SPECIAL EVENT: Sorn-Lai Art Exhibition (July 23)
Tue, Jul 23
|Ijams Nature Center
Join in the artistic, and immersive experience that is the Sorn-Lai Art Exhibition at Ijams on July 23 and 24 from 4-8pm. This event is free and open to all ages.
Time & Location
Jul 23, 2024, 4:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Ijams Nature Center, 2915 Island Home Ave, Knoxville, TN 37920, USA
About the Event
Sorn-Lai is a public interactive game experience that tasks participants with exploring the First Forest. Audience members can use their phones to scan NFC data tags attached to the scape’s characters and dioramas - uncovering details about the world along the way.
The exhibition features a series of 7 large tabletop dioramas showcasing different environments around the first forest and over 50 character inhabitants of Sorn-Lai, all interwoven in an intricate web of narrative and ecology.
Stories unfolded around the tables are sets of cautionary tales regarding contemporary generative, manufacturing, and integrated technologies; the very technologies the installation is made with while the settings themselves are metaphors for societal trends and attitudes.
This event will happen on July 23 and 24 from 4-8pm each evening. It is a free event and open to all ages. Exhibition will take place on the Plaza outside the Visitor Center. In case of inclement…