"Echoes of The Heart" by Claudia Bueno

Become immersed in Claudia Bueno’s “Echoes of the Heart,” a monumental art installation and museum takeover at the Hermitage Museum and Gardens in Norfolk, Va, in this documentary film by Adolfo Bueno.

Immersive art becomes transformative for all who enter with an open heart.

A gigantic illuminated mesh heart wraps the historic building exterior. Guests snake through glowing halls into chambers, ever closer to the stunning light panels artist Claudia Bueno is best known for – for example, “Pulse” in Meow Wolf’s Omega Mart or “Spanda” in the Meta Headquarters in Washington. Multiple galleries become temples, each dedicated to a particular facet of the human experience—intricate, interactive sacred spaces that promote togetherness and a sense of belonging for one’s own heart, spirit or physical form. This is Claudia Bueno’s first solo museum show.

Various installations, creations and ethereal phenomena transform the museum inside and out and blend each room to the next—for a fully immersive exploration of the curiosities of the natural world and the vast possibilities and delicate nature of the heart, featuring a collaborative soundscape with Brazilian-born healer/musician, ‪@porangui‬ and ‪@LiquidBloom‬

Echoes of the Heart invites visitors to take a moment for themselves and each other—to turn off time for a while and travel through the emotional worlds we share, reconnecting with our essential, collective source of life, energy and love – our heart.

~EXHIBIT CREDITS:
“Echoes of The Heart”
By Claudia Bueno

First displayed at The Hermitage Museum and Gardens. Norfolk, Virginia. USA.

Project curator: Carrie Spencer.
Documentary director: Adolfo Bueno.
Music composer and sound designer: Poranguí.
Light designer and programming: Mads Christensen.
Project manager: Marsi Gray.
Design assistant: Celia López.
Music composer: Liquid Bloom.
Installation director: Benjamin Timby.
Installation assistant: Natalie Connell.

Art Team:
Dustin Burns, Saige Surya, Celia Lopez, Patricia Bueno, Jill Trenholm, Scott Jarrett, Josiah Suskin, Natalie Connell, Beau Turner, Christina Fletcher, Juliana Lewis, Jamie Gerhard, Jake Roberts.

Art and installation volunteers:
Jon Brashears, Brittany Mattrella, Samantha Sparrow, Jameson Dungan, Stephanie Davenport, Tabatha Anger, Joel Guadarrama García, Allegra Duchaine, Bardia Jaan, Running River School, Lupita Pollock, Emily Morin, Anonymous Interviewees.

~VIDEO CREDITS:
Documentary director: Adolfo Bueno.

Footage by:
Adolfo Bueno, Danielle Blevins, Josiah Suskin, Ryan Mc Boyle, Joshua Lee Gililand, Kelsey Erin Sky, Ian Stout.

Edit: Arturo Tortolero, Adolfo Bueno.
Color Grading: Eric Abad.
Music: Porangui, Liquid Bloom.
Graphics: Celia lopez.

We would love to share this exhibition again in new spaces!
Please contact us if you have a venue.
[email protected]
www.claudiabueno.com
@claudiabuenoart