Loud synths and corporate guitar riffs blend one era seamlessly into the next. We see the faces of Civil War soldiers, Lincoln, Stalin, Marilyn Monroe, Native Americans, kaleidoscopic patterns of American flags. The show is ten minutes of frenzied fractal imagery, very loosely based on the history of America. A woman behind us keeps barking "Look UP, grandma. The show begins with an announcement to "Make sure to move your head from side to side." A few senior citizens just don't get it. The silo barely fits twenty people, who must lean back against sloping padded boards with sliding neck supports to gaze into the darkness above. "While your eyes enjoy the visual explosion, you are energized by a multidimensional soundtrack of music and effects." The merchandise-to-attraction ratio is high - the trademarked words "World's Largest Kaleidoscope TM" appear on a plethora of gifts and souvenirs. Visitors walk through the mall to get to the Kaleidoscope, while their senses are assaulted by scented candles and Space Age Bachelor Pad music. The elder Abrams called it the " first cathedral of the third millennium." It is the brainchild of Catskills developer Dean Gitter, a local P.T. The $250,000 Kaleidoscope was designed by '60s psychedelic artist Isaac Abrams and his son Raphael, opening in 1996. The March of History, 1990s Kaleidoscope show.
0 kommentar(er)
