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Dancing penguins, trippy flamingos and colorful blocks make up just some of the surrealist scenes in ARTECHOUSE's new exhibit. Titled "SUBMERGE: Beyond the Render," this immersive art experience in Chelsea showcases surreal landscapes, digital worlds and trippy dream-like sequences accompanied by house music from Zedd.
The Fall 2025 show is part of ARTECHOUSE's on-going SUBMERGE series, where the former Chelsea Market boiler room space offers artists a chance to experiment with new aesthetics and technology in immersive storytelling, while letting audiences "submerge" themselves in the art. The exhibition features work from today's leading 3D artists in collaboration with Render Network Foundation.
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When you visit, start off upstairs and view the exhibition from above while sipping on special SUBMERGE-themed cocktails from the XR bar. Try the Soundwave Drop (brandy champagne with a tuft of cotton candy on top) or a Data Stream (a matcha cocktail with strawberry foam).
Once you get downstairs into the main room, you'll walk into what feels almost like a video game—trek through a forest of fluorescent purples and pinks while a beaming blue light rages in the distance. Float amongst hundreds of colorful block pieces and get introduced to characters reminiscent of Wii's old "Mii" games. Most of the exhibition doesn't correlate—each segment brings its own flair—but it flows seamlessly, like when dancing penguins are dodging a wrecking ball, flamingos join in and together they start a raging house party. Surreal indeed.
When ARTECHOUSE first opened in 2019, producing a single 30-minute 18K-resolution panoramic work could take up to eight months, much of it spent rendering. But Render Network's GPU technology used for SUBMERGE let 12 artist groups around the globe render their full 18K scale in just weeks and at a fraction of the cost. This removes long-standing barriers for independent creators, enabling them to move beyond the screen into immersive formats.
Both acclaimed and emerging voices brought this exhibit together, featuring artists like 2025 Emmy winners Maciej Kuciara and Emily Yang, along with visual innovators Woosung Kang and FVCKRENDER, known for worlds created for brands like Dior and Hypebeast. The exhibit is accompanied by music from Zedd (look out for the DJ booth in the corner of the space), which makes the space similar to that of a music festival—psychedelic visuals and all.
Tickets for SUBMERGE: Beyond the Render are on sale now starting at $24.50 for adults and $18 for children. Discounted rates are also available for students, seniors, military, first responders, and small groups of 4-9 people. You can purchase your tickets here.