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Coventry City of Culture: Immersive art gallery opens with NASA

NASA has come to Coventry as a new immersive art gallery opens with an installation about space.

The Reel Store is believed to be the UK's first permanent immersive digital art gallery and opened with an exhibition from acclaimed artist Refik Anadol.

The exhibition, called Machine Memoirs: Space uses artificial intelligence to reimagine two million images of space taken by NASA satellites and telescopes.

This is the city's final month as the UK City of Culture and it is hoped the new gallery will leave a lasting legacy by continuing to feature innovative art commissions.

13 May 2022

Coventry UK City of Culture 2021

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