the location on pier 36 was once home to 25 basketball courts that theyve designed three galleries each larger than the next which viewers can wander about or sit on benches and watch van goghs work float by korins has added to the galleries several large mirrored sculptures some curved some straight that reflect and refract the digital images visitors are also greeted at the entrance by one of van goghs last selfportraits blown up to realize the nuance and brushstrokes of the master korins hopes visitors can come away with more knowledge about van gogh than just that he was the artist who cut off his own ear and painted the starry night korins reminds people that van gogh was a pauper who sold only one painting in his lifetime he did so many selfportraits because he had no money to pay for models korins said he painted sunflowers because they were free one of the more remarkable additions tries to put viewers inside the mind of van gogh who had a form of synesthesia called chromesthesia in which he was able to hear color and see sound the audience walks through 10 booths based on the colors most often used in his paintings and gets a light and sound experience that mimics how people with chromesthesia react to certain colors that condition now is considered a gift said korins but he was completely misunderstood and so heres a way where you can sort of step into the experience