photography, sculpture, painting and more. DEXIA, Do It Center, Cultural Division, ShopDM and SHAPE (The Society for Historic Architectural Preservation & Enhancement) are sponsoring the event. The exhibition aims to not only showcase artwork, but also raise awareness and appreciation for Dominica\u2019s historic architecture, much of which was severely impacted by Hurricane Maria in 2017.<\/div>\n
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To attend, members of the public can RSVP at\u00a0kubuliarts.com<\/a>, which will also allow them to be notified of future WAA events, or conversely just visit the website on Jan 16. For more information on the show including the artist lineup, visit WAA\u2019s\u00a0Facebook<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0Instagram<\/a>\u00a0profiles @kubuliarts.<\/div>\n
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The Waitukubuli Artist Association is Dominica\u2019s premiere arts collective whose motto is “Elevating Creativity.\u201d Their stated aim is to\u00a0 \u201cenlighten and broaden minds\u201d through art.<\/div>\n