Probably everybody knows KLCC, the Kuala Lumpur City Center, but what about BBCC, the Bukit Bintang City Center? It is a mixed-use development on the former site of the Pudu Prison in Kuala Lumpur. The monumental entrance has been preserved.

We found a parking spot in the huge Lalaport shopping center, had a look at the iconic Merdeka 118 skyscraper, and decided to have a drink near the old prison entrance. Expensive, but the cake was delicious.

Our plan was to visit the Immersify multi-media exhibition in The Labs, part of the BBKL. A journey beyond imagination, as is announced on their website. The ticket price is not cheap. RM 68 for adult Malaysians, RM 50 for me (senior discount). They use a time-slot system, but it was not busy.

It was a fascinating experience, worth every Ringgit. We stayed more than two hours, enjoying each of the eleven exhibition halls. Visual and sound effects, we really became immersed. I will just show a few pictures from each zone, using the same names as in the folder.

Zone 1 Glowing Garden

Zone 2 Mystic Waterfall

A thundering waterfall, where fowering trees grow and elephants emerge from the water. Absolutely breathtaking.

Zone 3 Moonlight Memories

Zone 4 Starlight Garden

Zone 5 Turning Moment

Zone 6 Illusion Road

Zone 7 Neon Jungle

Another fascinating hall. The proboscis monkey jumps and shows off, The ape gets angry and destroys the glass window.

Zone 8 Canvas Oceania

We stayed a long time here. You take a paper with the outline of a fish and color it as you like it. Then you scan your drawing and within a minute your fish is swimming in the tank. Aric created the fish with my name on it.

He made a few more drawings, one with his name and the other with his dive devil gang.

Most people stayed longer here. I also did one, but I am not so creative, easy to guess which one was mine.

Zone 9 Prism Shine

Zone 10 Surreal World

Mesmerizing.

Zone 11 Art Gallery

A very unexpected ending, for me the apotheose of Immersify. Paintings of three painters were shown, as the “real” painting together with a digital tarnsformation on the surrounding walls. Combined with classical 19th century music

Claude Monet

Gustav Klimt

Vincent van Gogh

What an amazing exhibition. First I thought that this exhibition would only temporarily be in KL before traveling around the world. But no, it will stay here in a building specially designed for it. A Korean concept, until now only materialised here, in KL. Malaysia Boleh.

We were a bit hungry, but the food in the Lalaport didn’t attract us, we went to an eatery nearby where we had nice hokkien mee.

A final look at the Merdeka 118 building, before we drove home.

We took many videos, should have taken even more.

Here is a collage