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For the first time, the immersive art installation 29Rooms: Expand Your Reality! appeared in Washington D.C. this past fall. This event is headed to New York City in December and has also toured Chicago, Atlanta, Los Angeles, and Toronto. We hope it will head back to our area again next year!
This futuristic art extravaganza allows visitors to experience and interact with the art in a one-of-a-kind experience. The thought-provoking exhibition seeks to inspire and engage creativity to enable visitors to ‘Expand Your Reality.’ 29Rooms D.C. is also a unique place to capture fun social media pictures!
About 29Rooms D.C.
Expand Your Reality with the thought-provoking multi-sensory spaces that come to life thanks to artists and visionaries from all over the world. With each room, you can ignite self-expression and enjoy new experiences because you will be put at the center of the event with hands-on activities.
29Rooms will also be featuring some local artists from Washington, D.C. It will also include some audience favorites such as “Teenage Bedroom” which is a technicolor 90’s themed bedroom and “Inner Beauty Ball,” which invites guests to express themselves through dance in the experience.
29Rooms D.C. Logistics
The 29Rooms tour will be in Washington D.C. for only 15 days from October 18th to the 27th at the DC Armory. One of the most exciting things about this tour stop is that local Washington D.C. artists will create designs unique to the DMV to be represented in the tour!
About the Local D.C. Artists
Trap Bob, local Artist- The Art Park
Tenbeete Solomon AKA Trap Bob is a talented visual artist, animator, and illustrator based in the local D.C. area. She is the founder of Trap Bob World, LLC, a freelance design and product company. Trap Bob is often inspired by activism and community issues and is known bold colors and gestures to represent the humor and the struggles of everyday life.
Jamea Richmond-Edwards, local Artist- Billboard
Jamea Richmond-Edwards is a resident of Maryland. She holds a Bachelor of Arts from Jackson State University and a Master of Fine Arts from Howard University. This talented artist has had her work displayed worldwide.
Kali Uchis- Local Artist- Dream Doorways
Kali Uchis is claimed to be the hot new crossover to watch! She grew up between Virginia and the country of Colombia and currently resides in Los Angeles. She recently released her debut musical LP Isolation and projects an independent and powerful style into her masterpieces.
29Rooms Descriptions
Here is a quick rundown of what to expect from the rooms and installations you will encounter on tour:
- 29 QUESTIONS: This room is a social experiment designed to invite guests to disconnect from technology and engage on a personal level with humanity.
- A BLIND DATE WITH DESTINY: Embark on a cosmic journey where you can unravel your deepest selves and put your destiny in a stranger’s hands.
- A CONVERSATION WITH YOUR INNER CHILD In Collaboration with Carlota Guerrero: An interactive installation that invites you to reconnect with your inner child.
- A LONG LINE OF QUEENDOM In Collaboration with Unbothered: With a spectrum of truths that make up Black women’s experiences, this room is brought to life and dedicated to Black millennial women.
- THE ART PARK In Collaboration with Yvette Mayorga, Dan Lam, NNEKKAA, Hanski, Trap Bob:
- Creates a space that explores new ways of showcasing art through playful composition and discovery.
- BETTER DRESSED BY BITTEN:
- Inviting you to experience and explore a bold selection of fashionable accessories and headpieces created with real fruit and creamy dressings.
- CRACK THE CODE to Financial Wellness in partnership with Prudential: Work as a team to complete challenges and puzzles that are supposed to help you to empower your journey to financial wellness.
- DANCE BREAK: Discover a fantastic soundtrack geared towards helping you to get moving in this awesome dance party.
- DREAM DOORWAYS In Collaboration with Kali Uchis: Interpret dreams and experience surrealism in this alternate universe where nothing is as it seems.
- ENJOY THE LIGHT in partnership with Transitions® Lenses: Open your eyes to the possibilities of Transition lenses as you experience vision, life, and light as never before.
- THE FULL PICTURE In Collaboration With Shatterbox:
- This is a groundbreaking film that empowers female storytellers to show us how they see the world from behind the camera.
- MAKE YOUR MARK:
- Creativity comes to life as you get to experience creating, improvising, and unleashing the beauty within your art and truly express yourselves.
- NO FILTER: Venture behind the camera lens to experience how two different lighting methods can transform your environment and instantly shift your perception and see things in a new light.
- SAWUBONA, in partnership with Shea Moisture: Through empowerment, recognize and foster the potential of women and uplift those around you while celebrating your power.
- Sweet Today, Gone Tomorrow In collaboration with Panera: A great way to celebrate strawberries in a sweet and short-lived experience.
- TEENAGE BEDROOM In Collaboration with Uzumaki Cepeda: Transport yourself back in time as you can revisit your adolescent years and visit a typical 90’s bedroom.
- THE TRAVELING BILLBOARD CHICAGO In Collaboration with SocialWorks and O.J. Hays: Empowering the youth through art with a massive billboard created by a locally-based artist which aims to highlight the talent within each community.
- THE VALUES STAND In Collaboration with the ACLU: Make a change by taking action and shift the story as you fight for civil rights and civil liberties in Congress, in the courts and your local community.
- YOU ARE MAGIC In Collaboration with The Hoodwitch: Awaken the deepest parts of yourself and tap into your inner magic as you explore an enchanted crystal cave.
History of 29Rooms
On Refinery29’s 10th anniversary in September 2015, 29Rooms was launched with the vision to bring their brand into the real world.
Refinery29 is the original next-generation digital-media entertainment company for young women that celebrates imperfections, banishes taboos and strives to be real and relatable. With a global audience of over 550 million highly engaged people across multiple platforms.
The 29Rooms tour helps to drive intention-fueled debates, represent equality and reimagine life, and it blends pop culture and feminism.
The Times Out New York reports, “29Rooms is more than just a selfie nirvana: it’s a discovery zone destined to give you the feels..”
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Know Before You Go
- The expand your reality experience take 2.5 hours to complete, and while you are allowed to walk at your own pace, sessions will end at their designated times. Unfortunately, re-entry is not allowed, so make sure that you don’t leave unless you’re done!
- 29Rooms is self-guided, so you are free to explore and follow your curiosity wherever they lead.
- The DC Armory is metro accessible and has limited on-site paid parking available in Lot 3.
- 29Rooms and the DC Armory venue are ADA accessible.
- Food, drinks (including alcohol with valid I.D.) and merchandise are available for purchase. Bathrooms are also available for use, so stay hydrated!
- For safety reasons, only small purses and clutches are permitted into the experience, and your items are subject to a search as you move through security scanners.
- Arrive 15 minutes before your sessions start time so that you can get ready and not miss a thing.
- You are allowed to take photos and videos of your experiences.
- Children are allowed to 29Rooms D.C. for a discounted price of $10 each for kids ages 2-10. Children under 2 are free. Strollers are also welcomed.
If you miss the 29Rooms DC Armory stop, it will be headed to New York and Los Angeles next. Dates and details are still to be determined for these locations.
Wow! This is such a neat way to get “involved” in art. I appreciated the section where you gave us the “need to know” information.
This is such a cool idea. I love the shift in media that is taking place to allow people to be more “real” and less perfect.
Wow. What an interesting experience. Its a shame however that the reality experience finishes at a designated time. Id feel so rushed and cant really take my time. Nevertheless, looks incredible.
I had never heard of this immersive art experience. Sounds very interesting, but looks like 29 rooms concept is accessible in US only.
What a unusual immersive experience! So fascinating how it combines art, social connection and self-expression. Definitely something I’d enjoy!
What a cool idea! Doesn’t sound like the metropolis of Kansas City is a tour stop for 29 rooms, but (as luck would have it), we are headed to New York in October, so I’ll keep an eye out and see if it coincides with our visit.
Maybe it will get there in a future year! 🙂
This immersive event would certainly encourage creativity and exploration. It’s nice that it is self guided and you can move at your own pace – I’d think that would be a huge benefit here!
Yeah, there is plenty of time to enjoy it and take pictures too!