Inside Nasher Sculpture Center's Virtual Reality Exhibition

Immerse yourself into the intrepid world of the human condition at the Nasher Sculpture Center.

CARNE y ARENA offers a harrowing glimpse of the border crossing experience

Pulling the curtain back on arguably one of the most controversial topics to date, Alejandro G. Iñárritu offers a glimpse inside the harrowing journey of border crossing. Through a virtual reality installation unlike any seen before, the five-time Academy Award-winning writer and director takes you on a sensorial expedition though CARNE y ARENA. Running through April 18 at the Nasher Sculpture Center, the installation asks patrons to walk in the shoes of migrants and refugees through this multinarrative experience.

Iñárritu and a baker from El Salvador at a motion capture shoot.

“Since this project started growing in my mind a decade ago, my main interest was to experiment with VR technology in order to explore the human condition while finding a personal way to represent it,” notes Iñárritu. “No experience in CARNE y ARENA will ever be the same for any visitor. We created a truthful alternate space where you as a visitor will walk alongside the immigrants (and into their minds) with infinite possibilities and perspectives within a vast landscape, but you will go on your own terms.”