The high quality of the images and the possibility of viewing them within such an immersive experience makes it possible to discover details of the Sistine Chapel you might otherwise miss—expressions and colors that can now be seen from a new perspective.
Titled “Revelations,” the Archdiocese of Sydney will host the world premiere of an unique exhibition of Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel this May. A new pavilion has even been specifically built for the exhibition.
ANTHONY FISHER, OP
Our Sistine Immersive Experience is really part of our preparations for the International Eucharistic Congress. We thought what can we do to get people many of them don’t know many about the Church or the Eucharist? And we know that many people of all backgrounds are interested in the Sistine Chapel”.
Created in close collaboration with the Vatican Museums, this captivating recreation of the Sistine Chapel is itself a masterpiece through which the story of human salvation is powerfully narrated with modern technology. What is the origin of these paintings? Why has it become world renowned? These questions and more are answered in a virtual tour lasting about 60 minutes.
ANTHONY FISHER, OP
“I think we will have thousands of people come through this exhibition and it will eventually travel. It is going to go to Dallas in Texas. Is going to go to who know where afterwords… I think that many people love the art of the Sistine Chapel and like to know more about it. Perhaps don’t get the chance to visit the Vatican, to visit Italy, we bring it to them and I think it would be good for people’s faith as a form of evangelization”.
This engaging and unique exhibition about the Sistine Chapel will be available in Sydney, Australia, from May 15 to July 19.
