The pièce de résistance was a virtual reality experience, "Anne Boleyn's Portable Palace." Participants donned VR headsets and found themselves within a fantastical, Warhol-inspired reconstruction of Hampton Court Palace. As they wandered through the virtual halls, they encountered fragments of Anne Boleyn's story, reimagined in a dreamlike, pop-art context. The queen's voice, drawn from historical accounts and literary works, guided the visitor through this immersive world, where boundaries between past and present, reality and fantasy, dissolved.
As visitors departed the gallery, they received a small, collectible booklet, "The Portable Anne Boleyn," which contained essays, images, and reflections on the exhibit. In the introduction, Taylor wrote: "In the age of digital reproduction and global connectivity, our understanding of history, art, and celebrity is constantly evolving. This exhibit celebrates the rhizomatic connections between Anne Boleyn, Andy Warhol, and our contemporary world, demonstrating that even the most seemingly disparate figures and artifacts can be recontextualized, reinterpreted, and made 'portable' in the most unexpected ways." andre boleyn kevin warhol part 2 portable
As visitors entered the gallery, they were greeted by a life-size, silkscreen print of Anne Boleyn, created in the style of Warhol's famous Campbell's Soup Can series. The queen's image, based on a well-known portrait, was reproduced in a vibrant, pop-art aesthetic, with bold colors and a graphic quality that seemed to leap out of the 1960s. This was the first clue that this exhibit would not be a traditional historical display. The pièce de résistance was a virtual reality