Experience hosted by PHI Foundation for Contemporary Art
CARNE y ARENA is an Academy Award®-winning, groundbreaking and immersive virtual reality experience by director Alejandro G. Iñárritu. Based on true accounts, CARNE y ARENA allows visitors in Richmond Waterfront to walk in a vast space and live a fragment of the refugees’ personal journeys through the use of state-of-the-art VR technology.
Highlights
🤩 Discover a groundbreaking and immersive virtual reality experience by Academy Award®-winning director Alejandro G. Iñárritu
🌎 Explore the human condition of immigrants and refugees through VR technology
🙌 In partnership and produced by Legendary Entertainment, Emerson Collective, Fondazione Prada and PHI Studio
📽️ CARNE y ARENA premiered at the 70th
Audience Role
Explore the human condition of immigrants and refugees through VR technology.
Content Advisories
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Police brutality
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Simulated gun shots/violence
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Themes around racism
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16 +
Interaction Advisories
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No physical contact with performers
Mobility Advisories
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Uneven terrain
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Event is not wheelchair accessible.
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PHI Foundation for Contemporary Art
Hosting immersive events on EI since May, 2022
Established in 2007 by Phoebe Greenberg, the PHI Foundation for Contemporary Art is a non-profit organization dedicated to bringing impactful contemporary art experiences to the public. Its programming is international in scope, responsive to the local context, and free of charge to reinforce PHI’s commitment to accessibility and inclusion. The Foundation is driven by a desire to break down entrenched perceptions of what contemporary art is and who it is for, with the fundamental belief that art is for us all. The Foundation endeavours to make a home for art, artists and the public we serve, devoted to nurturing convivial