TAKE A TRIP TO A WHOLE NEW
WORLD WITHOUT EVER LEAVING
HOUSTON.
THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS IS
OPENING UP A PAIR OF INCREDIBLE
NEW EXHIBITS.
OUR OWN CHIP BREWSTER, THE BREW
MASTER, IS TAKING US BEHIND THE
SCENES.
YOU KNOW WHEN YOU GET A NEW
FRIEND, YOU'VE GOT TO WORK OUT
THE NICKNAMES.
CHIP, YOU'LL GO BEHIND THE
WHITE DOOR.
THERE ARE SO MANY THAT YOU
CAN DO WITH CHIP W-BREWSTER.
I MEAN, TRUST ME, I'VE BEEN
THROUGH THEM ALL, SO A
CHALLENGE TO YOU, COME UP WITH
A NEW ONE FOR ME THAT'S T.V.
APPROPRIATE, OWEN.
YES, THE WHITE DOOR, THE SECOND
DOOR.
BEHIND ME, THERE'S TRADITIONAL
ART AS A PART OF THIS EXHIBIT.
I HAVE ALTHEA JOINING ME, ONE
OF THE CURATOR ASSISTANTS.
CAREFUL, ONE, TWO, THREE.
OF COURSE THE LIGHTS GO OUT AS
YOU ENTER.
ALL RIGHT.
I'M SHUTTING THE DOOR.
WE HAVE SENT OUR PHOTOGRAPHER
IN TO GET THE FULL EXPERIENCE
SO OUR VIEWERS CAN SEE WHAT'S
GOING ON.
CAN YOU DESCRIBE WHAT'S
HAPPENING IN THERE AND HOW THIS
CAME TO BE AS FAR AS THIS WORK
OF ART.
SO THE IDEA IS FOR OUR
VISITORS TO WALK SLOWLY ONTO A
CENTRAL PLATFORM, TAKING ABOUT
THREE STEPS, AND THEY'LL BE
SURROUNDED BY WATER, WHICH
LINKS THIS WORK TO A
TRADITIONAL JAPANESE CEREMONY
IN WHICH PARTICIPANTS TAKE
PAPER LANTERNS AND PLACE THEM
INTO THE SEA AND THEY SORT OF
GO OUT TO WATER IN MEMORY OF AS
ASSESS MONTREAL SPIRITS.
WHAT I LOVE ABOUT IT IS
IT'S ON A CYCLE.
THE LIGHTS CUT OUT COMPLETELY
AT ONE POINT.
YES, EXACTLY.
AND THEN IT STARTS TO
FLICKER BACK IN.
IS THAT SUPPOSED TO SIGNIFY
SOMETHING, OR JUST TO BRING YOU
INTO THE EXPERIENCE?
TO BRING YOU INTO THE
EXPERIENCE.
IT STARTS OFF COMPLETELY DARK
AND THEN THIS ARRAY OF LIGHT
SURROUNDS YOU.
IT TAKES ABOUT 40 SECONDS.
THIS IS COMING THIS SUNDAY,
HOWEVER, ALTHEA, IT LASTS
LONGER THAN THE OTHER EXHIBITS.
EXACTLY.
SO WHILE THIS WILL BE
DISMANTLED ON SEPTEMBER 18th
WITH THE REST OF THE
INSTALLATION, THE REAP WHY
WE'RE CELEBRATING THIS SPECIAL
EXHIBITION IS BECAUSE WE JUST
PURCHASED THIS WORK FOR THE
COLLECTION, SO THIS WILL BE A
NEW ACADEMIC WIGS FOR OUR
PERMANENT COLLECTION.
SO THE FIRST TIME YOU CAN
SEE IT IS STARTING THIS SUNDAY,
AND THE OTHER ONE THROUGH MID
SEPTEMBER.
AFTER THAT, GUYS, THIS TRIPPY
COOL AWESOME THING IS A
PERMANENT PART OF THE MUSEUM OF
FINE ARTS HERE IN HOUSTON.
THAT'S GOT TO BE EXCITING FOR
YOU.
WE'RE ELATE TO HAVE THIS NOW
IN THE COLLECTION.
CAN YOU TELL US MORE ABOUT
THE ARTIST.
THE ARTIST IS 87 YEARS OLD,
LIVING IN TOKYO, STILL ACTIVELY
WRITING AND MAKING ART,
INCLUDING THIS INFINITY ROOMS,
PAINTINGS AS WELL AS SCULPTURE.
WHAT DID YOU GUYS THINK?
DO YOU AGREE?
A LITTLE MORE TRIPPY THAN WHAT
YOU WERE CALLING THE LAVA LAMP
ROOM IF IT FEELS LIKE IT
GOES ON FOREVER, AND BRITTA
MENTIONED HOW ROMANTIC IT
LOOKED.
A DIFFERENT VIBE.
AWH.
HAVE YOU HAD ANYONE STEP IN
HERE AND START MAKING OUT
BECAUSE IT'S SO ROMANTIC IF
THERE ARE LOTS OF PROPOSALS IN
THE INFINITY ROOMS.
SUNDAY IS WHEN IT FIRST
OPENS, SO THAT'S YOUR FIRST
CHANCE.
I THINK OWEN WAS JUST HOPING
FOR A FREE COP A FEEL, BUT A
PROPOSAL?
WELL, YOU SAID YOU WERE
GOING TO GO WITH ME.
HMM, THINGS MIGHT GET
INTERESTING ON THIS SUNDAY OF