The project "Frontier" by Doug Aitken is a spectacle of screens contained within a room to produce a powerful effect that would not be accomplished by a single monitor. The goal is to blur the line between fiction and reality. On the Turbulence post is more information.
One of the coolest elements of this project, in my opinion, is the fact that the entire enclosure contains no roof. This omission of an enclosed space gives a sense of what I imagine would feel like transience to the environment. Should the artist have included a roof, the entire structure would feel wholly artificial (Matrix-like) but in this form, the project should appear much more realistic and immersive to the participant/viewer.
More info at the artist's site here: http://www.dougaitkenworkshop.com/
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