Awe-Inspiring Art

Massive immersive experience is like no other on the Strip

The immersive art experience is a trend rapidly growing in Las Vegas— and that’s a very good thing. It’s one thing to experience art in a gallery; it’s a very different thing to find yourself feeling like you’re part of the artwork. The trend is helping to expose more of the public to the importance of art, its ability to change the way we see the world. The most recent of these, TRANSFIX , is the world’s largest touring immersive art experience, featuring some of the world’s most innovative artists.

The installation, which runs at Resorts World Las Vegas until fall of 2023, features more than 50 interactive artworks across a 200,000-square-foot, multilevel venue. Spend 90 to 120 minutes exploring the 2-acre labyrinth.

Trust us: This is like nothing you’ve ever seen before. The art you’ll encounter ranges from monolithic, shape-shifting kinetics and mesmerizing tunnels to video installations and fire-breathing sculptures. The artists represented include Christopher Bauder & KiNK, Foldhaus Collective, Christopher Schardt, Playmodes, HOTTEA, Kevin Clark and many others.

Particular highlights include:

• Kate Raudenbush’s As Above, So Below, a 25-foot indigo and mirrored pyramid that acts as a gathering space;

• Marco Cochrane’s R-Evolution, a 45-foot-tall sculpture depicting San Francisco-area dancer Deja Solis that contains 17 motors and weighs 32,000 pounds;

• Pablo Gonzalez Vargas’ ILUMINA, a 37-foot-tall interactive light and sound sculpture that invites participants to take part in an immersive, three-minutelong meditation.

In addition to the experience itself, TRANSFIX offers 10 artist-designed bars and speakeasies.

Tom Stinchfield, TRANSFIX co-founder and CEO, said the aim of his installation is “to elevate and redefine ‘immersive,’” in a prepared statement. “We believe that interacting with art at this large of a scale can change the world by illuminating one mind at a time. If we can inspire even a fraction of our guests to restore their childlike wonder and curiosity—or explore their own personal creativity and expression— we’ve done our jobs well.”

One visit to TRANSFIX and we think you’ll agree—mission accomplished. –Ken Miller

Resorts World Las Vegas, transfixart.com