Disney and Dali

There is a new exhibition at Dali Museum in Florida. Visitors don’t just look at the art but also feel like they are walking around inside a painting. Virtual reality, which is a three-dimensional world created by computers, makes this experience possible.

The exhibition is called ‘Disney and Dali: Architects of the Imagination’. It tells the story of a friendship between two men; Salvador Dali and Walt Disney. Dali was a famous artist known for his unusual paintings, sculptures and lifesize art. Disney was a great American animator and creator of Disneyland.

Visitors can first look at the two friends’ paintings, story ideas, letters and photos. Then, they put on a headset and try the virtual reality (VR) experience called ‘Dreams of Dali’. The VR movie takes viewers inside a Dali painting in which they can see giant stone figures in the middle of a desert. You can move around and see elephants and birds. You can hear piano music and the birds. You can have a three-dimensional feeling that you’re inside a painting.

Disney and Dali met in Hollywood in 1940. They had the same interests; both wanted to take art off the paint canvas and out in the world. People can also see the Dali painting that inspired the VR experience at the museum. Many people love Disney and want to try VR which can take you away and do something different with your head.