March With Us | Harvey B. Gantt Center

Mecca of Digital Arts at Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture

Immersive Experience, Digital Interactive, Interactive Sculpture

January - February 2024

For Martin Luther King Day, Harvey B. Gantt Center’s Mecca of Digital Arts (MODA) hosted an interactive, immersive installation that transported guests back in time to join a unity walk experiencing the profound spirit of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his historical impact. MLK Day is the Gantt's most highly attended building activation attracting over 4000 visitors.

Minority Report takes over 140 images from the Civil Rights era and allows you to immerse yourself in the time period. With two hands move up, down, left, right to rotate the photo globe. Move your hands closer and further apart to expand and shrink the photos.

Block Chain is an interactive that reimagines historic Black neighborhoods from Charlotte's history as holographic blocks with flowing particle systems that represent the dollars circulating in the community.