Art Immortal is a Halloween experience at the Beaumont Studios in Vancouver. The attraction features several escape rooms with an artificial intelligence twist.
STATUS UPDATE
Art Immortal was supposed to happen during the Halloween season in 2022, but got cancelled.
The venue hosted two different events in 2023. The first was The Shine: A Stephen King themed Cocktail & Burlesque Bonanza. It ran from October 19th to 27th at 7:00 and 9:00 pm. The event featured three unique rooms to explore. There were decorations and characters from Stephen King’s works. There was also a cocktail experience to enjoy. Admission cost about $60.
Beaumont Studios also presented INSOMNIA on October 28th last year. It was a night full of DJ music in three separate rooms. There were house and disco tunes, mashups and other genres to listen to.
In 2024 there is a Halloween-themed Keep Calm and Murray On show which runs from October 17th to 31st. Exact details about it are still to be confirmed as of early September.
Art Immortal at Vancouver’s Beaumont Studios
Hosted by The Beaumont Studios, Art Immortal was supposed to be a Halloween-themed experience for adults only. It was an interactive and live exhibition showcasing AiYa, an AI artist. The walk-through event was going to be a journey through the mind of artificial intelligence in a venue decorated like a haunted house.
Guests were to traverse through multiple escape rooms packed with riddles and puzzles. There were various live performances scheduled along the way as well. The experience was going to be creepy and thought provoking. It would have provided a haunting perspective of what artificial intelligence may be like in the future, and the dangers that we might face as a result.
Art Immortal was directed by Kat Single-Dain. She is also the artistic director of the Parade of Lost Souls (which is another awesome Vancouver event). The Art Immortal attraction was put together with the help of many local artists, designers, writers and other contributors. It would have been a unique and immersive exhibition with fun and scary twists to enjoy in the days leading up to Halloween.
In total, the experience was going to take at least an hour to get through. Some people might have needed as many as 90 minutes or more to check out everything. There were also alcoholic beverages available to purchase during the event.
Where and When
Art Immortal was going to be held at the Beaumont Studios in Vancouver. The venue’s address is 316 West 5th Avenue.
In 2022 the Halloween-themed experience was going to run on most Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays in the second half of October. It was also going to be open on Halloween Monday. In mid-October the start date got postponed a week and then on October 20th organizers announced that the attraction wouldn’t happen at all in 2022.
Had it gone ahead in 2022, hours of operation would have varied depending on the day. On Thursdays and Sundays the shows would have run from 6:00 to 11:00 pm. On Fridays, Saturdays and on Halloween day, the attraction would have remained open until midnight.
For tickets and full details about the attraction see the Beaumont Studios website.
Admission
Tickets to the Art Immortal experience were available online. There were entry timeslots every ten minutes on each day of the event. In 2022 all tickets included admission to the event and one free drink coupon. Listed below are ticket prices (including taxes and online fees) from 2022.
- General Admission – $45.42
- Discounted Sundays – $28.38
- Groups of Four – $158.97
All tickets were going to be non-refundable. However, tickets could be exchanged for a different day if done at least 24 hours in advance. Although initially not going to be refundable, because the event got cancelled, all ticket purchasers were eligible for a full refund.
Other Information
For more information about the experience visit The Beaumont Studios website.
To learn about other Halloween attractions in Metro Vancouver, check out our Halloween Events article or click Adult Halloween Activities for other ages 19+ events happening this year.
Other articles that might be of interest include the following:
- Halloween Haunted Houses
- Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley Corn Mazes
- October Calendar of Events
- Vancouver’s Best Places in Autumn