This June, Prada Mode will arrive in New York with Satellites II, turning the legendary Hotel Chelsea into a multi-layered cultural space. Operating as a private members’ club from 3rd to 4th June and opening to the public from 5th to 7th June, the project coincides with the Tribeca Festival and marks the fourteenth iteration of Prada’s ongoing cultural platform.
Created in collaboration with filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn and game designer Hideo Kojima, the exhibition builds upon their joint exploration of communication, creativity, and human connection across different fields.
An immersive narrative across space
Set within the layered architecture of the Chelsea, Satellites II unfolds as an immersive journey through public, domestic, and intimate spaces. The project reimagines the historic hotel through a subtle science fiction lens, balancing private experience with collective access.
During the private program, guest rooms are transformed into micro television studios hosting live performances for invited participants. As the doors open to the public, these same spaces shift into installations—preserving traces of their earlier use while inviting new interpretations. Additional site-specific works extend beyond the hotel, embedding the project into the wider fabric of New York City.
The origins of ‘Satellites’: Nicolas Winding Refn and Hideo Kojima
The New York edition builds on Satellites (2025), which was first presented at Prada Aoyama in Tokyo. This initial exhibition brought together Nicolas Winding Refn and Hideo Kojima, exploring themes of love, language, and artistic exchange through a dialogue shaped by cinema and gaming within Herzog & de Meuron’s iconic architecture.
Satellites II builds on this collaboration, expanding it into a city-wide format and deepening the artists’ shared exploration of how ideas move between media, cultures, and human relationships.
Enter a conversation with Hideo Kojima on AI and art, immersive realities, and the tension between human imagination and machine logic.
