Roots of Eternity
Exhibition Dates: On view June 14
Roots of Eternity is a multidisciplinary immersive project that reimagines the 4,000-year-old garden model from the Tomb of Meketre, one of the most iconic discoveries of Middle Kingdom Egypt. Today, Meketre’s wooden models are divided between two distant institutions: the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the Cairo Museum in Egypt. This project brings together researchers, designers, and technologists to digitally reunite and reconstruct the garden as a full-scale, multisensory experience.
The immersive environment blends ritual, ecological harmony, and digital storytelling. Visitors encounter regionally accurate flora and fauna, a soundscape native to the land, and the enduring legacy of those who once planted the seeds beneath the same sun. By integrating archaeological research with 3D animation, projection mapping, generative AI, spatial audio, and environmental scent, the exhibition breathes new life into an ancient space where daily labor, ecological wisdom, and spiritual symbolism continue to flourish.
Organized by the City of Alexandria’s Office of the Arts and Virginia Tech, including a team of engineers, neuroscientists, and artists from the university’s Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology (ICAT), and artists from the Greater Washington DC Region and SW Virginia (apply below).
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