Surrealist Garden Interactive Tour for iPad

Edward James (a former collaborator with and patron of Salvador Dali) and his collaborator Plutarco Gastelum pent over thirty years in a remote rainforest deep in the Sierra Madre mountains of Mexico building Las Pozas: fanciful structures, stairways, waterfalls and sculptures that resemble a Salvador Dali fantasy come to life.

Robert Ziebell (BFA 1979), in collaboration with Anthony Thompson Shumate, spent over three years photographing and designing the project LAS POZAS: Steps & Fall, and are currently seeking funding through US Artists to create an iPad app. Ziebell and Shumate have created a unique virtual environment through a documentary and video experience that transports the viewer into the garden itself. A series of 360-degree panoramic views of diverse garden features are controlled by you, allowing you to explore over twenty-two locations throughout the site. Guided by an interactive map, you encounter embedded ​“passages” that lead you from site to site as well as to short, experiential video clips and historical montages about this special place. 

By recreating the experience of climbing long stairways that criss-cross one another and wind along the side of a waterfall in a gorge, Steps & Falls recalls the children’s game Chutes & Ladders. You will lose all sense of perspective, time, and space as you explore numerous jungle trails and passageways only to discover that you are right back where you started.

The LAS POZAS: Steps & Falls app will immerse you in the topsy-turvy world of Las Pozas (the pools or wells), an eighty-acre surrealist garden in the rain forest of Mexico. 
360-degree panoramic views of garden features are controlled by you, allowing for a interactive experience. 

http://​www​.robertziebell​.com
http://​www​.usapro​jects​.org/​p​r​o​j​e​c​t​/​l​a​s​_​p​o​z​a​s​_​s​t​e​p​s​_​falls