The Grand Canal.
Memphis’ Brooks Museum of Art has out-Smithsonianed the Smithsonian. Instead of installing the Art of Video Games touring exhibit as-is, the museum used the show as an opportunity to do something incredibly cool.
They took this fine Canaletto landscape from the museum’s permanent collection.
Also the Grand Canal.
And partnered with the VoxelBox to transform it into a fully dimensional, fully populated, fully explorable Minecraft world with a soundtrack courtesy of Vivaldi.
Digital Masters: The Brooks Museum Turns its Canaletto into an Interactive Minecraft World
Several historical characters (including the composer) have been built into the game. What happens next in Virtual 18th-Century Venice is up to whoever’s holding the controller.
