00:00Hey YouTube, it's Lucy Fink, and in case you missed it all over social media earlier in this month,
00:05I'm here to tell you about 29 Rooms.
00:16This is Refinery29's second year hosting the interactive funhouse of style, culture, and technology.
00:22And I'm sure you're wondering what was inside this year's 80,000 square foot warehouse in Bushwick.
00:27Well, it's exactly what it sounds like. 29 Rooms!
00:33What I brought with me are three pieces, which are mirrors.
00:37All of my work is based on reflection and mirroring.
00:41Did you come up with the technologies yourself?
00:44Yes. It's important for me that I do everything about these pieces.
00:48I program the computers, and I build the pieces, and assemble it, and I have to touch every little thing
00:53that's on the walls.
00:56This is genius!
00:58Some rooms were fueled by celebrities, influencers, or cool new products.
01:03I'm looking through a virtual reality goggles right now, and I'm painting.
01:09Whoa!
01:11And other rooms were just plain fun.
01:13You can't hear, but later tonight, this room is going to be filled with people,
01:18all dancing with their silent disco headphones on, enjoying the music,
01:24having the best time of their lives.
01:27The room is literally powered by the people.
01:30So there's photo booths set up in all the corners, and as you dance, they trigger these amazing explosions on
01:36the walls,
01:37and on the floor, and you get to actually see live your images all over the place.
01:41What do you want people to walk away feeling?
01:43Feeling like they're important, feeling like they've actually contributed to the art that you're seeing on the walls,
01:47and being a part of the energy.
01:58This is the Radiant Human Universe, and I just had my photo taken, and now my aura is going to
02:04be red based on how it comes out.
02:06Purple is all about concepts.
02:08Purple is all about the ability to share your ideas and be a part of ideas, and that's what's important
02:12to you.
02:13Now when there's blue in here, blue is the emotional connection to that as well.
02:17You prefer to have fun.
02:18You prefer to kind of be adventurous, impulsive sometimes, definitely.
02:23Oops.
02:24Before the exhibit was even open to the public, we held a VIP night where Michael Brown and I got
02:28to interview some cool celebrities on the red carpet.
02:31We spoke to Rashida Jones, Stacey London, Adrienne Grenier, Kate Marat, and more.
02:36Mic drop.
02:42We want people to leave the experience feeling really positive, really optimistic, and filled with possibility.
02:49Realizing the power that they have and their ability to express themselves and create change, big and small, in their
02:56lives.
02:58Who knows if next year's 29 Rooms will be even bigger or something completely different, but either way, we hope
03:05to see you there.
03:0629 Rooms!
03:07Yeah.
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