HOLLYWOOD, Calif - Museums and gallery spaces are changing in Los Angeles. Photography may not be allowed at special exhibitions at places like LACMA, but pop-up museums have a different approach. 

One of the latest is the Museum of Selfies and it’s an interactive space with installations meant to appeal to millennials and influencers alike. Here, photography is encouraged and you are meant to be the work of art.

Darel Carey is an installation artist with a unique medium: tape.

“So I've always been into art,” said Carey. “I used to like drawing and painting, any kind of medium really. I used to like lines a lot, no matter what. But I got into using tape when I had a group show at my school Otis, where we gridded up the whole space with tape and then put our art on top of that.”

That’s when Carey had an epiphany. 

“I kind of got the idea that I should use the tape not just as a backdrop in a sense, but more as a medium in itself,” said Carey.

Pop-ups are popping up everywhere and though that’s creating opportunities for artists like Carey, it’s really changed the way visitors interact with art. When Janice Gonzales’s friend came to visit from San Diego, they decided to drop in and take some photos.

“I really love taking selfies,” said Gonzales. “That's why I found out about this place and yeah I posted at Instagram and I have Facebook, so my friends and family in the Philippines can see a place as well.”

For Gonzales and her friend, it’s good fun and easy to share with family overseas.

When asked if selfie culture makes us more narcissistic, Carey said “I think a little bit yes, in the sense that we are seeing some things in culture that we kind of see as unhealthy. But I also think that it’s not really turning us that way. I think it’s more of magnifying the way we already are.”

For Carey, it’s less about selfies and more about the art. A Navy veteran, he lived a life of discipline and art allowed him to express himself through a roll of tape.

“I was already 11 years into the military, had a nice career, liked what I was doing actually,” said Carey. “But for me, it has always been something that in the back of my head that I wanted to try and I felt like I would regret it if I didn't.”

In a city obsessed with celebrities, at the Museum of Selfies, you’re the star.