Heaven’s Gate (Megaplex)
Heaven’s Gate is part of the Megaplex series of video collages, presenting an explosion of visuals that engulfs viewers in a kaleidoscopic dreamscape.
The series — including Civilization, Evolution, Creation, and Heaven’s Gate (2008–21) — is conceived by Marco Brambilla as unfolding between the birth and death of the universe. The artwork takes viewers on a journey through Dante’s seven levels of Purgatory, each depicted as a fantastical landscape composed of loo-ping samples from Hollywood’s Golden Age. Drawing on Hollywood dreams and excesses—while referencing gaming, news, cinema, and reality TV —this installation weaves these heterogenous images into a hyper-sensory parallel universe.
Heaven’s Gate both celebrates the collective storytelling consciousness and satirizes its saturated glamour.
High-definition 3D video, loop. Color, sound.
Exhibitions and screenings
2023 MSG Sphere
Las Vegas, Nevada
2023 Outernet Arts
London, UK
2022 Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Wifredo Lam
Havana, Cuba
2022 PHI Center
Montreal, Canada
2021 Art Basel Miami
Miami, Florida
2021 The Standard
New York, New York
2021 Perez Art Museum Miami
Miami, Florida
2021 Frieze New York
New York, New York
Selected Press
Artforum
Critics’ Picks: Marco Brambilla at Pérez Art Museum
The Art Newspaper
Maximalist magic: Marco Brambilla’s Heaven’s Gate plays the scale game in virtual reality
The Globe and Mail
Critics’ Picks: Heaven’s Gate at the Phi Centre
Whitewall
Marco Brambilla Decontextualizes Hollywood Icons At PAMM
Office Magazine
A Met Gala Installation: Heaven’s Gate
The Art Newspaper
Sneak a peek at Marco Brambilla’s new work Heaven’s Gate at Hudson Yards
Miami New Times
Artist Marco Brambilla Unveils New Visual Piece at PAMM
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Video artist Marco Brambilla unpicks the Hollywood spectacle in a surreal installation satirizing the history of cinema
